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Dallas  (James,  F.L.S.) — History  of  the  Family  of 
Dallas  and  their  Connections  and  Descendants 
from  the  Twelfth  Century. 

A  mine  of  genealogical  research  containing  new  material  gathered  chiefly  from  MS. 
Records  and  unpublished  Family  Papers  relating  to  the  Dallases  in  America 
and  to  many  of  the  leading  families  of  the  North  of  Scotland  including  the 
Mackintoshes,  Shaws,  and  Keirs  of  Rothiemurchus,  Thanes  of  Cawdor, 
Campbells,  Gordons,  Roses  of  Kilravock,  Grants,  Tullochs,  and  others  con- 
nected with  the  Jacobite  and  other  risings  in  Scotland. 

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THE  HISTORY  OF  THE 

FAMILY  OF   DALLAS 


JAMES    DALLAS 


THE  HISTORY  OF  THE 

FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

And  their  Connections  and  Descendants 
from  the  Twelfth  Century 


BY    THE    LATE 

JAMES   DALLAS,  F.L.S.  ETC.  OXFORD 


WITH  ILLUSTRATIONS  AND 
GENEALOGICAL   TREES 


PRINTED  PRIVATELY  BY 

T.  AND  A.  CONSTABLE  LTD. 

EDINBURGH 

1921 


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EDITOR'S    NOTE 

THE  late  Mr.  James  Dallas,  F.L.S.,  etc.,  Oxford,  was  Secretary 
of  the  Antiquarian  Society  and  Curator  of  the  local  museum 
at  Exeter.  Latterly  he  was  engaged  in  the  preparation  of 
Dr.  J.  H.  A.  Murray's  New  English  Dictionary  till  the  time  of 
his  death  on  12th  September  1916.  From  earliest  years  he 
was  greatly  interested  in  genealogy,  and  collected  a  mass 
of  information  regarding  the  histories  of  many  English  and 
Scottish  families.  He  was  latterly  occupied  in  writing  a 
history  of  the  family  of  Dallas.  He  had  not  completed  his 
work  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

The  editor,  who  had  corresponded  with  Mr.  Dallas  for 
years,  considered  that  his  voluminous  collection  of  material 
should  be  preserved  as  far  as  possible  for  future  reference, 
and  determined  to  print  his  family  history.  On  revising  Mr. 
Dallas' s  manuscript,  the  editor  observed  that  in  many  places 
Mr.  Dallas  had  not  finished  his  work,  and  it  devolved  upon 
the  editor  to  supplement  his  investigations  by  completing 
unfinished  accounts  of  several  families,  and  introducing  others 
which  had  escaped  Mr.  Dallas' s  notice. 

The  work  is  still  incomplete,  but  the  editor  has  done  his 
utmost  to  place  before  the  reader  all  the  available  material 
at  his  command  in  the  hope  that  those  interested  in  the  family 
history  might  avail  themselves  of  the  opportunity  afforded 
of  tracing  their  genealogy. 

C.  S.  R. 

EDINBUBGH,  June  1921. 


CONTENTS 
CANTRAY  HISTORY 

PI  OK 

INTRODUCTORY  .......          3 

WILLIAM  OF  EIPLEY    .  .  ....        22 

SIR  WILLIAM  OF  DALLAS     .  .  .  .  .  .  .28 

THOMAS  OF  DALLAS    .  ......        33 

JOHN  OF  DALLAS         .......        35 

HENRY  OF  DALLAS      .......        37 

JOHN  OF  DALLAS         .......        38 

ARCHIBALD  OF  DALLAS  .  .  .  .  .  .41 

JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  [OR  ATHELSTANEFORD]      .  .        44 

HENRY  OF  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY        .....        56 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  .....        58 

HENRY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  .  .  .  .  .  .63 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  .  .  .  .68 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  .  .  .  .111 

MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY          .  .  .  .  .116 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY      .  .  .  .  .139 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY  .  .  .  .160 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY  .  .  .166 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY    .  .  .  .  .176 

JAMES  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY   .  .  .181 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY    .  .  .  .  .185 

DALLASES  IN  THE  BRAE  OF  CANTRAY  .  .191 

DALLAS  OF  PETSAL      ....  .199 

Tli 


viii  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

BUDGATE   HISTORY 

PAOI 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE       .  .  .  .  .217 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE      .  .  .  .  .221 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  III.  OF  BUDGATE    .....      223 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  .....      225 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE  ....      229 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  BUDGATE     .....      236 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  V.  OF  BUDGATE      .....      238 

JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  .....      247 

DALLAS  OF  KIRKMICHAEL        ......      274 

HUGH  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  .....      282 

JOHN  DALLAS  OF  BANNANS     .  .  .  .  .  .291 

ROBERT  DALLAS,  WRITER,  EDINBURGH  (MUSSELBURGH  FAMILY)       .      293 
WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE     .....      296 

DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS         .  .  .  .  .  .321 

DALLAS  OF  PARKLEY  .......      357 

DALLAS  OF  DALLAS  CASTLE,  JAMAICA  ....      366 

STEWART  DALLAS  OF  CASTLEBARNS     .....      367 

DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  AND  WALMSGATB          .  .  .      370 

THE  LATER  DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON        ....      380 

DALLAS  OF  RIDDOCH  HILL      .  .  .  .  .  .385 

DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY         ......      387 

DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  THE  MARQUIS  OF  WELLESLEY  AND 

WARREN  HASTINGS          .  .  .  .  .  .410 

DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE  OR  BRACKLEY  AND  THE  REBELLION  OF  1745 .      431 
DALLAS  IN  ELLERIG     .......      443 

DALLAS  IN  INVERNESS  • .  .  .  .  .  .      447 

DALLAS  IN  CULLODEN,  INVERNESS  PARISH     ....      454 

DALLAS  IN  CROY         ....  .      457 

DALLAS  IN  PETTY        .......      459 

DALLAS  OF  INCHGEDDLE  AND  CALDER  PARISH  .  .  .      462 


CONTENTS  ix 


PiOE 


DALLAS  IN  NAIRN        .......      466 

DALLAS  IN  DYKE  PARISH        ......      469 

PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS      .  .  .  .  .  .471 

DALLAS  IN  EDINBURGH  ......      485 

DALLAS  IN  ISLAY         .......      488 

DALLAS  IN  FORFAR  AND  KINCARDINE  SHIRES  .  .  .      490 

ROBERT  DALLAS  OF  DALLAS  CASTLE  AND  DALLASES  IN  AMERICA     .      495 
DALLAS  IN  JAMAICA    .  .  .  .  .  .517 

DALLAS  IN  FRANCE  AND  NEW  ZEALAND        .  .  .  .520 

DAVIDSON  OF  CANTRAY  .  .  .  .  .  .521 

CANTRAY  HOUSE          .......      523 

MODERN  REGISTERS     .......      525 

DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS         ....      538 

PRICE  AND  WRIGHTSON  ......      553 

CANTRAY  TREE  (1165-1770)     ....  .572 

BUDGATE  TREE  .......      575 

PETSAL  TREE   .....  .577 

SIR  GEORGE  DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  TREE  .  .  .  .579 

INDEX  .  .......      581 


ILLUSTRATIONS 

PORTRAIT  OF  JAMES  DALLAS  .....        Frontispiece 

PiOE 

DALLAS  CHURCH  AND  MICHAEL  CROSS  .  .  .  .33 

DALLAS  VILLAGE          .......        33 

DALLAS  BRIDGE  .......        48 

TOR  CASTLE     ........        48 

DALLAS  LODGE  .......      113 

DALLAS  BRIDGE  AND  VILLAGE  .  .  .  .  .113 

KILRAVOCK  CASTLE      .......       128 

CAWDOR  CHURCH         .......       128 

CAWDOR  CASTLE  FROM  NORTH-WEST  .  .  .  .  .193 

CAWDOR  CASTLE,  KING  DUNCAN'S  BEDROOM  .  .  .  .193 

CAWDOR  CASTLE,  DINING-ROOM          .....       208 

CAWDOR  CASTLE,  MANTELPIECE  IN  BLUE  ROOM        .  .  .       208 

CLAVA  STONES  .......      289 

CAWDOR  BRIDGE          .......      289 

BRODIE  CASTLE  .......       304 

RAIT  CASTLE    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      304 

CANTRAY  HOUSE          .  .  512 


CANTKAY   HISTORY 


INTRODUCTORY 

THE  Barony  or  Lordship  of  Dallas,  from  which  the  family 
takes  its  name,  is  an  extensive  tract  of  land  in  the  shire  of 
Elgin  on  either  side  of  the  River  Lossie,  often  referred  to 
as  Strath  Dallas.  The  spelling  of  the  name  has  varied  con- 
siderably from  time  to  time,  the  following  being  probably  a 
fairly  complete  list  of  the  '  forms '  from  the  earliest  recorded 
period,  arranged  after  the  manner  of  the  Oxford  New  English 
Dictionary,  3  indicating  those  anterior  to  the  year  1300,  4 
those  anterior  to  1400,  and  so  forth  : — 

3-4  Dolays,  Doleys,  3-7  Doles,  4  Dolais,  4-7  Dolas,  5 
Dolase,  Dolesse,  5-7  Doless,  Dolace,  6  Dollis,  Dallyas  (unique : 
on  the  seal  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  attached  to  a  deed 
dated  20th  November  1510),  DoUess,  DoUece,  6-7  Dollos,  6-9 
Dollos,  7  Dolass,  Dolloss,  Dolos,  Dollous,  Dolose,  Dallais, 
Doilies,  Doilis,  Dolaes,  Doloas,  Dollors,  Dollers  (Index  to 
the  Register  of  Burials  at  Holyrood),  7-8  Dalas,  7-9  Dallace, 
Dallass,  8  Daless,  9  Dalass,  7-  Dallas. 

Many  surmises  have  been  hazarded  regarding  the  origin 
or  derivation  of  the  name.  Lachlan  Shaw,  in  his  History  of 
Moray,  suggested  that  the  etymology  was  Gaelic,  dale,  a 
valley  (apparently  meaning  dail,  a  meadow,  field,  or  plain), 
and  uis  (correctly  uisge),  water,  thus  describing  the  well- 
watered  valley  of  Strath  Dallas,  and  this  is  the  only  plausible 
etymology  that  has  appeared  until  recently. 

In  Anderson's  Scottish  Nation,  speaking  of  the  family, 
not  of  the  place,  the  ludicrous  assertion  is  made  that  the 
surname  was  originally  De  Lossie,  taken  from  the  River 
Lossie,  which,  as  has  been  said,  runs  through  the  barony  ; 


4  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

but  though  this  might  conceivably  have  given  a  name  to  a 
family,  it  could  not  possibly  do  so  to  a  district. 

The  absurd  suggestion  that  the  name  was  originally  not 
territorial  but  personal,  from  the  alleged  Gaelic  dolas  (an 
error  for  doll),  blind,  is  hardly  worthy  of  serious  mention. 

In  a  modern  edition  of  Jervaise's  Funeral  Monuments, 
the  editor  says  :  '  Dallas  (Dal-es)  appears  to  mean  the  Elver 
Haugh,  and  the  Kellas  (Keal-as),  the  narrow  river,  is  quite 
descriptive  of  the  latter  district  as  compared  with  the  former.' 
The  Kellas  forms  the  southern  portion  of  the  modern  parish 
of  Dallas. 

The  most  recently  published  derivation  of  the  name 
appears,  however,  in  Professor  Watson's  Place-Names  of 
Ross  and  Cromarty,  where  the  etymology  of  Little  and  Meikle 
Dallas,  in  Koss-shire,  is  as  follows  :  '  Gaelic  Dalais  mhor  and 
Dalais  bhig.  It  is  never  used  with  the  article.  The  old  form, 
as  compared  with  the  modern  Gaelic,  shows  the  common 
transition  from  o  to  a,  cf.  Culboky,  G.  cul-bhdicidh ;  -ais 
is  the  Pictish  ending  seen  in  Allt-ais,  etc.,  and  the  first  syllable 
is  to  be  equated  with  dol  hi  dolmen,  used  in  place-names  in 
the  sense  of  "  plateau."  Dallas  is  thus  a  Pictish  word  meaning 
"  place  of  the  plateau,"  which  describes  its  situation.' 

Having  submitted  the  forms  occurring  at  various  dates 
in  Morayshire  and  Inverness-shire  to  Professor  Watson, 
he  has,  in  amplification  of  the  above  etymology,  further 
explained  that  the  dol  of  dolmen,  to  which  he  refers,  is  a  loan 
from  the  Latin  tabula,  and  that  it  is  to  the  Welsh  dol  that  he 
should  have  referred.  He  goes  on  to  say  that  '  Dallas  hi 
Elgin  is  the  same  as  that  hi  Ross.  The  present  Gaelic  of  it 
is  Dalais,  showing  the  common  change  of  old  o  to  a  in  modern 
Gaelic.  Dol  is  to  be  compared  with  Welsh  dol,  a  plain.  It 
is  Pictish  and  closely  connected  with  Dull,  Gaelic  Dul.  Most 
.  of  the  Dal-  names  in  Inverness-shire  are  hi  Gaelic  Dul,  e.g. 
Dalcrag  in  Stratherrick,  Gaelic  Dul-chrag,  etc.,  etc.  These 
Duls  are  often  plateaux  above  water.  Dul  is  probably  the 


INTRODUCTORY  5 

same  root  as  duilleach,  a  leaf ;  not  a  loan  from  Norse  dal, 
but  a  genuine  Celtic  word.  The  ending  -ais  has  been  rightly 
explained  by  M'Bain  as  representing  a  primitive  (proto- 
Celtic)  vostis,  O.O-TV,  Gaelic  fois ;  the  same  word  we  have  in 
Foss,  G.  Fas,  in  Perthshire.  Thus  Dallas  would  be  in  full 
Dal-fha.is,  Stead  on  the  Flat.' 

This,  it  may  be  concluded,  is  the  last  word  upon  the  ety- 
mology of  the  name  of  Dallas. 

The  extent  of  the  ancient  lordship  of  Dallas  corresponded 
precisely  with  that  of  the  same  property  in  later  days,  and  was 
then,  as  now,  approximately  17,000  acres  in  total  area.  The 
barony  lies  wholly  within  the  shire  of  Moray,  its  most  northerly 
point  being  about  8|-  miles  S.S.W.  of  Elgin  and  5  miles  S.S.E. 
of  Forres.  The  boundary,  starting  from  the  extreme  north, 
begins  at  a  point  on  the  Black  or  Lochty  Burn  less  than  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  to  the  east  of  Bognie,  in  the  parish  of  Rafford, 
and  follows  a  slightly  zigzag  southerly  course  over  the  hill  of 
Mulundy,  through  Blackmyre,  Mill  Buie,  and  Clashninian, 
then  passes  south-eastward  across  Loch  Dallas,  the  waters 
of  which  are  almost  entirely  included  within  the  barony,  and 
thence  nearly  due  south  to  the  summit  of  Cairn  Kitty,  leaving 
Loch  Noir  just  outside  the  boundary.  From  Cairn  Kitty 
the  line  runs  at  an  acute  angle  in  a  north-easterly  direction 
past  the  easternmost  of  the  Lochs  of  Little  Benshalag  and 
to  the  north  of  the  Loch  of  the  Cowlatt,  thence  passing  more 
or  less  irregularly  north-east  through  Souldow  to  a  point  on 
the  upper  reaches  of  the  Lennoc  Burn,  which  thence  flows 
northward  through  Glen  Latterach,  joining  the  Lossie  below 
Lennochside,  and  is  throughout  its  course  external  to  the 
barony.  From  the  Lennoc  Burn  the  boundary  proceeds  in  a 
straight  line  through  Cairn  Uish  to  the  neighbourhood  of 
Woodhead,  south  of  the  Billhead  of  Kellas,  and  thence 
passing  over  the  hill  of  the  Wangie  and  through  Wangie  Wood, 
rejoins  the  point  on  the  Black  or  Lochty  Burn  already  in- 
dicated. 


6  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

The  barony  is  of  a  somewhat  irregular  shape,  and  is  from 
the  extreme  northerly  point  at  the  Black  Burn  to  the  extreme 
south  at  Cairn  Kitty  approximately  8J-  miles  in  length,  but  a 
straight  line  drawn  between  these  points  occasionally  lies  just 
outside  the  boundary  and  to  the  west  encloses  but  a  very 
small  area  of  the  barony,  which  lies  almost  entirely  to  the 
east  of  it.  The  extreme  breadth  of  the  lands,  measured  from 
Clashninian  on  the  west  to  Lennoc  Burn  on  the  east,  is  about 
5£  miles,  and  the  land  to  the  south  of  a  line  joining  these  two 
points  forms  a  figure  closely  approaching  an  equilateral 
triangle. 

There  can  have  been  little,  if  any,  change  hi  the  physical 
aspect  of  the  country  since  these  lands  were  granted  to  William 
of  Ripley  towards  the  close  of  the  twelfth  century.  Then, 
as  now,  it  was  doubtless  '  considerably  diversified  with  rising 
grounds  and  beautiful  straths  lying  between  the  hills,  the 
principal  of  which  runs  through  the  length  of  the  parish  along 
the  river.'  The  hills  were  then,  as  now,  largely  covered  with 
heather,  and  doubtless  the  river  banks  from  the  earliest  days 
afforded  a  suitable  environment  for  a  luxuriant  growth  of 
alders,  from  the  bark  of  which  the  inhabitants  formerly 
obtained  a  rich  black  dye.  To  the  south  still  stands  the 
imposing  Cairn  Kitty,  rising  to  a  height  of  1711  feet,  and 
below  it  lie  the  Lochs  of  Little  Benshalag  and  Loch  Trevie. 
From  the  latter,  which  is  about  eight  miles  above  the  church, 
and  from  Loch  Noir  the  River  Lossie  takes  its  rise,  and  flows 
through  the  heart  of  the  barony  until,  at  the  south  end,  it 
dashes  over  a  rock  thirty  feet  high,  and  emerges  on  the  lands 
of  Kellas,  formerly  church  property,  whence  in  due  course 
it  reaches  the  sea  at  Lossiemouth. 

In  the  north  of  the  barony  again  may  still  be  located 
the  lands  of  Blackballs,  to  which  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterf  ord 
made,  apparently  unsuccessful,  claim  in  the  year  1453 ;  but 
nowhere  is  there  a  vestige  of  any  building  which  in  olden 
days  might  have  given  shelter  to  the  ancient  lords  of  Dallas. 


INTRODUCTORY  7 

It  may  indeed  be  probable  that  at  Torchastle,  to  the  east 
of  the  Lossie  and  of  the  modern  village  of  Dallas,  the  early 
barons  made  their  home,  but  there  is  no  evidence  to  support 
such  a  supposition.  On  the  other  hand,  Tor  Castle,  on  the 
western  side  of  the  river,  a  ruined  fragment  of  which  still 
remains,  may  have  been  erected  upon  the  site  of  an  earlier 
edifice.  This  fortalice  of  the  Cummings  is,  however,  known 
to  have  been  built  by  Sir  Thomas  Gumming  of  Altyre,  and  to 
have  been  designed  by  the  notorious  Robert  Cochrane,  soi- 
disant  Earl  of  Mar,  who  was  hanged  over  the  bridge  of  Lauder 
in  July  1482  by  some  of  the  Scottish  nobles  in  resentment  of 
the  lavish  favours  bestowed  upon  him  by  King  James  m. 
Cochrane' s  earliest  advancement  at  Court  appears  to  have 
taken  place  in  1476,  in  which  year  also  Sir  Thomas  Gumming 
obtained  a  Great  Seal  charter  of  the  lands  and  barony  of 
Dallas.  From  this  it  may  be  assumed  that  Tor  Castle  was 
at  all  events  in  the  course  of  erection  at  about  this  period. 
There  is,  however,  no  reason  why  it  may  not  have  been  built 
upon  the  site  of  an  earlier  and  less  imposing  structure. 

The  ancient  church  of  Dallas  stood  where  the  present 
church  now  stands,  on  the  western  bank  of  the  River  Lossie, 
about  eight  miles  south-west  of  Bernie  church  and  seven 
miles  north  of  the  church  of  Knockando.  It  was  dedicated 
to  St.  Michael,  and  was  in  Roman  Catholic  times  the  seat 
of  the  subdean  of  Moray.  It  is  frequently  mentioned  in 
the  Moray  Episcopal  Registers,  but  there  is  no  record  of  its 
erection  or  dedication.  It  was  doubtless  the  church  of  the 
early  lords  of  Dallas,  and  possibly  to  them  it  owed  its  original 
foundation.  The  ancient  church  appears  to  have  fallen 
into  ruins  early  in  the  seventeenth  century  after  having  been 
repaired  in  1580,  and  about  the  year  1627  a  humble  heather- 
thatched  structure  was  erected  in  its  place.  In  a  niche 
on  the  outside  towards  the  top  of  the  east  gable  stood  a 
carved  figure  of  St.  Michael  (probably  derived  from  the  earlier 
building),  of  which  the  damaged  trunk  is  still  preserved  in 


8  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

the  vestibule  of  the  present  kirk.  This  church,  in  its  turn, 
fell  into  decay,  and  a  new  one  was  erected  in  1794,  which 
still  stands  and  has  been  recently  restored.  In  the  church- 
yard, in  fair  preservation,  is  an  ancient  stone  cross,  known  as 
St.  Michael's  Cross,  formerly  the  '  Market  Cross,'  to  which, 
as  late  as  the  year  1808,  according  to  Nicholas  Carlisle,  the 
topographer,  the  cattle  and  effects  of  bankrupts  were  brought 
to  be  sold. 

The  parish,  originally  a  parsonage,  has  from  an  early 
period  included  not  only  the  barony  of  Dallas,  but  also 
the  lands  of  Craigmill  and  Branehill.  Later  the  parish  of 
Altyre  was,  for  ecclesiastical  purposes,  annexed  to  that  of 
Dallas,  and  when,  in  1657,  Altyre  was  transferred  to  the 
parish  of  Rafford,  Easter  Kellas  was  annexed  to  Dallas, 
these  alterations  in  the  two  parishes  being  ratified  by  Parlia- 
ment in  1661.  These  various  annexations  and  changes  do 
not  imply  anj^  alteration  in  the  parish  boundaries,  which 
now,  as  formerly,  include  an  area  of  23,024 '823  acres. 

The  earliest  reference  to  the  church  and  ecclesiastical 
parish  of  Dallas  appears  to  be  in  a  confirmation  by  Bishop 
Andrew  of  Moray,  of  the  prebends  instituted  in  the  Cathedral 
Church  of  Elgin  by  his  predecessor,  Bishop  Brice  or  Bricius, 
and  of  others  newly  founded  by  himself.  This  document 
was  dated  at  Elgin,  5th  May  1226,  and  for  the  endowment 
of  one  of  the  prebends  thereby  established  were  assigned  the 
altarage  of  Eren  and  the  chapel  of  Innernarren,  'quam 
prebendam  assignavimus  subdiaconatui  nostro,  et  cui  ad- 
junximus  ecclesiam  de  Dolays  Mychel  cum  omnibus  ad 
eandem  ecclesiam  juste  pertinentibus,  salvis  nobis  et  suc- 
cessoribus  nostris  terris  que  dicuntur  ejusdem  ecclesie  esse 
de  Dolays  Mychel  per  suas  rectas  divisas  cum  omnibus  justis 
pertinentiis  suis,  ita  tamen  quod  predicta  ecclesia  habeat 
mansum  competens  juxta  ecclesiam  cum  crofto  competenti, 
et  salvis  nobis  et  successoribus  nostris  in  eadem  ecclesia  de 
Dolays  Mychel  episcopalibus.'  One  of  the  numerous  church- 


INTRODUCTORY  9 

men  who  signed  this  charter  was  '  Symon  vicarius  de 
Delays  Michel,'  the  earliest  cleric  to  be  identified  with  the 
benefice. 

This  endowment  was  confirmed  hi  a  later  constitution 
of  Bishop  Andrew  in  almost  identical  terms,  while  in  the 
statutes  approved  by  the  Bishop  and  Chapter  of  Moray  hi 
1242,  '  receptum  est  et  approbatum  ut  in  ecclesia  cathedrali 
perpetualiter  sit  subdecanus  et  habeat  ad  suam  sustenta- 
tionem  et  in  prebendam  ecclesiam  de  Dolays  Mychel  salva 
dicto  Episcopo  dimidia  dauacha  terre  apud  Dolays  Mychel 
que  est  de  mensa  Episcopi  et  salvis  episcopalibus  in  eadem 
ecclesia.' 

There  are  but  few  further  notices  of  church  or  parish  to  be 
found  in  the  Episcopal  Register.  About  the  year  1350, 
amongst  the  '  Procurationes  debite  Episcopo  '  for  the  deanery 
of  Elgin,  the  Church  of  Dolasmychel  is  valued  at  forty  shillings, 
while  for  the  '  Synodatica  episcopatus  Moraviensis,'  at  the 
same  date,  the  parson  of  Dolas  is  charged  with  two  shillings. 
Fifty  years  later,  amongst  the  'Procurationes  Moravienses 
recentioris  evi,'  for  the  procurations  of  the  deanery  of  Elgin, 
the  Church  of  Doless  Michael  is  charged  with  forty  shillings, 
while  in  the  register  of  valuations  of  benefices  in  the  diocese 
in  1561,  '  the  parsonage  of  Doles  belonging  to  the  sub- 
deanery  is  given  up  for  five  chalders,  two  bolls,  and  three 
firlots.' 

The  church  lands  referred  to  in  the  charters  above  briefly 
cited,  though  situated  within  the  confines  of  the  barony,  were 
clearly  no  part  of  the  baronial  possessions,  and  very  shortly 
after  the  date  of  the  earliest  record,  in  the  year  1232,  they 
were  granted  hi  excambion  to  Duncan,  the  son  of  Gillemychel 
McAth,  who  was  thus  holding  Dallas  lands  simultaneously 
with  the  earliest  progenitors  of  the  Dallases.  Though  this 
Duncan  has  apparently  no  place  hi  the  Dallas  pedigree,  it 
seems  desirable  to  record  the  exchange  effected  between 
him  and  the  Bishop : — 


10  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


'  Escambium  super  terra  de  Dolays  Michel  et  dauacha 
terre  in  Strathardol 

'  Omnibus  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filiis  hoc  scriptum  visuris 
vel  audituris  Andreas  permissione  divina  Moraviensis  episcopus 
eternam  in  Domino  salutem.  Noveritis  universi  nos  de 
consilio  et  voluntate  et  consensu  decani  et  capituli  nostri 
dedisse  et  concessisse  et  hac  present!  carta  nostra  confirmasse 
Duncano  filio  Gillemychel  M'ath  totam  terrain  nostram  de 
Dolays  Mychel  per  rectas  divisas  suas  et  cum  omnibus  justis 
pertinentiis  suis,  tenendam  de  nobis  et  successoribus  nostris 
sibi  et  heredibus  suis  in  feodo  et  hereditate,  quam  scilicet 
terrain  dedimus  predicto  Duncano  in  escambium  unius 
dauache  terre  in  Strathardol  que  appellatur  Petcarene. 
Quare  volumus  ut  predictus  Duncanus  et  heredes  sui  habeant 
et  possideant  predictam  terram  de  Dolays  Mychel,  et  teneant 
earn  de  nobis  et  successoribus  nostris  in  feodo  et  hereditate 
libere,  quiete,  plenarie  et  honorifice  in  escambium  preno- 
minate  terre  de  Petcarene,  reddendo  inde  forinsecum  servitium 
domini  Regis  quod  ad  predictam  terram  pertinet  de  Dolays 
Mychel,  et  sequendo  curiam  nostram,  et  de  omni  exactione 
et  servitio  alio  ad  nos  vel  successores  nostros  pertinentibus 
ipse  et  heredes  sui  perpetuo  liberi  erunt  et  quieti.  In  pre- 
missorum  autem  firmum  et  indubitabile  testimonium  hanc 
cartam  nostram  appositione  et  appensione  sigilli  nostri  et 
capituli  nostri  cum  subscriptionibus  canonicorum  fecimus 
roborari.  Testibus  Thoma  priore  de  Urchard,  fratre  Nicholao 
vallis  crescentis,  Radulpho,  Symone  et  Mauricio  capellanis 
nostris,  Johanne  et  Andrea,  Alexandro  de  Duglas,  Andrea 
Wysman,  Symone  de  Orreby,  Thoma  dispensatore,  Waltero 
coco,  Waltero  marescallo  servientibus  nostris.  Actum  gratie 
M°CC°XXXII.,  vii.  Kalendas  Augusti.'  (Reg.  Epis.  Morav.,  79, 
p.  87.) 

'  Symon  decanus  Sancte  Trinitatis  de  Elgyn,'  the  third 


INTRODUCTORY  11 

on  the  list,  was  no  doubt  identical  with  Simon,  vicar  of  Dolays 
Michel,  already  referred  to  in  1226. 

No  further  reference  to  this  Duncan  or  to  his  descendants 
has  been  met  with,  nor  are  the  church  lands  of  Dallas  again 
referred  to  in  the  Episcopal  Register  until,  in  the  Rental  of 
the  bishopric  of  Moray  in  1565,  they  are  recorded  as  being 
in  the  possession  of  John  Cummyng,  and  '  solven  in  anno 
liiis.  in]d.  firme,  duas  quaterias  marte,  duos  mutones,  unum 
hedum,  unam  aucam,  sex  capones,  duas  bollas  avenarum, 
tres  bollas  aride  multure,  gressuma  tantum,  cum  serviciis.' 
(Ibid.,  p.  442.)  After  the  Reformation  these  church  lands 
appear  to  have  been  incorporated  with  the  barony,  and  to 
have  passed  into  the  possession  of  Gumming  of  Altyre.  Shaw 
records  that  hi  the  Collector's  Books  referring  to  the  church 
lands  belonging  to  the  diocese  of  Moray  the  kirktown  of  Dallas 
is  credited  with  a  feu  duty  of  £5,  12s.  2d. 

It  has  always  been  supposed,  from  the  name  and  location 
of  the  family,  that  it  was  of  native  Celtic  origin,  and  that  it 
was  lineally  descended  from  the  Mackintoshes.  The  more 
commonly  accepted  view,  however,  is  that  it  was  a  small  but 
independent  clan  affiliated  to  Mackintoshes  or  to  Clan  Chattan. 
In  Adam's  What  is  my  Tartan?  it  is  definitely  stated  that 
Dallas  is  dependent  upon  Mackintosh,  and  similar  statements 
are  to  be  found  elsewhere.  The  available  facts  are,  however, 
insufficient  to  substantiate  the  idea  of  dependence.  The 
few  notices  of  the  early  barons  give  no  indications  of  close 
relations  with  Clan  Chattan,  and  in  later  times  the  Dallases 
are  found  much  more  intimately  associated  with  the  lairds 
of  Cawdor  and  Kilravock  than  with  the  Mackintoshes.  In 
1513  Henry  Dallas  of  Cantray  joined  with  the  Mackintoshes 
in  what  is  known  as  the  second  heirship  of  Petty,  but  his 
being  married  to  a  daughter  of  John  Keir  Mackintosh  of 
Rothiemurchus  might  well  account  for  the  part  he  took  in 
the  affair.  Again,  in  a  '  contract  of  appoyntment  betwix 
the  Laird  of  Calder  and  M'intosche  'in  1581,  Alexander 


12  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dallas  of  Budgate  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  '  kin  '  of  Lachlan 
Mackintosh  of  Dunachten,  but  he  too  was  married  to  a 
Mackintosh,  which  may  account  for  the  relationship.  Other 
instances  of  kinship  or  of  friendship  might  be  cited  in  support 
of  the  contention  that  the  Dallases  were  affiliated  to  Clan 
Chattan.  Dallas  of  Cantray  and  some  of  his  kinsmen  served 
with  the  Mackintosh  Regiment  on  the  disastrous  field  of 
Culloden,  but  these  facts  seem  hardly  sufficient  to  establish 
the  position  that  the  Dallases,  like  the  MacGillivrays, 
Macbeans,  Macqueens,  and  others,  were  incorporated  in  the 
great  Celtic  Clan  Chattan. 

The  question  may  be  considered  from  another  point  of 
view.  The  landed  property  in  the  north-east  of  Scotland, 
in  the  dioceses  of  Aberdeen  and  Moray,  had  been  from  an 
early  period  largely  in  the  hands  of  immigrants  from  the 
lowlands  or  from  England. 

Clustered  together  in  the  fertile  valleys  of  this  district 
were  a  number  of  feudal  families  of  lowland  origin  and  name, 
such  as  the  Bissets,  the  Roses,  the  Cheynes,  the  Hays,  the 
Frasers,  the  Barclays,  and  the  Grants,  all  of  whom  appear  as 
the  holders  of  greater  or  lesser  estates  during  the  earliest  years 
of  the  thirteenth  century,  but  seldom  earlier.  The  circum- 
stances which  led  to  this  settlement  are  obscure,  yet  something 
may  be  deduced  from  the  facts  which  have  been  transmitted 
to  us  concerning  the  early  history  of  the  province  of  Moray. 
It  is  recorded  that  during  the  reign  of  King  Malcolm  IV. 
a  rebellion  broke  out  amongst  the  turbulent  natives  of  the 
district  sufficiently  serious  to  induce  the  King  in  person  to 
lead  an  expedition  for  its  suppression  in  the  year  1161,  and 
it  is  said  that  on  its  successful  conclusion  the  entire  population 
of  Moray  was  transplanted  to  the  south,  particularly  to  the 
shires  of  Kirkcudbright  and  Wigtown,  and  was  replaced  by 
settlers  from  the  lowlands,  having  at  their  head  feudal  lords 
to  whom  the  King  had  granted  the  forfeited  lands  of  the 
ejected  inhabitants,  many  of  whom  derived  their  origin  from 


INTRODUCTORY  13 

the  Anglo-Norman  adventurers  who  are  known  to  have  left 
England  for  Scotland  during  the  period  of  the  earliest 
Plantagenet  kings.  Improbable  as  is  this  story  of  the  complete 
displacement  of  the  native  population  in  itself,  it  is  rendered 
still  more  improbable  from  the  fact  that  during  the  succeeding 
reign  similar  rebellions  broke  out  amongst  the  Moravians, 
for  the  suppression  of  which  William  the  Lion  led  more  than 
one  expedition  to  the  north,  the  first  having  been  undertaken 
apparently  in  the  year  1179  and  the  last  in  1196.  It  was 
doubtless  as  a  reward  for  military  services  rendered  during 
these  expeditions  that  the  lands  of  Moray  were  apportioned 
amongst  those  lowland  knights  and  soldiers  whose  descendants 
are  found  settled  there  in  the  following  century,  and  to  their 
presence  was  due  the  anglicisation  of  the  province  and  the 
introduction  of  those  Anglo-Norman  feudal  customs  which 
were  unknown  in  the  further  highlands  until  centuries  later. 

Amongst  these  fortunate  recipients  of  lands  in  what  even 
then  must  have  been  '  the  granary  of  Scotland  '  was  doubtless 
William  de  Ripley,  who  is  mentioned  in  an  interesting  charter 
by  King  Alexander  rn.  as  the  '  progenitor  '  of  Sir  William 
of  Dallas  in  1280.  From  that  charter,  quoted  in  its  place,  it 
appears  that  the  lands  of  Dallas  Michael  were  granted  or 
confirmed  to  William  de  Ripley  by  King  William  the  Lion, 
presumably  at  the  close  of  the  twelfth  century. 

Before  entering  upon  the  history  of  the  family,  the  editors 
here  insert  an  account  of  the  Manse,  Croft,  and  Mill,  written 
for  Mr.  Dallas  by  the  late  Rev.  John  Low  Brown,  minister  of 
the  parish  of  Dallas. 

It  was  about  this  date  that  the  word  '  manse  '  came  into     1226. 
use  as  the  residence  of  the  parochial  clergy.     The  12th  Canon  Manse  and 
of  the  Provincial  Councils  of  the  Scottish  Church  (1237-1286) 
has  a  proviso  for  '  a  proper  parsonage  house  to  be  built  near 
every  church  within  a  year's  time,'  and  the  12th  Statute  of 
the  Provincial  Council  of  1557  provided  that  every   curate 


14  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  charge  of  a  parish  church  should  have  a  manse  and  garden, 
with  a  stipend  of  twenty  merks  annually  in  the  dioceses  of 
Aberdeen,  Moray,  Ross,  Orkney,  and  Caithness,  and  twenty- 
four  merks  in  the  other  dioceses. 

There  would  doubtless  be  a  '  croft '  as  part  of  the  church 
lands  in  Dallas  as  elsewhere,  which  after  the  Reformation 
became  a  provision  for  a  glebe  and  minister's  grass  sufficient 
for  one  horse  and  two  cows. 

About  1759  the  condition  of  the  church  and  manse  is 
described  as  ruinous — the  church,  and  probably  also  the 
manse,  being  humble,  heather-thatched  structures,  liable  to  be 
partially  unroofed  by  gales — and  heads  of  families  were  called 
upon  to  bring  a  back-burden  of  heather  to  repair  the  damage. 

There  is  no  record  of  the  building  of  the  aforesaid  manse, 
but  the  church  seems  to  date  from  about  1627.  It  was 
in  a  niche  in  the  eastern  gable  of  this  church  that  there 
was  placed  a  stone  effigy  of  St.  Michael,  the  mutilated 
remains  of  which  are  still  preserved.  It  was  not  till  1782 
that  a  new  manse  was  erected,  and  it  gave  place  in  1905  to 
the  present  commodious  house.  The  present  church  was 
built  in  1793,  and  was  the  subject  of  a  pretty  complete  re- 
storation in  1903. 

The  present  glebe  of  Dallas  extends  to  about  12  acres 
arable,  and  is  situated  in  equal  parts  on  the  north  and  south 
sides  of  the  Lossie,  the  manse  and  church  occupying  a 
central  position  on  the  north  bank  of  the  river.  Previous 
to  1754  almost  the  whole  of  the  glebe  and  grass  lands  belonging 
to  the  benefice  were  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  and  lay 
'  discontiguous '  to  the  manse.  In  1754  a  process  of  ex- 
cambion  was  completed,  whereby  the  more  outlying  portion 
of  the  glebe  was  exchanged  for  certain  lands  belonging  to 
Sir  Robert  Gordon  of  Gordonstown,  lying  behind  the  manse 
and  church,  and  which  now  form  the  portion  of  glebe  on  the 
north  side  of  the  river.  In  1858  another  modest  excambion 


INTRODUCTORY  15 

was  made,  when  it  became  necessary  to  encroach  on  the  glebe 
so  as  to  obtain  access  to  the  new  bridge  over  Lossie  on  the 
east,  and  when  a  small  cottage  to  the  west  of  the  manse  became 
the  property  of  the  benefice  in  exchange. 

By  decree  of  Court  dated  5th  February  1800,  the  stipend  Ecclesiastical 
of  Dallas  was  fixed  as  follows  : —  Ine< 

Teinds  of  Craigmill  and  Branehill              .  £30  6  0 

„       „    lands  and  estate  of  Dallas         .  37  8  2\ 

„      „    KeUas— Earl  of  Fife          .  20  7  9^ 
Item  200  merks  of  vicarage  of  the  parish  of 

Auldearn,  conform  to  use  and  wont      .  11  2  2-J- 


£99    4     2-068 

To  make  up  a  stipend  of  £150,  plus  £8, 6s.  8d. 
communion  elements,  there  is  paid  by  the 
Exchequer  annually  ....  £59  2  6 

In  1894,  under  the  Smaller  Livings  Scheme, 
a  voluntary  endowment  was  raised  yield- 
ing annually  .  .  .  .  30  4  0 

And  in  1906,  Lord  Mountstephen  included 

Dallas  in  his  trust,  per  annum  .  .  100  0  0 


£288  10    8 
Annual  value  of  glebe         .         .         .  10    0    0 


£298  10    8 

The  origin  of  the  200  merks  payable  by  the  heritors  of 
Auldearn  to  the  minister  of  Dallas  is  obscure.  The  sum 
has  been  paid  seemingly  for  250  years,  and  although  the 
Crown  has  more  than  once  challenged  it,  they  have  found  it 
too  securely  settled  to  overturn  it.  The  origin  of  it  probably 
goes  back  to  the  time  when  the  parson  of  Auldearn  was  dean 
and  the  parson  of  Dallas  subdean  under  Elgin,  the  former 
making  a  grant  of  200  merks  to  the  latter  for  services  rendered 


16  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  connection  with  the  Cathedral.  The  subdean  had  a  manse 
at  what  is  now  Dean's  Crook,  Elgin. 

The  rule,  '  decimae  debentur  parocho ' — teinds  belong 
to  the  parish,  '  is  now  strictly  enforced,  but  the  teinds  were 
at  one  time  allowed  to  be  diverted  to  other  parishes  than 
those  from  which  they  were  derived  when  the  titular  (being 
the  party  in  right  of  the  teinds)  consented,  or  did  not  object- 
it  being  a  matter  of  no  moment  to  the  parties  from  whom 
they  were  exigible,  to  whom  they  rendered  them.'  (Church 
of  Scotland,  Past  and  Present,  vol.  v.  p.  595.)  It  must  have 
been  under  some  such  circumstances  that  this  grant  was 
made  and  which  still  remains  valid.  The  only  ground  on 
which  it  could  have  been  successfully  challenged  would  have 
been  if  there  had  been  free  teind  in  Dallas — there  being,  of 
course,  none. 

Free  Teind  or  (1)  The  five  shillings  payable  by  Clova  to  Dallas  must  be 
included  in  the  200  merks,  though  I  have  not  the  details 
by  me.  Clova  must,  however,  be,  or  have  been,  within  the 
parish  of  Auldearn ;  otherwise  I  have  no  knowledge  of  the 
sum. 

(2)  The  sum  of  £5,  12s.  2d.  payable  from  the  kirktown  of 
Dallas  was  a  burden  on  the  barony  for  bishop's  teinds; 
these,  I  understand,  were  all  claimed  by  the  Crown,  and 
probably  still  are  paid  to  the  Crown.  Out  of  existing  bishop's 
rents  the  stipend  of  the  Gaelic  charge  in  Inverness  (£250)  is 
still  paid. 

Kirktown.  The  only  vestige  of  the  kirktown  left  is  in  a  quaint  thatched 

cottage  at  Lossiebridge  opposite  the  Cardingmill,  called 
Kirktown  Green,  which  no  doubt  is  the  site  of  what  was  the 
kirktown  of  Dallas.  It  was  never  more  than  a  hamlet  with  a 
very  few  houses,  a  school  and  teacher's  house,  and  a  tradi- 
tional '  shop  '  for  local  merchandise. 

St.  Michael's  There  is  no  tradition  known  to  me  as  to  any  virtues 
associated  with  St.  Michael's  Well.  If  ever  there  was  a  built 
well,  it  has  long  since  disappeared.  The  spring  issues  from 


INTRODUCTORY  17 

the  steep  bank  of  Lossie,  half-way  up  the  bank,  just  opposite 
the  church  and  churchyard.  The  bank  is  exposed  to  the  full 
force  of  the  current  at  the  point,  and  there  may  have  been  a 
built  well  near  the  level  of  the  water,  but  if  so,  it  has  now 
disappeared.  Wells  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  usually  had 
virtues  ascribed  to  them,  and  no  doubt  many  saints'  wells  also, 
into  which  votive  offerings  of  silver  coins  were  dropped, 
were  supposed  to  have  virtue  to  realise  the  '  wish '  then  in 
the  mind  of  the  offerer.  There  is  also  a  pool  near  the  well 
still  known  as  the  '  Michael  Pool.' 

Each  property  had  its  own  mill ;  that  for  the  barony  was,  Flour  Mill 
and  still  is,  at  Craigroy,  a  mile  above  the  manse,  and  it  is 
not  likely  that  there  ever  was  a  flour  mill  at  the  Cardingmill. 
Was  there  wheat  to  grind  ?  Barley  was  ground  at  the  meal 
mill,  or  struck  by  each  householder  in  their  own  '  knocking 
stones,'  many  crofts  still  possessing  these. 

In  1668  Cuming  of  Altyre  sold  Dallas  estate  and  barony  Sale  of 
to  Sir  Ludovic  Gordon  of  Gordonstoun ;   Sir  Robert  Cuming  Cordon-0 
some  years  previously  having  married   Lucy,    Sir  Ludovic's  stoun. 
eldest   daughter.      It   was  through   this  marriage   that   the 
Gordonstoun  property  fell  in  1795  to  the  Cummings  as  heirs 
of  entail. 

The  Dallas  estate  was  put  up  for  sale,  and  offers  were 
received  up  to  20th  December  1907.  There  was  a  tedious  and 
prolonged  lawsuit,  which  ended  in  Sir  W.  Gordon  Gumming 
reserving  a  portion  of  the  moor,  and  this  restricted  the  bounds 
of  the  original  barony.  Probably  a  tenth  part  of  the  area 
of  the  barony  is  thus  detached  from  the  original  bounds, 
say  1500  acres.  Roughly,  this  area  lies  along  the  west 
boundary  of  the  estate  in  an  irregular  strip,  and  lies  between 
a  line  drawn  from  the  Cairn  of  the  Leanoch  to  the  Knowe 
of  Loch-i-nore,  thence  by  a  straight  line  to  a  point  on  the 
Knockando  march,  forming  the  base  of  a  triangle  of  which 
Cairn  Kitty  is  the  apex.  The  parish  boundary  to  the  west  forms 
the  other  line.  The  area  lying  within  is  the  reserved  ground. 


18  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dallas  What  is  now  Dallas  Lodge  stands  on  the  site  of  a  previous 

Lodge.  house,  built  by  Sir  Robert  Gordon  of  Gordonstoun  about 
1688.  The  original  design  was  to  be  a  complete  circle  of 
buildings,  after  the  circular  steading  at  Gordonstoun,  but 
nothing  more  than  a  semicircle  was  ever  completed.  Some 
three-fourths  of  this  semicircle  remains,  terminating  on  the 
west  side  in  a  large  granary ;  the  other  end  of  the  semicircle 
formed  the  dwelling-house  proper,  and  in  the  centre  of  this 
semi-periphery  was  and  is  an  archway  or  bow. 

Dallas  Lodge  comprised  this  original  dwelling  portion 
till  recent  years,  but  only  the  doorway  of  the  present  house 
marks  the  spot  where  the  semicircle  ended. 

The  Lodge  lies  snugly  on  the  south  side  of  Melundy  Hill, 
which  carries  a  thriving  young  plantation  of  firs,  a  rather 
flat  stretch  of  ground  lying  on  the  other  three  sides.  It  is 
being  adorned  by  fresh  and  extensive  planting,  and  will  by 
and  by  take  on  more  of  the  appearance  of  a  residence  for 
the  property.  I  know  of  no  other  site  or  residence  of  import- 
ance in  the  barony. 

Catechisable  Catechisable=examinable  persons,  i.e.  persons  not  under 
Persons.  twelve  years  of  age  who  were  liable  to  be  examined  in  religious 
knowledge  at  the  minister's  visitation  of  his  flock,  and  also 
who  presumably  should  attend  church.  The  statutory  accom- 
modation of  parish  churches  had  to  take  account  of  cate- 
chisable  persons — usually  they  would  form  about  two-thirds 
of  the  total  population. 

Popuiatioa  From  1728-38  the  population  of  Dallas  was  computed 
at  700. 

In  1778  at  915. 
„  1801    „  888. 

„  1811    „  871.        (A  detailed  list  of  this  census  is  given 

in    the    Kirk    Session     Record — 
name,  occupation,  residence,  and 
age.) 
,  1821     ,  1015. 


INTRODUCTORY  19 

In  1831  at  1153.        (A  pretty  complete  census  of  1830 

also  found  in  a  small  notebook 
by  the  late  schoolmaster.) 

„  1841    „  1179. 

„  1851    „  1226. 

„  1861    „   - 

„  1871    „  1060. 

„  1881    „  930. 

.,  1891    „  860. 

„  1901    „  738. 

„  1911    „  656. 

From  these  figures  it  will  be  gathered  that  the  population 
of  Dallas  two  hundred  years  ago  was  probably  as  great  as  it 
is  to-day.  It  reached  its  highest  about  the  middle  of  last 
century,  when  the  then  Sir  William  Gordon  Gumming 
encouraged  the  settlement  of  small  holdings,  which  were  im- 
proved out  of  the  moorland  by  the  tenants  at  first,  at  a 
nominal  rent.  The  decrease  of  population  now  is  largely 
due  to  these  small  holdings  having  fallen  out  of  cultivation 
or  being  added  to  neighbouring  holdings.  In  the  last 
eighty  years  no  fewer  than  127  holdings  and  cottar  houses 
have  disappeared,  only  the  names  remaining.  In  recent 
years  emigration  accounts  in  some  measure  for  the  decrease, 
but  it  is  due  much  more  to  the  disappearance  of  the  small 
holding. 

In  1811,  in  the  details  of  the  population,  there  is  no  trace  Rise  of  the 
of  any  family  or  holding  on  the  site  of  the  present  village.  Villa8e- 
It  is  believed  that  the  first  house  was  built  by  the  then  minister, 
Rev.   Richard  Rose,  who  was  translated  to  the  parish  of 
Drainie  in  1816.     The  building  of  the  first  house  may  be 
placed  about  1814.     Advantage  was  taken  of  a  ninety-nine 
years'  lease,  with  four  Scotch  acres  of  land  allotted  to  each 
house,  by  the  proprietor,  and  the  village  seems  to  have  sprung 
up  quickly,  for  by  1831  there  were  in  it  twenty-nine  inhabited 
houses  and  six  uninhabited,  with  a  population  of  135  persons. 


20  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

In  the  '  Moray  floods '  of  1829  all  the  lower  rooms  of  the 
village  were  flooded.  At  the  present  date  there  are  forty- 
five  inhabited  houses,  three  uninhabited,  and  a  population 
of  137  persons.  There  was  no  inn  previous  to  the  rise  of 
the  village. 

Post  Office.  Before  1880  the  postal  arrangements  were  rather  primitive. 
Letters  were  delivered  at  a  dingy  cottage  and  laid  on  the 
counter,  and  the  public  selected  each  their  own  out  of  the 
general  correspondence.  Thereafter  a  regular  postmaster 
was  appointed  and  order  introduced  into  the  receipt  and 
delivery  of  letters.  A  money-order  office  soon  followed,  and 
about  a  dozen  years  ago  the  telegraph  was  extended  from 
Forres  under  a  seven  years'  guarantee,  during  which  time  the 
guarantors  paid  to  the  Post  Office  a  sum  of  about  £90,  being 
half  the  deficiency  on  the  working  expenses.  Since  then  the 
Post  Office  has  maintained  the  system,  which  has  proved  a 
great  boon  to  the  community. 

Torchastle.  The  name  does  not  belong  at  all  to  the  fortalice  built 
by  Gumming,  and  whose  architect  was  Cochrane.  Simply 
because  it  was  nominally  a  castle  the  name  got  transferred  to  it. 
If  '  Tor  '  means  a  knoll,  then  there  is  no  such  natural  feature 
about  the  site  of  the  fort,  while  there  is  a  marked  one  at 
Torchastle.  The  spelling  a  hundred  years  ago  was  Turacastle, 
and  the  older  Dallas  people  pronounce  the  name  Torchastle 
with  the  '  ch  '  soft,  as  in  loch.  Before  the  date  of  the  village 
there  was  a  considerable  population  on  the  east  side  of  the 
river,  where  the  farms  of  Torchastle  and  Hillockhead  now 
are,  and  I  think  this  was  the  chief  seat  of  the  population  in 
quite  early  times,  and  that  it  is  quite  likely  that  one  should 
look  here  for  any  house  occupied  by  the  early  possessors  of 
Dallas.  The  site  would  command  a  view  north,  west,  and 
east,  with  the  sweep  of  Lossie  round  two  sides  of  it,  and  by 
climbing  the  hill  to  the  south  another  wide  view  could  be 
obtained  in  that  direction. 

Bridge.  The  iron  structure  at  the  Cardingmill  had  no  predecessor ; 


INTRODUCTORY  21 

there  was  only  a  ford  till  about  1858,  when  the  present  bridge 
was  built.  The  stone  bridge  of  a  single  arch  near  the  ruins  of 
the  fort  is  called  the  '  Donall  Brig,'  over  the  Donall  Burn. 

We  have  nothing  further  to  add  beyond  remarking  that 
it  is  most  probable  that  Torcastle  and  Hillockhead  indicate 
that  these  were  the  sites  of  the  original  barony  and  seat  of 
the  local  jurisdiction,  where  probably  there  had  been  a  mote 
and  a  wooden  castle,  as  proved  by  Dr.  J.  H.  Round  (Quarterly 
Review,  1894,  '  Geoffrey  de  Mandeville,'  Appendix  0),  and 
subsequently  ably  dealt  with  by  Dr.  George  Neilson  (Scottish 
Review,  vol.  xxxii.  pp.  209-38)  and  Mrs.  Armytage  (Early 
Norman  Castles  of  the  British  Isles).  See  also  Melrose  Regality 
Records,  Scottish  History  Society,  vol.  vi.  new  series,  p.  xxxi 
of  Introduction. 

Lachlan  Shaw  refers  to  a  Tower  of  Dallas  built  about  1460. 
(Highland  Payers,  by  J.  R.  N.  Macphail,  K.C.,  vol.  i.  p.  123.) 


WILLIAM  OF  RIPLEY 

OF  William  of  Ripley,  apparently  the  first  feudal  possessor 
of  the  lordship  of  Dallas,  one  solitary  glimpse  has  been  obtained, 
and  that  from  a  charter  of  the  year  1279,  hereafter  to  be 
quoted,  in  which  he  is  recorded  as  the  '  progenitor '  of  Sir 
William  of  Dallas,  and  as  having  held  the  lands  of  Dallas 
Michael  under  a  grant  or  confirmation  of  King  William 
the  Lion,  who  began  his  long  reign  in  the  year  1165  and  died 
in  1215. 

As  to  the  parentage  of  this  earliest  ancestor  of  the  Dallases, 
it  is  safe  to  conclude  that  nothing  will  ever  be  accurately 
known.  We  may,  at  least,  assume  that  he  was  a  cadet  of 
the  important  family  of  Ripley  of  Ripley  Castle  in  Yorkshire, 
who  were  at  a  very  early  period  benefactors  of  Fountains 
Abbey. 

Some  particulars  of  this  family  have  been  preserved  in 
the  '  Copies  and  Extracts  from  Original  Charters  and  Religious 
Houses  in  the  County  of  York,'  collected  by  John  Burton, 
for  an  opportunity  to  consult  which  we  are  indebted  to  the 
kindness  and  courtesy  of  the  late  Lord  Herries,  who  owned 
the  manuscripts.  Unfortunately,  the  charters  recorded  in 
these  collections  are  undated,  but  they  appear  to  be  of  the 
twelfth  century,  and  furnish  us  with  the  following  information. 

Thomas,  son  of  Roger  de  Rippelay,  gave  to  the  Abbey  of 
Fountains  two  bovates  of  land  in  Ripley  and  two  acres  of 
meadow  lying  nearest  to  Braitheng  or  Bridheng,  in  the  territory 
of  Ripley,  his  relict,  Margaret,  quit-claiming  her  dower  therein. 

Thomas,  son  of  Roger  de  Rippeley,  confirmed  a  grant 
by  William  de  Goldeburg,  '  serviens  domini  Regis,'  of  the  land 
of  Goodwynscales  in  Ripley,  to  the  Abbey. 


WILLIAM  OF  EIPLEY  23 

Roger,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Roger  de  Rippeley,  con- 
firmed to  the  Abbey  all  the  lands  which  his  father  had  given, 
and  added  thereto  three  acres  of  land  in  a  culture  lying  on 
both  sides  of  Halesic. 

Bernard  de  Rippeley,  clerk  of  Ripley,  and  Richard  de 
Rippeley,  his  brother,  granted  certain  lands  in  Caiton  in  Ripley 
to  the  Abbey,  the  witnesses  being  William,  son  of  Rod.  de 
Aldefeld,  Walter  the  Aleman,  Robert  de  Mulwath,  Richard 
de  Rondeclive,  William  de  Salleia,  Nicholas  de  Caiton,  and 
Walter  Sicling.  The  seals  of  Bernard  and  Richard  are 
appended,  the  former  apparently  representing  an  angel,  or 
possibly  a  churchman  standing  robed,  with  the  legend  Sigill. 
Bernardi  de  Eippeila.  (Dr.  Burton's  Copies  and  Extracts, 
vol.  iv.  277-9.) 

There  are  two  charters  by  these  persons  which  may  be 
quoted  as  giving  further  genealogical  information : — 

'  Noverint  omnes  Sanctse  ecclesise  filii  presentes  et  f  uturi 
quod  Ego  Bernardus  de  Rippelei  dedi  et  presenti  carta  con- 
firmavi  Deo  et  ecclesise  Stse.  Maria?  de  Fontibus  unam  viam 
quadraginti  pedum  Latitudinis,  a  ponte,  scilicet  Rivuli 
de  Rippelei  qui  est  juxta  domum  Thomse  de  Ulecotes  per 
medium  Nordscon  usque  ad  calcedum  de  Dalbec,  et  west  de 
grangia  sua  de  Kaituna  juxta  Frostunmel,  concessi  etiam 
eis  locum  et  firmationem  unius  stagni  super  Ripam  predicti 
Rivuli  de  Dalbec,  et  Refluxum  Fontis  unius  ad  trahen- 
dum  ad  officinas  prenominatse  grangiae  suae ;  qui  fons  est  in 
latere  mentis  cujusdam  ex  alia  parte  deversus  Rippelei 
contra  pomerium  de  Kaitun.  Hsec  omnia  monachis  predictse 
ecclesiae  in  puram  et  perpetuam  elimosinam  dedi,  et  super 
altare  Sanctse  Marise  de  Fontibus  obtuli  pro  salute  anirnse 
meae,  et  pro  anima  patris  et  matris  mese  et  omnium  ante- 
cessorum  meorum,  soluta,  quieta  et  libera  ab  omni  servicio 
et  exactione  seculari  de  me  et  eis  qui  post  me  erunt  imper- 
petuum.  Teste  Rad.  abb  ate  St*  Agathse  de  Richemund, 
et  Ricard.  capellano  loci  canonico,  Roger,  clerico  de  Hewic, 


24  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Eicard.  capellano  de  Rippelei,  Nich.  fratre  Bern.,  Rad.  fil. 
Audelini  cum  filiis  suis  Guil.  et  Ric.  ;  Gerlone  et  Gregorio 
nepotibus  Bern.,  Ric.  Turpin,  Wm.  de  Middelton.'  (Ibid., 
vol.  iii.  310.) 

'  Omnibus  videntibus  et  audientibus  hanc  cartam  pre- 
sentibus  et  futuris  Ric.  de  Rippeleia  Salutem.  Sciatis  me 
dedisse  et  hac  presenti  carta  confirmasse  Deo  et  mohachis 
ecclesise  St*  Marise  de  Fontibus  in  puram  et  perpetuam 
elemosinam  pro  salute  animse  mese  et  omnium  antecessorum 
meorum  liberum  Transitum  per  terras  de  Rippeleia  sine 
warda  facta  omnibus  advenis  suis  et  hominibus  suis  grangise 
de  Caitun  usque  ad  pasturam  grangiae  suse  de  Birnebem. 
Hii  sunt  testes :  Guill.  Rob.  Ricardus  filii  mei  Ricardi, 
Nicholaus  de  Caitun,  Jno.  Ostiarius,  Tho.  fil.  Roberti  de 
Tornetun,  Ernaldus  fil.  Rob*1  serviens  mei  Ricardi.'  (Ibid., 
vol.  iii.  307.) 

Finally,  in  a  synopsis  of  the  estates  of  the  monastery  of 
Fountains,  Swyne,  and  Nunkeling  granted  by  patent  to  Sir 
Richard  Gresham,  1st  October  1540,  it  is  recorded  that 
in  the  twelfth  century,  William,  son  of  Richard  de  Rippelay, 
gives  to  the  monastery  in  frank  almoign,  in  the  territory  of 
Rippelay,  all  land,  as  the  brook  which  runs  between  the  bounds 
of  Catton  and  Rippelay  descends  from  the  pool  of  Catton, 
etc.  They  are  to  enclose  with  a  hedge  or  ditch.  He  gives 
them  a  right  of  way  in  his  fee  of  Ripplay,  except  in  corn  and 
meadow,  and  confirms  the  gifts  of  his  ancestors  of  lands  in 
Ripley.  Witnesses,  Bom,  his  brother  ;  Hervey  de  Stanley  ; 
Nicholas  de  Catton  ;  Robert  de  Munketer  ;  and  three  others. 
Red  seal,  floriated,  with  legend.  (Hist.  MSS.  Commis.  Sept., 
vi.  Appendix  359.) 

Here  may  be  left  the  question  of  the  ancestry  of  William 
de  Ripley,  with  the  suggestion  that  amongst  these  numerous 
twelfth-century  Ripleys  his  ancestor  may  perchance  have  been 
casually  included. 

It  is  probable  that  William  de  Ripley  himself  assumed 


WILLIAM  OF  RIPLEY  25 

the  name  of  his  barony,  and  in  later  years  was  styled  '  of 

Dallas,'  but  of  this  there  is  no  evidence.     Besides  his  eldest 

son  and  successor,  Sir  William  of  Dallas,  he  appears  to  have 

been  the  father  of  Archibald  of  Dallas  and  of  Alexander  of  Archibald  of 

Dallas,  whose  names  are  recorded  on  an  inquisition  held  at Dallas- 

Inverness,  27th  November  1262.     The  relationship  of  these 

two  brothers  to  William  de  Ripley  is  not  indeed  disclosed, 

but  it  is  of  interest  to  note  that  the  lands  of  Mef  th,  the  possession 

of  which  formed  the  subject  of  the  inquest,  were  given  to 

Yothre  MacGilhys  by  King  William  the  Lion,  not  improbably 

at  the  same  time  that  William  de  Ripley  received  the  charter 

of  the  lands  of  Dallas  Michael ;  and  as  Ewan,  thane  of  Ratthen, 

the  great-grandson  of  Yothre,  was  doubtless  a  young  man 

at  the  time  of  the  inquisition,  the  inference  presents  itself 

that  Archibald  of  Dallas  was  the  son  of  William  de  Ripley 

and  the  brother  of  Sir  William  of  Dallas.     The  document  is 

at  all  events  given  below  as  the  first  authentic  mention  of  the 

surname  of  Dallas  : — 

'INQUISITIO  FACTA  SUPER  TERRA  DE  MEFTH,  A.D.  1262 

'Inquisicio  facta  apud  Invernys  die  Lune  proxima  ante 
festum  Beati  Andree  Apostoli  anno,  etc.,  lxij°  coram  episcopo 
Rossensi  et  Alexandro  Cumyn  justiciario  Scocie  et  A.  de 
Monte  Forti  vicecomite  de  Elgyn  et  A.  de  Swineton  per 
Thomam  Wisman,  Willelmum  Wisman,  Archebaldum  de 
Doleys,  Alexandrum  fratrem  suum,  Jacobum  de  Brennath, 
Adam  filium  Roberti,  Walterum  de  Alveys,  Andream  Wishey, 
Henricum  de  Seleltosh,  Macbeth  de  Dych,  Hugonem  Ranald, 
Willelmum  filium  Turpun,  Michaelem  filium  Abraham, 
Willelmum  de  Brennath,  Johannem  de  Oggiston,  Gilpatrich 
MacGilbeg  et  Johannem  Fabrum  de  Ineys,  super  terra  de 
Mefth  cum  pertinentiis  scilicet  utrum  antecessores  Eugenii 
Thani  de  Ratthen  tenuerint  dictam  terrain  de  domino  Rege 
et  antecessoribus  suis  hereditarie,  in  capite  et  si  dictus  E.  et 
heredes  sui  dictam  terrain  de  domino  Rege  de  jure  debeant 


26  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

tenere  hereditarie  secundum  tenorem  brevis  domini  Regis 
eidem  justiciario  super  hoc  directi.  Omnes  jurat!  dicunt 
quod  dominus  Rex  Willelmus  dedit  dictam  terram  de  Mefth 
cum  sua  domo  in  castro  de  Elgyn  et  uno  rete  super  aquam 
de  Spe  et  cum  pertinenciis  Yothre  MacGilhys  hereditarie 
per  servicium  unius  servientis  et  faciendo  exercitum  Scoti- 
canum  qui  dictam  terram  cum  dictis  pertinenciis  in  tota 
vita  sua  eodem  modo  tenuit  et  postea  Eugenius  films  ejus  avus 
prefati  Eugenii  et  Anegus  filius  ejus  pater  istius  Eugenii 
et  iste  Eugenius  similiter  hucusque  prefatam  terram  predicto 
modo  pacifice  de  domino  Rege  in  capite  tenuerunt  hereditarie 
nee  aliquid  noverunt  propter  quod  idem  E.  et  heredes  sui 
dictam  terram  de  cetero  de  domino  Rege  de  jure  hereditarie 
tenere  non  debeant.'  (Act.  Parl.  Scoil.,  vol.  i.  (91)  101.) 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  Eugene,  thane  of  Rothnoych, 
was,  with  Sir  William  of  Dallas,  witness  to  the  charter  of 
Lamabride,  presently  to  be  referred  to,  and  is  probably  to 
be  regarded  rather  as  a  contemporary  of  Sir  William  than 
of  Archibald  of  Dallas. 

W.  de  R.  c.  1200         Yothre  M'G. 

I  I 

A.  de  D.  Angus. 

I  I 

Sir  Wm.  Eugene. 

It  may  be  pointed  out  that  on  this  jury  was  William,  son 
of  Turpun,  while  to  the  charter  of  Bernard  de  Ripley,  above 
quoted,  Richard  Turpin  was  a  witness. 

It  has  been  conjectured  that  about  this  period  the  lands  of 
Cantray,  or  at  least  part  of  them,  came  into  the  possession  of 
the  family.  There  is  preserved  at  Kilravock  an  inventory 
of  titles,  the  first  entry  in  which  runs  as  follows  : — 

'  Charter  of  donation  by  Marjory  de  Moravia,  widow  of  Sir 
Alexander  de  Strivlyn,  to  her  daughter  Isobel,  and  the  heirs 
of  her  body,  of  the  lands  of  Cantra  Freskin,  with  the  mills, 


WILLIAM  OF  RIPLEY  27 

woods,  fishings,  and  other  pertinents,  to  be  held  of  the  granter 
in  fee  and  heritage,  for  yearly  payment  of  a  pair  of  gloves, 
or  a  penny  money  at  the  feast  of  Pentecost,  in  name  of  all 
duties  and  demands  whatever.'  No  date  ;  but  in  the  time 
of  Archibald,  Bishop  of  Murray,  who  is  one  of  the  witnesses, 
and  a  contemporary  of  King  John  Balliol.'  (Kilr.,  120.) 

Cantray,  or  at  least  part  of  it,  was  included  in  the  lordship 
of  Croy,  and  formed  part  of  the  vast  possessions  of  the  Morays 
of  Bothwell.  Cantray  Freskyn,  or,  as  it  was  afterwards  more 
usually  called,  Cantray  Freis,  would  appear  to  have  been 
given  in  dower  to  Marjory  of  Moray,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Sir  Freskyn  (de  Moravia)  of  Kerdale.  She  married,  according 
to  Dr.  Taylor  (Edw.  I.  in  the  North  of  Scotland),  in  the  year 
1210,  Sir  Alexander  of  Stirling,  thereafter  apparently  styled 
'  of  Moravia,'  and  she  was  certainly  his  wife  before  the  year 
1234.  (Reg.  Mor.,  99.)  She  seems  to  have  bestowed  the  lands 
of  Cantray  Freskyn  upon  her  daughter  Isobel,  upon  her 
marriage  with  a  person  unnamed,  but  who  may  well  have 
been  Archibald  of  Dallas,  or  the  grant  may  have  been  later 
than  the  date  of  Isobel's  marriage,  as  it  was  subsequent 
to  her  father's  death.  Bishop  Archibald  held  the  see  of 
Moray  from  the  year  1253  until  his  death  in  1298,  so  that 
little  can  be  adduced  from  the  fact  that  he  was  a  witness  to 
the  charter  of  Marjory  of  Moray. 


SIR  WILLIAM  OF  DALLAS 

THE  earliest  record  of  Sir  William  of  Dallas  is  to  be  found  in 
an  undated  charter  of  Sir  Malcolm  of  Moray,  Kt.,  granting 
to  his  son,  William  of  Moray,  his  lands  of  Lamabride,  the 
attestation  clause  to  which  runs  as  follows :  '  Hiis  testibus 
venerabili  patri  domino  A.  Dei  gratia  episcopo  Moraviensi, 
domino  W.  priore  de  Hurchard,  dominis  Gilberto  de  Glen- 
chernie,  Willelmo  de  Haya  de  Lochorwill  et  Michaele  de 
Wemys  militibus,  Eugenio  Thano  de  Rothnoych,  Willelmo  de 
Doles,  Willelmo  Wysman,  Johanne  de  Pethindreich,  et 
multis  aliis.'  (Reg.  Mor.,  461.)  This  charter  was  therefore 
granted  before  Sir  William  of  Dallas  was  knighted,  and 
therefore  hi  or  before  the  year  1278.  In  the  following  year 
(1279)  he  obtained  from  King  Alexander  m.  a  charter  of  con- 
firmation of  his  lands  of  Dallas  Michael,  to  which  reference  has 
already  been  made.  He  is  here  described  as  a  knight.  The 
charter  is  in  the  following  terms  : — 

'Alexander  Dei  gratia  rex  Scottorum  omnibus  probis 
hominibus  tocius  terre  sue  salutem :  Sciatis  nos  dedisse  con- 
cessisse  et  hac  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  Willelmo  de 
Dolays  militi  pro  homagio  et  servicio  suo  terrain  de  Delays 
Mykel  per  easdem  diuisas  per  quas  bone  memorie  quondam 
Willelmus  avus  noster  infeodavit  quondam  Willelmum  de 
Rypeley  progenitorem  suum  Tenendam  et  habendam  sibi 
et  heredibus  suis  de  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris  in  feodo  et 
hereditate  hi  bosco  et  piano  hi  terris  et  aquis  in  pratis  et 
pascuis  in  moris  et  marisiis  in  stagnis  et  molendinis  cum  socco 
et  sacca  cum  furco  et  fossa  cum  tol  et  them  et  infanganthef 
et  cum  omnibus  aliis  justis  pertinenciis  suis  libere  et  quiete 


SIR  WILLIAM  OF  DALLAS  29 

plenarie  et  honorifice  per  servicium  quarte  partis  vnius 
militis  saulvis  episcopo  Moraviensi  illis  duobus  solidis  quos 
de  dicta  terra  pro  decima  sua  annuatim  percipere  consuevit. 
Testibus  Roberto  episcopo  Glasguensi  Alexandro  Cumyn 
Comite  de  Buchan  Willelmo  de  Moravia  Johanne  de  Lyndesay 
Domino  Hugone  de  Abirnethy  Willelmo  Cumyn  de  Kilbrid 
Reginaldo  le  Chen  patre  Galfrido  de  Mubray  Willelmo  de 
Sancto  Claro  Symone  Fraser  Patricio  de  Graham  et  multis 
aliis.  Apud  Strivelyn  quinto  die  Septembris  anno  regni 
nostri  tricesimo  primo.' 

This  charter  is  preserved  in  the  Register  House,  Edinburgh. 
It  will  be  observed  that  several  of  those  named  as  witnesses, 
such  as  William  of  Moray,  Simon  Fraser,  and  Patrick  of 
Graham,  were  closely  associated  with  the  province  of  Moray. 

Several  later  charters  are  still  extant  in  which  Sir  William 
of  Dallas  is  recorded  as  a  witness  :  these  may  be  enumerated 
seriatim  without  further  comment : — 

'Charter  by  Gilbert,  third  lord  of  Glenkerny,  knight,  to 
Gilbert,  his  eldest  son,  of  the  land  of  Gerbothy,  dated  2nd 
February  1280 :  Testibus,  dominis  Johanne  de  Striuelyn, 
Johanne  Prat,  Willelmo  de  Delays,  militibus ;  Jacobo  de 
Mar,  magistro  Henrico  cancellario  Morauiensi,  domino  Johanne 
archidiacono  Morauiensi,  domino  Radulpho  subdecano  Mora- 
uiensi.' (Grant,  hi.  7.) 

'Charter  by  Gilbert  of  Glencarny  to  Duncan  of  Feryn- 
drawcht,  of  the  east  davoch  of  the  land  of  Conynges,  assigned 
to  the  period  1281-98 :  hiis  testibus,  venerabilibus  patribus, 
dominis  Dei  gracia  Archebaldo  et  Henrico  episcopis 
Morauiensi  et  Aberdonensi,  dominis  Reginaldo  le  Chen  et 
Willelmo  de  Delays,  militibus,  magistris  Willelmo  de  Cresse- 
well  cancellario  Morauiensi,  domino  Johanne  de  Dunde, 
prebendario  de  Dufflius,  Laurencio  de  Strathbolgy,  A  ... 
filio  Stephani,  Johanne  Walensi,  Roberti  de  Jonistoun, 
Gilberto  de  Glencarny  filio  et  multis  aliis.'  (Grant,  iii.  7.) 

'  Charter  by  John  of  Moray,  son  of  Sir  Malcolm  of  Moray, 


30  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

to  William  of  Moray,  his  brother,  of  the  lands  of  Culnacloych 
and  Ruthtrelen,  ascribed  to  the  year  1284  :  Hiis  testibus, 
domino  Willelmo  comite  de  Ros,  domino  Willelmo  comite 
Suthirlandie,  Johanne  de  Strivelyn  et  domino  Willelmo  de 
Delays  militibus,  dompno  Willelmo  priore  de  Hurchard, 
domino  Symone  priore  de  Pluschardy,  Adam  de  Moravia, 
Willelmo  de  Lectona  et  multis  aliis.'  (Reg.  Mor.,  462.) 

'  Charter  by  Hugh  Herock,  burgess  of  Elgin,  to  the  chapel 
of  St.  Nicholas  in  the  church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  and  to  the 
chapel  of  the  Holy  Cross  (Sancte  Crucis)  in  the  parish  church  of 
Elgin,  of  the  lands  of  Daldeleyt,  dated  8th  September  1286 : 
Hiis  testibus  domino  Andrea  abbate  de  Kynlos,  dommo 
Simone  priore  de  Pluscardy,  domino  Willelmo  priore  de 
Urcharde,  domino  Willelmo  de  Doleys  milite,  Willelmo 
Wysman,  Willelmo  de  Brenneth  dicto  Tatenel,  Ada  filio 
Stephani  burgensi  de  Elgyn,  magistro  Rogero  de  Innernarryn, 
domino  Roberto  vicario  de  Dufhus,  dommo  Nicholas  capellano 
vicario  de  Dundurkhus  et  multis  aliis.'  (Reg.  Mor.,  283-5.) 

Finally,  an  undated  indenture  between  Simon  Joannes 
Suryass,  prior  of  Pluscardine,  and  William  of  limes,  of  that 
ilk,  following  the  settlement  of  their  marches  by  the  arbitration 
of  Archibald,  Bishop  of  Moray,  and  William,  prior  of  Urquhart, 
is  witnessed  by  Sir  John  of  Moray  and  Sir  William  of  Dallas. 
(Fam.  Innes,  10.) 

Sir  William  of  Dallas  must  have  been  living  throughout 
that  eventful  period  of  Scottish  history  from  the  death  of 
Alexander  in.,  in  the  year  1285-6,  to  the  accession  of  Baliol 
hi  1292,  recorded  by  Barbour  : — 

'  Quhen  Alexander  the  king  wes  deid, 
That  Scotland  had  to  steyr  and  leid, 
The  land  sex  yeir,  and  mayr  perfay, 
Lay  desolat  eftyr  hys  day ; 
Till  that  the  barnage  at  the  last 
Assembly!  thaim,  and  fayndyt  fast 


SIR  WILLIAM  OF  DALLAS  31 

To  cheyss  a  king  thar  land  to  ster, 

That  off  awncestry  cummyn  wer 

Of  kingis,  that  aucht  that  reawte, 

And  mayst  had  rycht  thair  king  to  be.'     (Bruce,  i.  37-46.) 

What  part  the  lord  of  Dallas  had  in  the  troubles  of  those 
times  there  is  little  to  show,  but  that  he  was  a  person  of  con- 
siderable importance  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  he  held, 
at  least  towards  the  end  of  his  life,  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Torres. 
To  this  office  he  must  have  been  appointed  by  Alexander  in. 
at  a  date  so  far  undiscovered,  though  the  only  evidence  of  his 
shrievalty  is  in  two  receipts  still  preserved,  the  one  amongst 
the  Tower  and  the  other  amongst  the  Chancery  Miscellaneous 
Rolls  preserved  amongst  the  Scottish  Documents  in  the  Record 
Office,  London.  The  first  of  these  is  the  acknowledgment 
of  the  receipt  by  Henry  de  Biche,  castellan  of  Torres  Castle, 
on  Saturday,  Candlemas,  1291  (1st  February  1291-2),  by  the 
hands  of  William,  the  clerk  to  Sir  William  of  Delays,  the 
Sheriff  of  Forres,  of  the  sum  of  £18,  6s.  8d.  sterling  of  the  farms 
of  the  burgh  of  Forres,  for  keeping  the  castle  :  the  seal  of 
de  Biche,  appended  at  Elgin,  is  no  longer  extant.  (Doc,  Illus. 
Hist.  Scot.,  ii.  563.)  The  second  receipt,  dated  15th  May  of 
the  following  year,  is  here  given  in  full  :— 

'  Omnibus  has  litteras  visuris  vel  audituris,  Henricus  de 
Bycher  [printed  Ryther],  castellanus  de  Elgin  et  de  Forays, 
per  dominum  Edwardum  regem  Angliae  et  superiorem  dominum 
regni  Scotise  constitutus,  salutem  in  Domino.  Noveritis 
universi  me  die  Jovis  in  festo  Ascensionis  Domini  anno 
gratise  M.cc  nonagesimo  secundo  recepisse  per  dominum 
Willelmum  de  Dolays  [printed  Bolays]  vicecomitem  de  Forays, 
de  fir  mis  ballise  suaa  anni  praedicti,  quadraginta  et  quinque 
libras  et  duodecim  solidos  sterlingorum  legalium,  nomine 
vadiorum  meorum  pro  custodia  castrorum  de  Elgin  et  de 
Forays.  In  cujus  rei  testimonium  has  litteras  meas  eidem 
domino  Willelmo  tradidi  patentes.  Datse  apud  Elgin  anno 
et  die  preenotatis.'  (Doc.  Illus.  Hist.  Scot.,  i.  298-9.) 


32  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

There  is  here  nothing  to  show  whether  Sir  William  of  Dallas 
was  a  follower  of  Baliol  or  of  Bruce,  but  amongst  the  principal 
supporters  of  Bruce  hi  the  north  in  1306  Dr.  Taylor  (Edward 
I.  in  the  North,  p.  284)  enumerates,  besides  the  Earl  of  Atholl 
and  the  Bishop  of  Moray,  Allan  of  Moray  of  Culbin,  Sir  William 
of  Fentoun  of  Beauford,  William  of  Dallas,  John  de  la  Haye, 
Walter  Herock,  dean  of  Moray,  and  William  Creswell,  the 
chanter,  Alexander  Pilche,  burgess  of  Inverness,  William 
of  Moray  of  Sandford,  Hamelyn  de  Troup  and  Andrew  Slegh  ; 
Andrew  Byssop  and  Adam  Chapen  of  Aberdeen  ;  Lawrence 
of  Strathbogie,  John  Forbes,  Hugh  Lovel,  Allen  Durward  of 
Fichelie,  and  Thomas  of  Monymusk ;  while  among  the  oppo- 
nents of  Bruce  and  supporters  of  the  English  interest  were 
the  Earl  of  Buchan,  Sir  Duncan  of  Ferindraught,  Sir  Reginald 
the  Chen,  the  Earl  of  Ross,  and  the  Earl  of  Sutherland.  Dr. 
Taylor  gives  no  authority  for  these  lists,  and  it  may  be  that 
for  '  William '  he  should  have  written  '  Thomas '  of  Dallas. 
If,  however,  Sir  William  of  Dallas  was  living  as  late  as  the 
abdication  of  Baliol,  it  may  be  assumed  from  the  fate  which 
overtook  his  successor  that  he  threw  in  his  lot  with  the  national 
party  against  the  upholders  of  England.  There  appears  to 
be  no  authentic  record  of  his  career  later  than  the  receipt  of 
1292  already  quoted. 


/.  1J.  }  ',-atfan,  Photographer,  Elgin. 
DALLAS  CHURCH   AND  MICHAEL   CROSS 


/.  /'.   I  'caiian,  Photographer,  Elfin. 


DALLAS  VILLAGE 


THOMAS  OF  DALLAS 

LITTLE  is  found  of  Thomas  of  Dallas  beyond  the  fact  that  he 
was  opposed  to  the  English  interest.  Dr.  Taylor  affirms 
that  he  was  forfeited  by  Edward  I.  in  1306,  and  this  is  con- 
firmed by  certain  entries  in  a  breviate  of  the  petitions  or 
requests  presented  to  the  King  for  lands  or  preferment  in 
Scotland,  and  of  the  grants  made  thereon.  The  roll  is  in- 
dorsed :  '  Les  demandes  que  furent  f aites  au  Roy  des  terres 
en  Escosse  en  Ian  de  son  regne  xxxiiii ' ;  and  the  entries  relating 
to  Thomas  of  Dallas  are  as  follows  : — 

'  Item  le  xviii.  jour  d  Augst  au  Neuborgh  en  Tyndale  pria 
au  Roy  Mons.  Alexandre  de  Setone  les  terres  Thomas  de 
Dolays. 

'Item  Aliain  ad  demandez  les  terres  Thomas  de  Dolays 
en  Moreve  que  ne  valent  que  x.  livres  per  annum. 

'  Item  Mons.  William  Conte  de  Sutherland  ad  demande 
des  terres  Thomas  de  Dolays.'  (Palgr.  Doc.,  310,  313,  314.) 

No  indication  has  been  found  of  the  events  leading  to 
the  forfeiture  of  Thomas  of  Dallas,  but  it  is  not  improbable 
that  he  was  one  of  the  followers  of  the  patriotic  William 
Wallace. 

Wallace  had  defeated]  the  English  at  Cambus  Kenneth 
in  1297,  but  was  himself  defeated  at  Falkirk  on  22nd  July  of 
the  following  year.  He  still,  with  the  assistance  of  his  faithful 
companion-in-arms,  Sir  Andrew  Moray  of  Petty  and  Bothwell, 
appears  to  havejmaintained  a  guerilla  warfare  against  the 
adherents  "of  England,  and  he  was  one  of  the  very  few  who 
never  swore  fealty  to  England. 

c 


34  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Little  is  known  of  his  wanderings  after  the  disaster  at 
Falkirk,  but  tradition  affirms  that  for  a  time  he  found  refuge 
in  the  hills  of  Cromarty,  and  that  he  was  even  at  Nairn  on  one 
occasion.  Wherever  he  was,  he  must  have  been  accompanied 
by  a  few  staunch  adherents,  of  whom  Dallas  may  have  been 
one.  It  is  recorded  by  Wyntoun  and  Bower  that  Wallace 
was  taken  prisoner  near  Glasgow,  apparently  about  April 
1305  ;  he  was  executed  at  Smithfield  on  the  August  following, 
just  a  year  before  the  petitions  for  Dallas's  lands  in  Moray 
were  preferred,  and  it  appears  quite  likely  that  the  Dallas 
forfeiture  was  in  some  way  related  to  the  downfall  of  the  great 
Scottish  patriot. 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS 

JOHN  OF  DALLAS,  presumably  lord  of  Dallas,  appears  on  an 
assize  summoned  by  Sir  Archibald  of  Douglas  and  John  the 
Hay,  Sheriff  of  Inverness,  for  the  settlement  of  a  dispute 
between  Alexander,  Bishop  of  Moray,  acting  on  behalf  of  the 
prior  and  monks  of  Pluscardine,  and  Sir  Robert  of  Chisholm 
of  Quarrelwood  (who  was  owner  of  the  lands  of  Cantrabundie 
and  Little  Cantray,  which  later  passed  in  marriage  to  Hugh 
Rose,  fourth  baron  of  Kilravock),  concerning  the  mill  lands  of 
Quarrelwood  which  were  claimed  by  the  priory.  This  assize 
was  held  on  14th  December  1369,  and  was  thus  constituted : — 
'Nicholaus  de  Suthirlandia,  Walterus  Byseth,  Robertus 
de  Innes,  Johannes  de  Doleys,  Johannes  de  Sancto  Claro  de 
Fores,  Johannes  de  Uruel,  Willelmus  Soreys,  Adam  Popp, 
Willelmus  Abbatis,  Malisius  Gerland,  Thomas  filius  Willelmi, 
Willelmus  de  Anandia,  Robertus  Mykil,  Adam  de  Pilmore, 
Robertus  Popp,  Willelmus  Byseth.  (Reg.  Mor.,  168.) 

Contemporary  with  John  of  Dallas  was  John  of  Dallas, 
thane  or  lord  of  Cromdale,  who  was  a  witness  of  the  following 
homage  of  Hugh  Fraser  of  Lovat  for  his  episcopal  lands  of 
Kyntallirgy  or  Kyltarllyrgy  and  Esser  or  Esse  : — 

'Anno  Domini  M°CCC°LX.  septimo  duodecimo  die  mensis 
Septembris  in  capitulo  ecclesie  Moraviensis  Hugo  Fraser 
dominus  de  Loveth  portionarius  terrarum  de  le  Ard  fecit 
homagium  pro  parte  sua  dimidie  dauache  terre  de  Kyntallirgy 
et  de  Esser  et  pro  piscaria  de  Forn  dicto  domino  Alexandro 
episcopo  Moraviensi  presentibus  domino  Willelmo  de  Keth 
milite  mariscallo  Scotie  Thoma  priore  de  Pluscardyn  Andrea 


36 


36  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Berclay  domino  de  Garntoly  Johanne  de  Dolas  thano  de 
Cromdol  Adam  Pyngill  burgensi  de  Aberden  et  multis  aliis.' 

In  the  instrument  following  upon  this  homage,  dated  12th 
December  1367,  the  names  of  the  witnesses  are  given  in  the 
following  clause  :— 

'Presentibus  nobili  viro  et  potente  domino  Willelmo  de 
Keth  milite  mariscallo  Scocie  et  tune  locum  tenente  domini 
Comitis  Moravie,  religioso  viro  domino  Priore  de  Pluscardyn, 
Andrea  de  Berclay  domino  de  Grantoly  et  Birkynhill,  Johanne 
de  Dolas,  domino  de  Cromdol,  Adam  Pyngil  burgensi  de 
Aberden  et  multis  aliis.' 


HENRY  OF  DALLAS 

IN  an  interesting  document  published  at  length  by  Mr.  Cosmo 
limes,  mention  is  made  of  Henry  of  Dallas,  doubtless  lord  of 
Dallas,  who  was  one  of  the  jurors  at  a  court  held  by  Robert  of 
Chisholm  of  that  ilk,  justiciary  of  the  regality  of  Moray,  at 
'  Le  Ballocis  Hill,'  near  Inverness,  on  the  26th  January  1376-7, 
before : — 

'  Istos  subscriptos  nobiles  viros  dominos  Robertum  de 
Innes  et  Willelmum  Pylchee  milites,  Alexandrum  de  Moravia 
dominum  de  Coulbyn,  Hugonem  de  Rosee  dominum  de 
Kilravoc,  Adam  fleming,  Ingeramum  de  Wenton,  Eugenium 
de  Berkelay,  Thomam  de  Brothy,  Gilbertum  de  .  .  .  on, 
Thomam  de  Wenton,  Johannem  de  le  Cow  .  .  .,  Willelmum 
lambe,  Henricum  de  doles,  et  Laurencium  Blac,  cum  pluribus 
aliis.'  (Forbes,  Fam.  Innes,  63.) 

The  seals  of  the  members  of  the  assise,  or  at  least  some 
of  them,  were  attached  to  this  record,  but  they  have  all  dis- 
appeared, and  only  that  of  Chisholm  remains — on  a  fess 
between  three  boars'  heads,  three  crenels  or  cushions. 


3T 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS 

THE  governing  charter  of  the  liberties  of  the  burgh  of  Elgin, 
granted  by  John  Dunbar,  Earl  of  Moray,  1st  May  1390,  records 
as  a  witness  John  of  Dallas,  lord  of  Dallas,  and  though 
this  charter  has  already  been  printed  by  Mr.  Cosmo  Innes 
(Forbes,  Innes,  66),  it  may  yet  be  appropriately  introduced 
here : — 

'CARTA  COMITIS  JOHANNIS  DATA  BUBGO  DE  ELGYN 

'  Omnibus  hanc  cartam  visuris  vel  audituris  Johannes  de 
Dunbarr  Comes  Mora  vie  eternam  in  Domino  salutem.  Cum 
per  tres  mortalitates  preteritas  et  oppressiones  varias  diver- 
sorum  post  obitum  quondam  auunculorum  nostromm  Thome 
et  Johannis  Ranulphi  comitum  Moravie,  qui  pro  defensione 
regni  et  re  publice  in  bellis  ceciderunt  burgum  nostrum  de 
Elgyn  in  edificiis  pro  magna  parte  corruerit  burgensesque 
partim  mortui  et  alii  affectioneribus  vix  valeant  suam  vitam 
et  statum  sustinere,  nos  volentes  dictum  burgum  et  burgenses 
et  ipsorum  statum  releuare  ad  ipsorum  requestum  humilem 
et  suplicationem  deuotam  seruisiam  assise  solitam  quondam 
constabularis  castri  nostri  de  Elgin  de  singulis  exceptis  pre- 
vilegiatis  seruisiam  in  burgo  ipso  vendentibus  persolvi  de 
cuius  solucione  ipsum  burgum  et  burgenses  multum  grauati 
fuerant  ipsis  et  communitati  dicti  burgi  pro  se  et  suis  suc- 
cessoribus  inperpetuum  ex  speciali  gratia  remittimus  et 
donamus  pie  et  irreuocabiliter  pro  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris 
et  successoribus  comitatibus  Moravie.  Ita  quod  nunquam 
decetero  exigatur.  Et  vt  constat  omnibus  nos  voluntarie 
hanc  gratiam  seu  previlegium  dictam  seruisiam  assise  non 

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JOHN  OF  DALLAS  39 

soluendi  dicte  communitati  fecisse  et  concessisse  obligamus 
nos  heredes  nostros  et  successores  comites  Moravie  Waran- 
tizare  et  defendere  ipsis  istam  nostram  donationem  contra 
omnes  homines  et*  feminas  et  vniuersitates  imperpetuum. 
Et  in  casu  quo  ipsi  burgenses  vel  communitas  trahantur  in 
judicium  circa  huiusmodi  vel  vexentur  nos  subrogamus  et 
assignamus  eis  centum  solidos  de  firma  dicti  burgi  nobis 
debitos  annuatim  retinendos  per  ipsos  in  loco  ipsius  seruisie 
donee  per  nos  heredes  nostros  et  successores  Comites  Moravie 
repositi  fuerint  in  plena  et  pacifica  possessione  eiusdem  et 
hoc  tociens  quociens  ipsos  super  hoc  contigeret  molestari. 
In  quorum  omnium  testimonium  sigillum  nostrum  magnum 
presentibus  fecimus  apponi  vna  cum  sigillo  coniugis  nostre 
domine  Mariorie  et  cum  sigillo  domini  Thome  de  Dunbarr 
filii  nostri  et  heredis  consentientium  ad  premissa.  Pre- 
sentibus Reuerendis  in  Christo  patribus  dominis  Alexandro 
Dei  gratia  Abbate  de  Kynlos,  Religiose  viro  domino  Thoma 
priore  de  Pluscardyne,  Magistris  Willelmo  de  Spyny  precentore 
Willelmo  de  Cheshelme  Thesaurario  ecclesie  Morauiensis 
tune  cancellario  nostro,  Dominis  Johanne  de  Haya  domino 
de  Tulybothuyle,  Roberto  de  Cheshelme  domino  eiusdem, 
militibus,  Hugone  Fraser  domino  de  le  Louet,  Johanne  de 
Dolas  domino  eiusdem  Alexandro  de  Ines  domino  eiusdem  et 
multis  aliis  testibus  ad  premissa.  Datum  apud  Elgyn  primo 
die  mensis  Maij  anno  Domini  millesimo  cccmo  nonagesimo.' 

Some  three  years  later,  on  the  30th  August  1393,  John  of 
Dallas  was  one  of  the  jury  summoned  on  an  inquest  for  the 
retour  of  Robert  Sibbald,  a  minor,  as  heir  to  his  late  father, 
John  Sibbald,  in  the  episcopal  lands  of  Aldrochty,  the  names 
of  the  jurors  summoned  being :  '  Robertus  Cheshelme  miles 
dominus  ejusdem,  Johannes  de  Dolas  dominus  ejusdem, 
Alexander  de  Ines  dominus  ejusdem,  Willelmus  de  Cheshelme, 
Willelmus  Hage,  Willelmus  Wysemen  senior,  Willelmus 
Wyseman  junior,  Reginaldus  de  Innerlochty,  Willelmus 


40  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Vaws,  Willelmus  filius  Michaelis,  Thomas  de  Pilmor,  Thomas 
de  Kirkton,  Johannes  Walker,  Andreas  Fawconer,  Johannes 
filius  Cristini  et  Johannes  filius  Willelmi.' 

John  of  Dallas  must  have  died  not  long  after  this  date, 
as  at  Michaelmas  two  years  later  another  John  of  Dallas 
occurs  as  brother  of  the  lord  of  Dallas,  when  he  is  witness  to 
a  Memorandum  concerning  the  tenancy  of  the  lands  of 
Findrossy.  (Reg.  Mor.,  370.) 


ARCHIBALD  OF  DALLAS 

THE  earliest  indication  we  have  of  the  succession  of  Archibald 
of  Dallas  to  the  lordship  is  contained  in  a  memorandum 
recording  that  the  episcopal  lands  of  Findrossy  were  held  by 
one  John  Flathson,  chief  steward  to  the  Bishop.  This  memo- 
randum, dated  25th  September  1395,  does  not  indeed  mention 
Archibald  by  name,  but  records  the  following  witnesses : 
'  Reginaldus  de  Innerlochy  tenens  ejusdem,  Johannes  de  Doles 
f rater  domini  ejusdem,  Michael  Broun  et  David  de  Inner- 
locti.'  This  John  of  Dallas  was  doubtless  brother  of  Archibald, 
and  will  be  referred  to  later.  (Reg,  Mor.,  370.) 

There  is  only  one  charter  record  of  the  name  of  Archibald 
of  Dallas,  who  acted  with  others  on  a  jury  which  tried  one 
William,  son  of  Thomas,  for  the  theft  of  a  black  horse  from 
Adam  called  Wode,  the  husbandman  of  William,  Bishop  of 
Moray,  on  the  3rd  February  1398-9  ;  the  jury  consisted  of  the 
following :  '  videlicet  Archibald!  de  Dolas,  Johannis  de  Galhagy, 
Thome  de  Urchard,  Ferticii  de  Dun,  Willelmi  de  le  Hage, 
Johannis  le  Barde,  Johannis  Moravie,  Willelmi  Wyseman, 
Johannis  de  Dolas,  Johannis  de  Kelor,  Thome  de  Pylmore, 
Willelmi  filii  Michaelis,  Malisei  de  Blary,  Johannis  Wilkyson, 
[et]  Philippi  filii  Ade.'  (Reg.  Mor.,  212.)  It  is  only  fair  to  state 
that  William  Thomson  was  acquitted  of  this  and  other  thefts 
of  which  he  was  charged. 

That  the  connection  of  the  family  with  their  ancient 
baronial  possessions  terminated  with  this  Archibald  of  Dallas 
is  thus  recorded  by  Hew  Rose,  the  seventeenth-century 
historian  of  the  family  of  Rose  of  Kilravock  : — 

'  The  auncient  familie  of  Dollace  of  that  Ilk  was  extinct. 

41 


42  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

It  descended  to  Elizabeth  Dollace,  daughter  and  heir  to 
Archibald  Dollace  of  that  Ilk,  who,  with  consent  of  her 
husband.  Duncan  Fraser  (a  son  of  the  familie  of  Lovat), 
did,  in  the  year  1428,  make  over  her  right  of  Dollace  to  John 
Dollace  of  Easterfurd,  her  uncle,  and  heir  male  of  the  familie  ; 
who  in  excambion  of  his  lands  in  the  south,  gott  from  David, 
second  (i.e.  first)  Earle  of  Crafurd,  the  lands  of  Budzet,  in  the 
year  1440  ;  tho  I  find  not  why  he  recovered  not  the  lands  of 
Dollace,  the  patrimony  of  his  familie.' 

It  may  be  mentioned  that  the  above  Duncan  Fraser  was 
the  fourth  son  of  Hugh  Fraser  of  Lovat,  who  died  in  1397, 
and  is  said  to  have  been  '  ancestor  of  the  Frasers  in  Moray.' 
(Anderson's  Fam.  Fraser,  52.) 

No  confirmation  of  Hew  Rose's  statement  has  been  found, 
but  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  Archibald  of  Dallas  got 
involved  either  in  financial  or  political  troubles,  and  the  fact 
that  he  granted  a  wadset  over  the  lordship  of  Dallas  is  evidenced 
by  a  writ  dated  15th  February  1422-3,  addressed  by  Thomas 
Dunbar,  Earl  of  Moray,  to  John  the  Hay  of  Lochloy,  son  and 
heir  of  William  the  Hay  of  Lochloy,  who  was  still  living  in 
1420.'  (Reg.  Mor.,  475.)  In  this  writ  the  Earl  writes  to  Hay : 

'  It  is  in  fresch  memore  with  you,  as  we  understand,  that 
throu  certane  tailye  made  betuix  us  and  your  fadir  [William 
the  Hay],  ye  are  oblisit  to  spouse  a  douchtir  of  ouris,  for  the 
quhilk  thing  to  be  done  we  confermit  to  your  fadir  a  tailye 
betuix  him  and  the  lord  of  Dolas  apon  the  lordschip  of  Dolas, 
and  forgeff  till  him  fourty  poundez,  the  quhilk  suld  haf  bene 
paait  til  us  for  the  relefe  of  that  land,'  etc.  (Fam.  Kilr.,  124.) 

This  writ  does  not  substantiate  the  account  of  the  termina- 
tion of  the  family  of  Dallas  of  Dallas  given  by  Hew  Rose,  but 
it  proves  that  the  last  Dallas  lord  of  Dallas,  some  time  between 
the  years  1398  and  1423,  alienated  his  lordship  to  William 
the  Hay  of  Lochloy,  and  a  charter  under  the  Great  Seal, 
dated  2nd  August  1476,  proves  that  Hay's  title  was  valid 
and  complete,  as  from  it  we  learn  that  his  descendant  and 


ARCHIBALD  OF  DALLAS  43 

heir,  another  William  the  Hay  of  Lochloy,  transferred  the 
whole  of  the  lands  of  Dallas  to  Thomas  Gumming  of  Altyre, 
in  the  hands  of  whose  descendants  they  remained  (though 
for  a  time  they  were  alienated  to  the  family  of  Gordon  of 
Gordonstown),  until  this  century  they  were  purchased  by 
Mr.  J.  H.  Houldsworth  of  Coltness. 

The  death  of  Archibald  of  Dallas  must  have  taken  place 
about  the  end  of  the  fourteenth  century.  Several  writers 
have  asserted  that  his  daughter  and  heiress  resigned  her 
claim  to  the  lordship  to  her  uncle,  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterf  ord. 
Of  this  resignation  no  adequate  evidence  has  been  obtained. 

[The  editor  has,  however,  found  the  following  entry  in 
the  Calendar  of  Papal  Registers,  Papal  Letters  8,  1427-47, 
p.  91,  which  may  or  may  not  refer  to  Elizabeth  Doles,  the 
heiress  of  Archibald  Doles,  but  which  certainly  affects  the 
author's  remarks :  '  8  Kal.  May,  SS.  Apostoli  Rome,  fol.  170  :— 
To  the  Bishop  of  Moray  :  Mandate  to  dispense  Martin  Doles 
of  the  Diocese  of  St.  Andrews,  and  Elizabeth  Doles  of  the 
Diocese  of  Moray  to  marry  notwithstanding  that  they  are 
related  in  the  third  and  third  degrees  of  kindred  by  a  common 
stock.  Oblate  nobis.'] 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  [OR 
ATHELSTANEFORD] 

JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  is  accounted  next  brother 
and  heir  male  of  Archibald  of  Dallas,  last  lord  of  Dallas. 
He  first  occurs,  as  has  been  seen,  in  the  year  1395,  when  he 
is  described  as  brother  of  the  lord  of  Dallas,  and  again,  with 
his  brother,  Archibald  of  Dallas,  in  the  year  1398.  How  he 
became  possessor  of  the  lands  of  Easterford,  in  Haddington, 
there  is  nothing  to  show.  These  lands  were  the  property  of 
the  family  of  Montfort,  a  member  of  which,  John  of  Montfort 
of  Easterford,  made  submission  to  King  Edward  I.  in  1295  ; 
he  was  doubtless  a  descendant  of  Alexander  of  Montfort, 
who  was  Sheriff  of  Elgin  in  1263  (Taylor's  Edw.  I.,  142).  It 
may  be  that  John  of  Dallas  married  a  daughter  of  one  of  these 
Montforts,  and  so  acquired  the  property,  but  his  first  associa- 
tion with  Easterford  and  with  certain  other  lands  is  recorded 
in  abstracts  of  a  lost  roll  of  infeftments  of  the  reign  of  King 
Robert  m.,  extending  over  the  years  1397-1404,  made  about 
the  year  1629  by  an  industrious  Scottish  lawyer,  known  as 
Robertson's  Index,  and  which  run  as  follows  : — 

'  [Carta]  to  John  Dallas,  of  the  lands  of  Herbertsheills, 
half  land  of  Blacklawis,  4th  part  lands  of  Fisheartoun,  in  the 
barony  of  Kineff  [In  vicecom.],  Kincardin. 

'  [Carta]  to  ditto,  of  the  lands  of  Elstandfurde,  in  the 
constabulary  of  Hadingtoun  [In  vicecom.],  Edinburgh. 

'  [Carta]  given  by  John  Doles  to  ditto  [i.e.  David,  1st  Earl 
of  Crawford]  of  the  lands  of  Herbertsheills,  half  of  Blacklawis, 
4th  part  of  Fischeartoun,  in  the  barony  of  Bamf  [In  vicecom.], 
Kincardin.'  (Robertson's  Index,  141-2.) 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  45 

In  a  similar  roll  of  the  same  reign  extending  over  the  years 
1398-1406  were  recorded  other  infeftments  as  follows  : — 

'  Carta  by  John  Dallas,  in  wadset  to  Gilbert  Graham 
of  Morphie,  of  the  lands  of  Blacklawis,  and  his  part  of  the 
Fishertoun,  in  the  barony  of  Kinneff  [In  vicecom.],  Kincardin. 

'  [Carta]  by  David,  Earl  of  Craufurd,  to  John  Dolas, 
of  the  lands  of  Boudingtoun,  Newtoun,  Balgerschache,  in  the 
barony  of  Innercarity  [In  vicecom.],  Edinburgh  [and]  Forfar.' 
(Robertson's  Index,  148.) 

It  seems  not  improbable  that  Hew  Rose's  statement 
relative  to  the  exchange  of  '  lands  in  the  south  '  for  those  of 
Budgate,  already  quoted,  may  have  been  based  upon  these 
charters,  which  at  least  prove  that  exchanges  of  land  took 
place  between  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford  and  David, 
first  Earl  of  Crawford,  but  that  Dallas  still  retained  the 
lands  of  Easterford  is  clear  from  documents  presently  to  be 
adduced. 

The  following  register  extract,  for  instance,  shows  Dallas 
still  in  possession  of  these  lands  and  furnishes  some  further 
particulars  as  to  their  tenure  : — 

'  Apud  Edynburgh,  8  Jun.  [24  Jac.  I.,  1429]. 

'  Rex  confirmavit  illas  donationes  quas  Johannes  de  Dolas 
dom.  dimedietatis  de  Elstanfurd  fecit  Johanni  de  Tourris  de 
Inverleth,  pro  ejus  benevolentiis,  conciliis,  auxiliis,  et  servitiis 
dicto  J.  de  D.  impensis, — de  duabus  terris  husbandariis  quas 
Ricardus  .  .  .  et  Donaldus  Betoun  de  dicto  Joh.  de  D. 
alias  ad  firmam  tenuerunt,  et  de  duabus  aliis  terris  husbandariis 
quarum  una  fuit  Valteri  de  Bekyrtoun  militis,  et  alia  Agnetis 
de  Tempill,  hi  villa  et  territorio  de  Elstanfurd  in  constabularia 
de  Hadyngtoun,  vie.  Edynburgh  : — Tenend.  dicto  Joh.  de 
T.  heredibus  ejus  et  assignatis  in  feodo  : — Test.  Joh.  Episc. 
Glasguensis,  Wil.  de  Foulis,  M.  Tho.  de  Myrtoun,  Decanus 
Glasguensis,  Johannes  Forestarii  de  Corstorfyne,  Walterus 


46  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

de  Ogilby,  Thesaurarius.'     (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.  Scot.,  1424-1513, 
p.  25.) 

It  was,  no  doubt,  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford  who,  on 
2nd  May  1430,  was  one  of  those  on  the  inquest  for  the  retour 
of  Hugh  Fraser  of  Lovat,  as  heir  to  his  brother  Alexander 
Fraser  of  Lovat ;  the  names  of  those  on  this  inquest  were  : 
'  Donald  de  Caldor  thanum  ejusdem,  Joh.  de  Roiss  de  Kilrawas, 
Hug.  Roiss,  Alex.  Stantoun  de  Lethyn,  Joh.  de  Haia  de 
Lochboy,  Angusium  Moravie,  Tho.  Caldor,  Wil.  Caldor 
Joh.  Dolas,  Dav.  Piccart,  Wil.  Sincler,  Joh.  Graneter,  Adam 
Brethi,  And.  Ostillar,  Moricium  Gray,  Wil.  Tarrail,  Angusium 
Horaldi  majorem,  Rob.  Waus,  Pat.  Doulsoun,  Aug.  Horaldi 
minorem,  Alex.  Kennathsoun,  Valt.  Andree  et  Mich. 
Donaldi : — Sub  sigillis  dicti  Joh.  de  Narn  (substitutum 
vicecomitis  de  Invernys)  et  pref atorum  hominum.'  (Reg.  Mag. 
Sig.  Scot.,  1424-1513,  p.  39.) 

A  year  later,  on  llth  April  1431,  an  inquest  was  held  at 
Nairn  by  Donald,  thane  of  Cawdor,  Sheriff  of  Nairn,  for  the 
retour  of  Hugh  Rose  as  son  and  heir  of  John  Rose  of  Kilravock, 
his  father :  '  per  istos  infra  scriptos,  videlicet,  Hugonem 
Fraser  de  Lovet,  Walterum  de  Dwglas,  Johannem  de  Narn, 
Johannem  de  Hay,  Willelmum  de  Caldor,  Andream  de  Vrwel, 
Thomam  Fauconer,  Johannem  de  Moravia,  Alexandrum 
de  Vrchard,  Thomam  de  Caldor,  Johannem  Fauconer, 
Johannem  de  Doles  de  Cantre,  Johannem  de  Doles  de  Terneway, 
Andream  Hostaler,  Johannem  Macalowne,  Johannem  de 
Fynrossy,  Hugonem  filium  Ade,  Willelmum  Mikil,  Thomam 
filium  Nicholai,  Willelmum  filium  Gilberti  et  Donaldum 
Schewaneson.' 

This  record  has  been  introduced  here  because  it  seems 
probable  that  the  John  of  Dallas  of  Cantray  mentioned  was, 
in  fact,  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford  under  another  designa- 
tion. The  question  will,  however,  be  reverted  to  later. 

Some  time  before  the  year  1440,  John  of  Dallas 'appears 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  47 

to  have  sold  or  entirely  denuded  himself  of  that  half  of  the 
lordship  of  Easterford  which  in  1429  belonged  to  him,  as  the 
following  record  shows  :— 

lApud  Crechtoun,  12  Jan.  [3  Jac.  II.,  1439-40J. 

'  Rex  concessit  Patricio  de  Hepburne  de  Walchtoun 
militi,  et  heredibus  ejus, — mediam  partem  terrarum  de 
Athilstanfurde  et  molendinum  spectantibus  et  parcis  super 
aquam  de  Tyne,  in  constab.  Hadingtoun,  vie.  Edinburghe  ;— 
quam  Joh.  de  Dolas  resignavit : — Test.,'  etc.  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig. 
Scot.,  1424-1513,  p.  51.) 

He  still,  however,  continued  to  be  styled  '  of  Easterford,' 
probably  until  his  death,  certainly  until  the  year  1453-4, 
when  a  very  interesting  letter  concerning  his  claim  to  the 
lands  of  Blackhills,  in  the  lordship  of  Dallas,  appears,  and 
brings  to  a  close  what  little  is  known  of  his  probably  chequered 
career.  It  is  addressed  by  John  the  Rose,  Baron  of  Kilravock, 
to  an  unnamed  churchman,  and  runs  as  foUows  :— 

'  Reverent  Fadyr  in  Crist  I  Johne  the  Roos  of  Kilravock 
to  your  worshipfull  faderhed  sends  honor  with  reverens. 
Lyket  your  faderhed  and  your  estat  to  wyt  that  Johne  of 
Doles  of  Eastafuird,  your  servant  and  my  cousyng,  befor 
the  lords  of  my  countra  spirituall  and  temporall,  sayand 
with  apyn  langage  for  the  favor  of  witnessyng  of  yow  and  me, 
quhylk  witnessyng  I  trow  we  acht  to  do  him  be  lowe,  lawe, 
and  lawte,  and  for  defaut  of  our  testimoniall  he  tyns  a  toun 
callit  the  Blackhills,  in  the  barrony  of  Doles,  and  in  the  regale 
of  Morow,  wedset  till  him  be  a  mychtie  Lord  Thomas  of 
Dunbarr,  umquhyle,  Earle  of  Moraw,  for  twentie  merks, 
as  his  evident  berys  witnes,  and  as  ye  watt  lachfullie  followyt 
be  brewis  of  law  of  our  soveran  lords  the  Kings  Chapell, 
befor  a  hy  and  mychtie  Lord,  Alexander  Stewart,  Earle  of 
Marr  and  Garvyoch,  and  that  tyme  Shirraw  of  Innernes, 
apon  a  mychtie  Lord  James  of  Dunbarr,  that  tyme  Earle 


48  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

of  Moraw,  and  dynt  of  dome  at  Tarnewa  be  yow,  me,  and 
John  of  Nairn,  thereapon  given  us,  as  a  worschipfull  squyre 
your  halie  faderhed,  that  ye  be  wislie  awysit  in  this  mater 
befor  God,  and  that  ye  make  a  testimonial!  under  your  sele, 
but  fraud,  falset  or  guyle,  lelie  and  trewlie.  Wrytten  at 
Kilravock,  under  my  sele,  the  third  day  of  March,  the  yer 
of  our  Lord  M.CCCC.LHI  yers,  befor  the  wittnesses,  William 
of  Calder  of  that  Ilk,  Hucheon  the  Rose,  my  son  and  my 
hayr,  William  the  Rose  and  Alexander,  my  sons,  venerable 
chappelanys  Sir  William  Michelson,  vicar  of  Dalcors,  Sir 
David,  chapellan  to  the  Thane  John  of  Calder,  Alexander 
of  Calder,  and  John  of  Angus,  with  mony  others.'  (Kilr.,  46.) 
It  would  appear  that,  in  spite  of  this  powerful  intervention 
in  his  behalf,  John  of  Dallas  failed  to  recover  either  the  lands 
of  Blackhills  or  any  other  part  of  the  lordship  of  Dallas,  and 
he  probably  did  not  long  survive  the  transaction  here  recorded. 

During  the  long  life  of  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford 
numerous  members  of  his  family  flit  across  the  pages  of  local 
history,  and  call  for  a  more  or  less  detailed  record.  Perhaps 
first  in  importance  as  in  date  is  a  John  of  Dallas  '  More,'  who 
about  the  close  of  the  fourteenth  century  obtained  from  the 
Bishop  of  Moray  a  feu  of  the  lands  of  Middle  Haugh  under 
circumstances  set  forth  in  the  following  mutilated  charter  : — 

'  CABTA  DE  MYDILHALCH 

'  Omnibus  hanc  cartam  visuris  vel  audituris  Willelmus 
miseratione  divina  episcopus  Moraviensis  eternam  in  Domino 
salutem.  Noveritis  universi  quod  nos  dimidiam  dauatam 
de  Mydilhalch  jacentem  inter  terram  de  Ochterspyny  ex  parte 
una  et  terram  de  Ferkoklaw  ex  alia  ex  parte  boreali  atque 
de  Lossy  post  mortem  Johannis  de  Moravia  ultimi  tenentis 
ejusdem  hi  manus  nostras  saysiri  et  recognosci  fecerimus 
et  per  aliquod  tempus  tenuerimus,  tandem  Megota  de  Moravia 


DALLAS   BRIDGE 


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TOR    CASTLE 


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filia  dicti  Johannis  et  heres  universalis  et  unica  in  mera 
virginitate  sua,  informata  quod  dictus  pater  suus  tenementum 
illud  contra  bone  memorie  quondam  Alexandrum  del  gratia 
episcopum  Moraviensem  predecessorem  nostrum  ultimum 
in  quadam  plena  curia  super  hoc  tenta  ex  parte  boreali  partis 
Episcopi  juxta  canoniam  amiserat,  et  super  ilia  amissione 
judicium  in  curia  ipsa  datum  esset,  dubitans  quod  ipsum 
tenementum  per  viam  juris  recuperare  non  posset,  amicorum 
usa  consilio,  omne  jus  quod  habuit  vel  habere  potuit  in  ipsa 
dimidia  davata  terre  vel  ad  ipsam  die  Veneris  in  festo  beati 
dementis  Pape  in  manibus  nostris  pure  libere  et  simpliciter 
per  fustem  et  baculum  quern  tune  in  manibus  tenebat  pro  se 
et  heredibus  suis  sursum  reddidit  et  resignavit  in  presentia 
capituli  nostri  tune  propter  hoc  capitulariter  congregati 
subiciens  se  gratie  nostre  et  capituli  antedicti.  Nos  vero 
super  hoc  sepius  ante  et  tune  cum  dicto  capitulo  nostro 
frequenti  deliberatione  et  mature  consilio  prehabitis,  ipsam 
dimidiam  davatam  de  Mydilhalch  cum  pertinentiis  suis,  sic 
nobis  sursum  redditam  et  simpliciter  resignatam,  Johanni  de 
Dolas  More  et  predicte  Megote,  qui  tune  de  matrimonio  inter 
se  contrahendo  coram  nobis  se  adinvicem  obligarunt,  de 
consensu  et  assensu  dicti  capituli  nostri  dedimus  et  concessimus 
et  tenore  presentium  damus  et  concedimus  eorum  alteri 
diutius  superstiti  et  duobus  heredibus  ex  ipsis  legitime  de- 
cendentibus  pro  ipsius  Johannis  et  heredum  suorum  labore  et 
servitio  nobis  et  successoribus  nostris  et  ecclesie  impensis  et 
fideliter  impendendis,  reddendo  inde  nobis  et  successoribus 
nostris  episcopis  Moraviensibus  ipse  et  heredes  sui  annuatim 
quinque  solidos  usualis  monete  ad  festum  Penthecostes  et 
Sancti  Martini  in  hyeme  per  equales  portiones,  et  faciendo 
forinsecum  servitium  domini  nostri  Regis  quantum  pertinet 
ad  dictam  terram  et  faciendo  modo  consueto  multuram  et 
molendinum  nostrum  de  Malathy  super  Lossy  et  stagnum 
ipsius  pro  omni  alio  servitio  exactione  et  demanda  seculari. 
Quibus  duobus.  .  .  .'  (Reg.  Epis.  Morav.,  214.) 


50  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

The  date  assigned  by  the  editor  of  the  Moray  Cartulary 
to  this  imperfect  document  is  between  the  years  1397  and 
1406,  and  it  has  therefore  been  not  unreasonably  conjectured 
that  John  of  Dallas  '  More  '  was  identical  with  John  of  Dallas 
of  Easterford.  But  Carlisle  has  recorded  (Topogr.  Scot.,  s.v. 
'  Spynie  '),  that  Auchter  Spynie  or  Upper  Haugh,  Morayston, 
in  the  parish  of  Spynie,  which  he  says  was  in  1378  called 
Middle  Haugh,  was  in  that  year  feued  by  the  Bishop  of 
Moray  to  John  Dallas,  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Strathardel. 
It  is  difficult  to  reconcile  this  statement  with  the  Moray 
charter  above  quoted,  unless  the  conjectural  date,  1397-1406, 
is  later  than  should  have  been  assigned  to  it.  Strathardel 
is  in  Perthshire,  bordering  on  Stirlingshire,  so  that  we  are 
interested  to  observe  a  John  of  Dallas  hi  the  fifteenth  century, 
owner  of  the  lands  of  Easter  Lecky,  which  he  then  resigned  to 
their  former  owner,  Murdoch  of  Lecky.  Two  charters  under 
the  Great  Seal  relating  to  the  transmissions  afford  no  indica- 
tion of  the  personality  of  John  of  Dallas  or  of  the  manner  in 
which  he  became  possessed  of  the  lands  in  question. 

'CARTA   CONFIRMACIONIS   PRO   MURDACO   DE   LEKY   DE 
TERRIS   DE   ESTERLEKY   CUM   PERTDSTENCHS 

'  Robertus  dux  Albanie  comes  de  ffyfe  et  de  Mentethe 
ac  gubernator  regni  Scocie  Omnibus  probis  hominibus  tocius 
regni  predicti  Clericis  et  Laicis  salutem.  Sciatis  nos  In- 
spexisse  et  veraciter  intellexisse  quamdam  cartam  Johannis 
de  Dolas  de  Esterleky  sub  sigillo  suo  confectam  dilecto  nostro 
Murdaco  de  Leky  non  rasam  non  abolitam  non  cancellatam 
nee  hi  aliqua  sui  parte  viciatam.  Sz  omni  prorsus  vicio 
macula  et  suspicione  carentur,  cujus  tenor  de  verbo  in  verbum 
sequitur  sub  hac  forma.  Omnibus  hanc  cartam  visurus 
uel  auditurus  Johannes  de  Dolas  dominus  de  Esterleky 
salutem  in  dormino  sempiternam.  Sciatis  me  dedisse  con- 
cessisse  et  hac  presenti  carta  mea  pro  me  et  heredibus  meis 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  51 

imperpetuum  ad  feodi  firmam  dimisisse  carissimo  amico 
meo  Murdaco  de  Leky  domino  ejusdem  dictas  terras  meas  de 
Esterleky  cum  pertinenciis  jacentis  infra  vicecomitatum  de 
Struelyne,  Tenendum  et  habendum  totas  et  integras  pre- 
dictas  terras  de  Esterleky  cum  pertinenciis  suis  quibuscumque 
predicto  Murdaco  et  heredibus  suis  de  me  et  heredibus  meis 
in  feodi  firma  imperpetuum  in  boscis,  planis,  moris,  marresiis, 
viis,  semitis,  aquis,  stagnis,  pratis,  pascuis,  et  pasturis, 
molendinis  multuris  et  eorum  sequelis,  cum  curiis  et  curiarum 
exitibus,  aucupacionibus,  piscacionibus  et  venacionibus  fab- 
rinis  et  brasinis  et  petariis  et  turbariis  ac  cum  omnibus  aliis 
et  singulis  libertatibus  commoditatibus,  aisiamentis  et  iustis 
suis  pertinenciis  quibuscumque  ad  predictas  terras  spectantibus 
seu  iuste  spectare  valentibus  quomodolibet  in  futurum, 
libere  quiete  plenarie  integre  honorifice  bene  et  in  pace. 
Reddendo  michi  et  heredibus  meis  annuatim  apud  Esterleky 
dictus  Murdacus  et  heredes  sui  de  predictis  terris  cum  per- 
tinenciis decem  marcas  vsualis  monete  Regni  Scocie  ad  duos 
anni  terminos,  videlicet  penthecostes  et  sancti  Martini  in 
hieme  per  equales  porciones,  tantum  pro  wardis,  maritagii 
Releuiis  secularibus  seruiciis,  omnibus  exaccionibus  seu  de- 
mandis,  que  de  predictis  terris  cum  pertinenciis  per  me  ut 
heredes  meos  infuturum  exigi  poterunt  aliqualiter  seu  requiri. 
Et  ego  vero  prefatus  Johannes  de  Dolas  et  heredes  mei  pre- 
dictas terras  de  Esterleky,  cum  pertinenciis  predicto  Murdaco 
et  heredibus  suis  in  forma  prescripta  contra  omnes  homines 
et  feminas  warantizabimus  aquietabimus  et  imperpetuum 
defendemus.  In  Cuius  Rei  testimonium  sigillum  meum 
presenti  carte  mee  est  appensum  apud  Leky  decimo  die 
mensis  Februarii  Anno  domini  millesimo  quadringentesimo 
sexto.  Hiis  testibus  magnifico  domino  et  potenti  domino 
Duncano  Comite  de  Leuenax,  Johanne  Gourlay  burgensis 
de  Striuelyne,  Alexandro  Post  burgensis  eiusdam,  Patricio 
Lyndesay,  Johanne  Naper  domino  de  Kilmehew  cum  multis 
aliis.  Quamquidem  cartam  donacionem  et  concessionem 


52  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  eadem  contentas  in  omnibus  punctis  suis  et  articulis  con- 
dicionibus  et  modis,  ac  circumstanciis  suis  quibuscumque 
forma  partiter  et  effectu  in  omnibus  et  per  omnia  appro- 
bamus.  Ratificamus  et  auctoritate  officii  nostri  gubernacionis 
regni  predict!  imperpetuum  confirmamus.  Saluo  domino 
nostro  Regi  et  heredibus  suis  de  predictis  terris  cum  pertin- 
enciis  seruicio  debito  et  consueto.  In  cujus  rei  testimonium 
presenti  carte  nostre  confirmacionis  Sigillum  officii  nostri 
gubernacionis  regni  predicti  apponi  precipimus  Testibus 
Reverendo  in  XPO  patre  Gilberto  Episcopo  Aberodonense 
cancellario  Scocie  Willelmo  domino  de  Grahame,  Johanne 
Senescallo  de  Lorn,  Willelmo  de  Conyngham,  Georgio  de 
Lesly  militibus,  magistro  Ricardo  de  Cornell  archidiacono 
Dunkelde,  Archibaldo  de  Conynghame,  Dauid  Berclay  et 
Andrea  de  Hawyk  canonico  Dunkelde  secretario  nostro  apud 
Perth  vicesimo  quinto  die  mensis  Februarii  Anno  domini 
millesimo  ccccmo  Sexto,  Et  gubernacionis  nostre  Anno 
primo.'  (Beg,  Gt.  Seal  Scot.,  Rot.  n.,  Act  30.) 

'Robertas  dux  Albanie  comes  de  Fyfe  et  de  Menteth  ac 
gubernator  regni  Scocie  Omnibus  probis  hominibus  tocius 
regni  predicti  clericis  et  laicis  salutem.  Sciatis  nos  approbasse 
ratificasse  et  hac  presenti  carta  nostra  confirmasse  donacionem 
et  concessionem  illas  quas  dilectus  noster  Johannes  de  Dolas 
de  Estirleky  fecit  et  concessit  dilecto  nostro  Murdaco  de 
Leky  pro  suis  benemeritis  gratisque  beneficiis  sibi  sepius 
impensis  ac  pro  quadam  summa  monete  videlicet  Centum 
et  viginti  marcarum  sterlingorum  sibi  persoluta  et  per  ipsam 
plenarie  recepta  de  totis  et  integris  terris  de  Esterleky  cum 
pertinenciis  jacentibus  infra  vicecomitatum  de  Struelyne. 
Tenendum  et  habendum  totas  predictas  terras  suas  de  Esterleky 
cum  pertinenciis  prefato  Murdaco  heredibus  suis  et  sui& 
assignatis  de  domino  nostro  Rege  et  heredibus  suis  per  omnes 
rectas  metas  et  diuisas  suas  in  feodo  et  hereditate  imperpetmim. 
Adeo  libere  et  quiete  plenarie  integre  honorifice  bene  et  in 
pace  in  omnibus  et  per  omnia  sicut  in  litteris  predicti  Johannis. 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  53 

de  Dolas  predicto  Murdaco  inde  confectis  plenius  continetur, 
Saluo  domino  nostro  Regi  et  heredibus  suis  de  dictis  terris 
cum  pertinenciis  servicio  debito  et  consueto.  In  Oujus  rei 
testimonium  Sigillum  officii  nostri  gubernacionis  regni  pre- 
dict! presenti  carte  nostre  confirmacionis  apponi  precepimus. 
Apud  Falklande  decimo  octauo  die  mensis  Octobris  Anno 
domini  millesimo  ccccmo  Septimo,  Et  gubernacionis  nostre 
Anno  Secundo.'  (Ibid.,  Rot.  XL,  Act  31.) 

The  name  of  Thomas  of  Dallas,  lord  of  Tullyglen,  recalls 
the  Thomas  of  Dallas  who  was  forfeited  by  Edward  L,  and 
may  perhaps  be  taken  to  indicate  relationship.  Tullyglen 
is  a  district  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Findhorn  to  the  south  of 
the  great  '  Park  of  Tarnaway,'  within  the  bounds  of  which 
perhaps  were  situate  the  Hills  and  the  Hayning.  There 
is  a  discrepancy  in  the  date  of  the  Great  Seal  register  and 
the  deed  which  it  recites  which  is  not  easy  of  explanation. 

'  Apud  Edynburgh,  15  Sep.  [25  Jac.,  1430]. 

'Rex  confirmavit  quasdam  literas  impignorationis  Thome 
de  Dolas  de  Tulyglenys  factas  Andree  Ostler  burgensi  de 
Fores — de  terris  ejus  de  Inchstacnyk,  sub  hac  forma  : — Til 
al  men  that  thir  lettrez  herys  or  seis  Thorn  of  Dolas,  lord  of 
Tulyglenys,  gretyng  in  God  aylestand  : — Wyt  yhe  me  hi  my 
strenyeand  myster  til  haf  put  hi  wede  til  my  lowyt  and 
tender  frend  Andro  Osteler  burges  of  Fores  al  the  landis  of 
Inchstacnyk  for  a  some  of  silver — that  is  to  say  14  mark  of 
usuale  mone  of  Scotland  beforhand  till  me  payit ; — TILL 
HAF  and  till  hald  to  the  sayd  Androw,  hys  ayris  and  hys 
assignez,  with  al  esimentis,  profittis  and  rychtwys  pertinentis, 
quhil  the  sayd  Andro  of  the  forsayd  some  fullely  be  content 
and  payit,  the  fermys  and  the  frottis  in  the  mene  tyme  tane 
in  the  principale  some  of  na  maner  of  waye  to  be  contyt, — 
and  gif  it  hapnys,  the  tanehalf  of  the  sayd  to  be  wonnyn  fra 
the  sayd  Andro  be  the  law,  the  some  that  half  lyis  for  to  be 
payit  to  the  sayd  Androw,  the  tothir  half  to  remayne  til  he 


54  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

be  payit  of  the  forsayd  some, — and  gif  it  happynys,  as  God 
forbede  it  do,  me  my  ayris,  executuris  or  assignez  or  ony  othir 
in  our  name  to  mak  ony  contradiccion  or  gayncallyng  in  thir 
thingis,  I  oblys  me  myn  ayris,  executuris  and  assignez  and  al 
my  landis  of  the  Hillis  and  the  Haynyng  and  al  othirs  and  al 
my  guddis  movabill  and  unmovabil  to  warand  this  wedset- 
tyng,  and  to  be  distreinyeit  at  the  wil  of  the  sayd  Andro  hys 
ayris  and  hys  assignez  wythoutyn  the  ordinance  of  ony 
Juge  of  haly  kyrk  or  secular  til  the  sayd  Andro  his  ayris  and 
his  assignez  alswele  of  the  costis  and  skathis  that  he  sustenys 
as  of  the  principale  det  he  fullely  sal  be  payit : — In  the  wytnes 
of  the  quhilk  thyng  my  sele  is  put  to  this  present  lettrez  at 
Fores  the  xxiiij  day  of  May  the  yheir  of  our  lord  a  thousand 
four  hundreth  thuerty  and  thre  yheir : — TEST.  Jac.  de 
Levingstoune  de  Calentare,  Scutifer,  M.  Wil.  Turnbule,  Gustos 
Privati  Sigilli,  Tho.  de  Peblis,  Vicarius  de  Innerlithane,  Wil. 
Comes  Orcadie  et  Dom.  de  Sancto  Claro.'  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig. 
Scot.,  1424-1513,  p.  38.) 

In  the  year  1416  one  Robert  of  Dallas  presented  to 
Benedict  xm.  a  petition  for  the  vacant  priory  of  Urquhart, 
the  abstract  of  the  register  running  thus  : — 

'  Robert  de  Dolas,  monk  of  Dunfermline,  of  noble  birth.  For 
the  priory  of  Urcart,  in  the  diocese  of  Moray,  dependent  on  Dun- 
fermline, value  20Z.  old  sterling,  void  by  the  promotion  of  William 
de  Sancto  Andrea  to  Dunfermline.  Granted.  Peniscola,  6  Non. 
March,  an.  22.'  (Pap.  Reg.,  i.  605  (fol.  285),  Ixxxviii.  594.) 

Probably  Robert  had  been  nominated  to  the  priory  by 
the  Abbot  of  Dunfermline,  but  notwithstanding  that  the 
petition  to  the  Pope  for  confirmation  was  granted,  it  would 
appear  that  he  never  enjoyed  this  preferment.  Benedict  xm. 
being  only  Antipope,  it  might  be  supposed  that  his  acts 
would  be  disavowed  by  the  Church  in  Scotland,  and  that  for 
this  reason  the  granting  of  Robert's  petition  was  of  no  avail ; 
but  while  the  rest  of  Europe,  except,  indeed,  the  little  kingdom 
of  Aragon,  had  definitely  repudiated  the  claims  of  Benedict 
(Pedro  de  Luna)  to  the  papacy,  Scotland  adhered  to  his 


JOHN  OF  DALLAS  OF  EASTERFORD  55 

pontificate  until  his  death  in  1424,  and  thus  it  was  that 
Robert's  petition,  instead  of  going  to  Rome,  was  presented  at 
Peniscola  in  Catalonia.  No  light,  therefore,  is  thus  thrown  upon 
the  reasons  which  led  to  the  failure  of  the  petition.  The  only 
further  information  to  be  obtained  upon  the  transaction  is  con- 
tained in  the  following  subsequent  petition  of  the  year  1418: — 

'  Richard  de  Bothwil,  monk  of  Dunf ermlin,  student  of  canon 
law  for  three  years.  To  the  priory  of  Wrchart,  dependent  on 
Dunfermlin,  value  60Z.  old  sterling,  which,  on  its  voidance 
by  the  promotion  of  William  to  the  abbey,  was  given  first 
to  Robert  de  Dolas,  and  then  to  William  de  Dalketh,  monk 
of  Abirbrothok,  between  whom  a  question  having  arisen, 
sentence  was  given  that  neither  had  right  therein,  notwith- 
standing that  Andrew  de  Rabuzy,  monk  of  Dunfermlin,  has 
unlawfully  held  it  for  four  months.  Granted.  Peniscola,  3  Id. 
Dec.,  an.  25.'  (Pap.  Keg.,  i.  610  (fol.  319d),  Ixxxviii.  594.) 

The  accounts  of  the  Great  Chamberlain  record,  in  the 
year  1434,  one  John  Dallas,  a  '  servant  of  the  king,'  but  his 
precise  status  is  not  disclosed  ;  the  entry  concerning  him 
runs  as  follows  in  the  compotum  of  John  Swyft  and  Thomas 
de  Berwik,  custumariorum  burgi  de  Edinburch : — '.  .  .  Et 
Johanni  Dolas,  servitori  regis,  per  assignacionem  ejusdem,  ut 
patet  per  literas  suas  de  precepto  et  dicti  Johannis  de  recepto 
ostensas  super  computum  iiij  li.  .  .  .'  (Rot.  Scac.,  iv.  574-5.) 
It  seems  probable  that  this  John  Dallas  was  he  who,  in  1426  and 
1437,  is  recorded  as  holding  certain  lands  in  Edinburgh  (Reg.  St. 
Oiks,  48,  58),  though  who  he  was  there  is  nothing  to  show. 

In  a  dispute  between  the  Prioress  and  Nuns  of  North 
Berwick  and  the  Burgesses  and  Community  of  Berwick 
regarding  their  respective  territories,  the  Justiciary,  Thomas 
Symmervell,  Lord  Carnebeith,  caused  an  assize  to  be  chosen 
of  twenty-five  persons  to  determine  the  boundaries  of  the 
marches.  Among  the  jury  chosen,  who  were  all  local  persons, 
is  found  John  de  Dolas,  probably  John  Dolas  of  Easterford. 
The  notarial  copy  of  the  instrument  is  dated  14  October  1434. 
(Laing  Charters,  No.  113,  p.  29.) 


HENRY  OF  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY 

THE  records  of  the  family  immediately  subsequent  to  the 
death  of  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford,  which  probably  occurred 
not  much  later  than  the  year  1453,  are  exceedingly  scanty. 
It  has  been  seen  that  in  1431  John  of  Dallas  of  Cantray 
and  John  of  Dallas  of  Tarnaway  were  on  the  inquest  for  the 
retour  of  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock,  but  no  further  reference 
to  either  of  them  is  found,  and  the  identity  of  John  of  Dallas 
of  Cantray  has  not  been  determined  with  certainty. 

It  has  been  surmised  that  he  was  the  eldest  son  and 
apparent  heir  of  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford,  and  that  he 
employed  the  designation  of  Cantray  during  his  father's 
lifetime  in  the  same  way  that  the  apparent  heir  of  Budgate 
employed  the  designation  of  Galcantray,  but  such  evidence 
as  exists  (chronological  and  genealogical)  points  to  the  con- 
clusion that  John  of  Easterford  and  John  of  Cantray  were 
one  and  the  same  person. 

A  few  years  later  there  appears  upon  the  scene  a  certain 
Henry  of  Dallas,  probably  the  son  of  this  John  of  Dallas  of 
Cantray.  On  5th  February  1464-5,  an  inquest  was  held 
at  Inverness,  under  the  authority  of  Celestine  'de  Insulis,' 
Sheriff-depute  of  Inverness,  for  the  retour  of  Sir  Duncan 
Grant  as  heir  to  his  grandfather,  Gilbert  of  Glencharny, 
in  the  lands  of  Kunnyngais,  which  was  constituted  of  the 
following  jurors :  '  Alexandrum  de  Dunbare  de  Westfeilde, 
Willelmum  de  Caldore,  milites,  Willelmum  de  Caldore, 
iuniorem,  Thomam  Cummyn,  Alexandrum  Cummyn,  Johannem 
Hay  de  Mayn,  Thanum  de  Brothy,  Hugonem  de  Douglas, 
Jacobum  de  Douglas,  Alexandrum  Flemyng,  Patricium 


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HENRY  OF  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  57 

Fergusii,  Donaldum  Coysoun,  Johannem  Scheras,  Henricum 
de  Dolas,  Willelmum  Gaufridi,  et  Donaldum  Johannis.' 
(Grant,  iii.  26.)  No  designation,  it  will  be  observed,  is  given 
to  this  Henry  of  Dallas,  but  he  appears  among  the  well-known 
neighbours  of  Cantray,  and  he  was,  there  can  be  little  doubt, 
the  grandfather  of  the  succeeding  Henry  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
and  consequently  father  of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  who 
apparently  succeeded  to  the  estates  about  the  year  1480. 

No  further  mention  has  been  found  of  Henry  of  Dallas, 
whose  name  is  recorded  merely  to  fill  the  gap  between  the 
death  of  John  of  Dallas  of  Easterford  and  the  accession  of 
the  owner  of  Cantray  next  to  be  mentioned. 

So  seldom  does  a  member  of  the  family  appear  in  the 
character  of  a  churchman,  that  mention  may  here  be  made 
of  an  instrument,  dated  26th  April  1470,  regarding  the  non- 
payment of  the  redemption  money  of  MethiU  by  Sir  John  of 
Wemyss  of  that  ilk  to  the  sub-prior  of  St.  Andrews,  where 
'  Jacobus  de  Doless,  presbiter  Sanctiandree  diocesis,  publicus 
autoritatibus  imperiali  et  regali  notarius,'  acted  as  notary 
(Wemyss,  ii.  96),  and  of  another  instrument  regarding  a 
wadset  of  the  same  lands,  dated  8th  June  1470,  which  was 
witnessed  by  the  same  Jacobus  Dolas.'  (Ibid.,  98.) 

Mention  may  also  be  made  of  John  Dallas,  evidently  a 
prosperous  manufacturer  and  notable  citizen  of  Edinburgh, 
who  as  textor  in  arras,  attripotentus,  textor  attripotente  or 
attrabatensi,  and  finally  textor  in  arreswerk,  received  sundry 
payments  from  the  King's  exchequer,  apparently  not  for 
goods  supplied,  but  as  a  recognised  annual  allowance — in  fact, 
pro  feodo  suo.  These  payments  extend  from  the  year  1468 
to  the  year  1480,  and  may  perhaps  have  some  relation  to  the 
money  paid  in  1434  to  John  Dallas,  the  King's  servant,  already 
noticed.  (Excheq.  Rolls,  vii.  590;  viii.  192,  254,  315,  391, 
465,  548,  630  ;  ix.  80.) 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY,  who  was  probably  the  eldest 
son  and  heir  of  Henry  of  Dallas,  was  born  about  the  year 
1451.  (Invernessiana,  p.  185.)  He  first  appears,  after  his 
lands  had  been  for  some  time  in  non-entry,  as  one  of  the 
arbitrators  on  behalf  of  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  in  a  debate 
concerning  the  marches  of  Cawdor  and  Kilravock,  the  in- 
denture between  the  Thane  and  the  Baron  of  Kilravock 
being  dated  18th  September  1480  (Cawdor,  437),  and  the 
decree  arbitral  pronounced  on  4th  November  following. 
(Ibid.,  439.)  On  29th  April  1488  he  was  one  of  the  witnesses 
of  the  charter  of  resignation  of  William  Calder,  eldest  son  and 
apparent  heir  of  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  who  '  being 
lame,  and  weak  of  body,'  was  devoted  to  the  service  of  the 
Church,  and  on  20th  August  1490  he  was  one  of  the  witnesses 
of  the  contract  of  marriage  between  Hugh  Mackintosh  'Allan- 
son  '  and  Marion  Calder,  daughter  of  the  Thane  of  Cawdor,  for 
which  a  papal  dispensation  was  required.  (Cawdor,  73.) 

On  10th  May  1492  the  contract  for  the  marriage  of  John 
Calder,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor, 
and  Isabel,  eldest  daughter  of  Hugh  Rose,  son  and  apparent 
heir  of  the  Baron  of  Kilravock,  was  ratified,  William  Dallas 
of  Cantray  and  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  being  two  of  the 
sureties  for  the  payment  of  a  part  of  the  lady's  very  con- 
siderable tocher.  (Cawdor,  76.) 

On  13th  August  1492  he  was  one  of  many  '  arbitoris  and 
amiabille  compositoris '  evenly  chosen  between  Andrew, 
Bishop  of  Moray,  and  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock,  for  the  settle- 
ment of  the  marches  between  Kilravock,  Kildrummy,  and 


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WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  59 

the  church  lands  of  Croy,  and  on  6th  January  1493  he  and 
William  Dallas  of  Budgate  witnessed  the  charter  of  foundation 
of  a  perpetual  chaplainry  within  the  chapelry  of  Geddes 
by  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock.  (Kilr.,  140.) 

About  this  time  the  Thane  of  Cawdor  and  the  Dallases 
of  Cantray  and  Budgate  fell  into  serious  trouble,  doubtless 
owing  to  some  hership  or  depredation  of  which  no  record  now 
remains.  Whatever  their  crime,  it  was  sufficiently  heinous 
to  lead  to  their  trial  at  Aberdeen  before  King  James  iv.  in 
person,  when  they  were  all  sentenced  to  death.  They  were 
good  and  loyal  subjects  of  their  sovereign,  however  law- 
less in  their  dealings  with  their  neighbours,  and  accordingly 
the  following  free  pardon  was  granted  to  them  :— 

'LlTERA   PRO   WlLLELMO   THANO   DE   CALDOR 

'  James  be  the  grace  of  God  king  of  Scottis,  to  all  and 
sundri  owre  justicis  shireffis  justice  clerkis  crownaris  and  thare 
deputis  and  all  utheris  oure  officiaris  liegis  and  subditis 
quham  it  efferis  quhais  knaulage  thir  oure  lettres  salcum 
greting.  Wit  yhe  that  forsamekle  as  in  oure  court  of  justiciary 
haldin  be  ws  in  propir  persoun  at  Aberdene  the  xxvj  day  of 
Aprile  the  yere  of  God  im  iiij°  Ixxxxiiij  yeris,  Wilyame  Thane  of 
Caldor,  Johnne  of  Caldor  his  soun  and  apperand  air  Williame 
Dolace  of  Cantray  and  Williame  Dolace  of  Budwite  were 
accusit  and  convict  of  certane  criminale  actionis  commitit 
be  thame  and  dome  gevin  apoun  thame  til  hau  bene  hedit 
therefore,  neuertheles  we  therfore  mouit  of  piete  considerand 
and  understandand  thai  wer  evir  our  trew  liegis  and  obedient 
til  our  lawis  and  nevir  fundin  gylti  of  before  grantit  to  thame 
thare  lifis  heretagis  and  gudis  to  leif  and  remane  in  tyme  to 
cum  oure  trew  liegis  like  as  thai  did  of  before  the  gevin  of  the 
said  dome  apoun  thame,  and  tharefor  of  our  speciale  grace 
fauouris  and  auctorite  riall  has  remittit  and  be  ther  oure 
lettrez  remittis  to  thame  and  ilkane  of  thame  all  actionis 
criminale  and  ciuile  commitit  and  done  be  thame,  or  ony  of 


60  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

thame  in  tyme  bigane  before  the  gevin  of  the  said  dome  apoun 
thame,  and  cassis  and  annullis  the  said  dome  and  all  sentence 
and  process  that  mycht  have  folowit  therapoun.  .  .  .  Gevin 
under  oure  priue  sele  at  Inuernes  the  xxv  day  of  October  the 
yere  of  God  im  iiij°  Ixxxxiiij  yeris  and  of  our  regnne  the 
sevynt  yere. — JAMES  R.'  (Cawdor,  81.) 

On  7th  February  1497-8  there  is  a  complaint  to  the  Lords 
of  Council,  by  Wilyeame  Dolace  of  Cantray,  that  Donald 
Glass  came  under  the  silence  of  night  to  the  He  of  Rathamarcus 
when  he  was  coming  from  the  Lord's  assize  at  Norhame  (July 
and  August  1497)  and  took  away  his  clothes,  silver  graith,  etc., 
and  dragged  him  barefooted  to  Lochquhabir.  He  thereafter 
sent  him  to  Angus  MacKane  at  Dourroure  in  the  Isles  and  held 
him  for  fifteen  weeks.  Glass  was  find  £20.  (Acts  of  Lords  of 
Council  in  Civil  Causes  in  Scotland,  1497-1501,  p.  103.) 

On  llth  February  1499,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  was  one 
of  the  witnesses  to  an  instrument  concerning  the  wardship  of 
the  infant  Muriel  Calder,  heiress  of  the  old  Thane  William  of 
Cawdor,  her  grandfather  (Cawdor,  104),  and  under  the  signet 
of  King  James  IV.  at  Inverness,  26th  October  1499,  he,  together 
with  Alexander,  Lord  Gordon,  Thomas  Fraser,  Master  of  Lovat, 
and  many  others,  was  one  of  the  sheriffs  in  that  part  specially 
constitute  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  redress  for  the  injury 
done  by  certain  Monroes  and  others  to  the  Baron  of  Kilravock 
during  his  temporary  possession  of  the  Red  Castle  and 
Ardmanach  in  the  Black  Isle  in  Ross-shire.  (Kilr.,  168.)  On 
21st  January  1501,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  and  William 
Dallas  of  Budgate  were  witnesses  to  an  instrument  taken  by 
William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  before  John  Rose,  Sheriff-depute  of 
Nairn  (Cawdor,  113),  and  this  is  almost  his  last  appearance. 

It  is  now  necessary  to  consider  certain  documents  printed 
by  the  late  Mr.  Fraser-Mackintosh  in  his  Invernessiana,  one 
of  which  has  been  accidentally  misdated.  There  had,  it 
appears,  been  debates  between  the  royal  burgh  of  Inverness 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  61 

and  the  two  northern  burghs  of  Dingwall  and  Tain,  into  the 
particulars  of  which  it  is  unnecessary  to  enter.  The  northern 
burghs,  however,  had  evidently  taken  their  case  before  the 
Lords  of  Council,  and  in  consequence  the  King  hi  Council  on 
the  3rd  April  1501,  issued  letters  addressed  to  the  Sheriff  of 
Inverness  by  which  that  functionary  was  directed  to  summon 
certain  witnesses  competent  to  give  evidence  on  the  question 
in  dispute — the  relative  rights  of  the  two  smaller  burghs  and 
the  principal  burgh  of  the  shire.  Unfortunately,  Mr.  Fraser- 
Mackintosh,  in  his  account,  omits  the  names  of  those  to  be 
summoned,  with  the  exception  of  Sir  James  Dunbar  of 
Cumnock,  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  Alexander  Urquhart, 
and  Andrew  Davidson  of  Davidston. 

On  the  receipt  of  these  letters  John  Cuthbert  of  the  Auld 
Castle  Hill  proceeded,  as  one  of  the  sheriffs-depute,  to  issue 
his  own  letters  hi  the  matter.  On  the  13th  May  1501,  he  says, 
'  I  summoned,  warned  and  charged  Andrew  Davidson  of 
Davidston,  John  Chines,  Thomas  Reid,  in  Cromarty,  - 
Hossoler  in  Rosemarkie,  Donald  Noble  in  Allan,  James  Clark 
hi  Kilearnan,  Thomas  Duff  and  William  Clark  in  Kilmuir, 
Donald  Young  in  Drynie  personally  apprehended,  and 
Alexander  Urquhart,  Sheriff  of  Cromarty,  at  his  dwelling- 
place,  that  they  compear  in  the  Tolbooth  of  Inverness,  upon 
Friday,  the  28th  day  of  this  instant  May,  before  the  Sheriff 
or  his  deputes,  to  swear  and  depone  what  privileges  they  have 
heard  or  seen,  the  burgh  and  burgesses  of  Inverness  brook 
and  enjoy  provable,  and  rightly  say  what  rights  and  privileges 
that  they  have  seen  and  heard  the  inhabitants  of  the  towns 
of  Dingwall  and  Tain  brook  and  enjoy  :  And  the  24th  day  of 
the  said  month  I  summoned  Sir  James  Dunbar  of  Cumnock, 
knight,  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
personally  apprehended,  and  Huchon  the  Rose  of  Kilravock, 
William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  at  their  dwilling  place,  to  compear 
the  said  day  and  place  before  the  Sheriff  of  Inverness,  or  his 
Deputes,  to  swear  and  depone  as  said  is.'  (Invernessiana,  178.) 


62  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

The  inquiry  which  followed  was  held  by  John  Ogilvy, 
Sheriff-depute,  not  on  the  28th  May,  according  to  Mr.  Fraser- 
Mackintosh,  in  'the  year  of  God,  1508,'  but  on  the  date 
mentioned  in  John  Cuthbert's  summonses,  28th  May  1501. 
For  not  only  are  the  witnesses  who  appeared,  but  also  those 
who  did  not  appear,  precisely  those  mentioned  in  Cuthbert's 
writ.  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  who  gave  evidence  at  the 
inquiry,  was  dead  hi  or  about  the  year  1503  (Cawdor,  117), 
and  so  could  not  possibly  have  appeared  in  1508.  Amongst 
the  witnesses  examined  before  the  Court  were  the  two  Dallases 
of  Cantray  and  Budgate.  William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  who 
deponed  that  he  saw  ever  the  burgh  of  Inverness  brook  and 
enjoy  all  the  freedom  from  Duncansbay  to  the  West  Sea, 
stated  his  age  to  be  fifty  years ;  and  William  Dallas  of 
Budgate,  who  '  deponed  that  the  burgh  of  Inverness  was  ever 
the  principal  burgh  of  the  whole  shire,  and  that  he  heard  never 
that  Dingwall  or  Tain  occupied  any  freedom  but  at  their 
licence,'  claimed  to  be  eighty  years  of  age.  (Invernessiana, 
184-5.)  Our  chief  interest  in  this  document  is  in  the  record 
of  the  ages  of  the  two  Dallases,  which  renders  it  easier  to 
unravel  the  subsequent  genealogy. 

No  later  reference  to  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  has  been 
met  with  until  after  his  death,  which  occurred  before  26th 
October  1505.  He  married  a  sister  of  Walter  Eose  hi  Holme 
(Kilr.,  65),  who  is  said  by  the  historian  of  the  Roses  to  have 
been  of  the  family  of  the  Provosts  of  Nairn.  He  was  evidently 
very  nearly  related  to  the  Baron  of  Kilravock,  as  evidenced 
by  the  letter  of  assythment  on  the  murder  of  Archibald  of 
Dallas  presently  to  be  noticed.  In  1508  Walter  Rose  acquired 
by  purchase  from  Sir  William  Ogilvy  of  Stratherne  the  lands 
of  Kinstary  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  1424-1513,  No.  3621),  and  was 
subsequently  known  by  that  designation. 

Of  this  marriage  of  William  Dallas  there  were  at  least  three 
sons,  Henry,  John,  and  Archibald,  the  first  of  whom  was  his 
father's  successor. 


HENRY  DALLAS  OF  CANTEAY 

HENRY  DALLAS  was  under  age  when,  in  1505,  he  succeeded 
his  father  in  the  lands  of  Cantray  and  Lairgs,  for  on  26th 
October  of  that  year  was  issued  at  Aberdeen,  under  the  Bang's 
hand,  '  A  Lettre  of  Gift  maid  to  M.  John  Caldour,  chantour  of 
Ross,  and  his  assignais,  ane  or  maa,  of  the  gift  of  the  mariagis 
of  Henry  Doles,  son  and  aire  to  umquhile  William  Doles  of 
Cantray,  and  failzeand  of  hym,  of  the  airis  male  succedand 
to  his  heretage  ;  and  of  the  gift  of  the  ward  of  the  samyn  per- 
tenand  to  our  soverane  lord  because  the  said  umquhile  William 
held  of  his  hienes  the  landis  of  Largis,  Hand  within  the  shirefdom 
of  Invernes.'  (Reg.  Privy  Seal,  i.  p.  166.)  And  when  James, 
Bishop  of  Dunfermline,  rendered  his  Treasury  Accounts  for 
the  years  1504-6,  he  records  the  payment  into  the  Exchequer 
of  a  sum  of  forty  pounds  received  by  him  from  M.  John  Calder 
for  the  marriage  of  Henry  Dallas  of  Cantray.  In  1506  the 
young  heir  must  have  attained  his  majority,  as  he  then  had 
sasine  as  Crown  tenant  of  Lairgs.  (Excheq.  Bolls,  Scotland,  xii. 
717.) 

About  the  same  time,  viz.  on  the  16th  August  1506,  an 
assize  was  held  in  Nairn  for  the  retour  of  William  Calder, 
vicar  of  Ewayne  (Barevan),  the  disinherited  eldest  son  of 
William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  as  heir  of  certain  lands  and  annual 
rents  in  Nairn,  when  it  was  found  that  '  the  said  Wilyame 
thayne  of  Cauldour  deit  wessyt  and  seissit  of  the  crofftis 
besyd  Balmakeitht  beyon  the  Water  of  Naryne  .  .  .  alsuay 
of  vj  rudis  lyand  within  the  galois  .  .  .  and  als  of  xxxd.  of 
annuell  of  Cristane  Flemyngis  land  .  .  .  and  of  Henry  Dolles 
land  of  Cantray  ijs.  of  annuel.'  (Cawdor,  118.)  This  ap- 


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64  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

parently  relates  only  to  lands  in  Nairnshire,  and  not  to  those 
in  Inverness-shire. 

The  first  appearance  of  Henry  Dallas  in  the  affairs  of  his 
neighbours  is  on  10th  April  1512,  when  William  Dallas  of 
Budgate  and  he  serve  on  a  jury  at  Inverness  for  the  retour  of 
William  M'Culloch  of  Plaidis.  (Invern.  Sh.  Court  Rec.,  vol.  i. 
in  Register  House,  Edinburgh.) 

A  tragedy  has  now  to  be  recorded  of  which  nothing  is 
known  but  the  fact.  The  relationship  of  the  murdered  man 
to  the  laird  of  Clava  does  not  even  transpire,  for  the  fact  that 
Henry  Dallas's  wife  was,  if  certain  Mackintosh  pedigrees  are 
to  be  relied  upon,  a  granddaughter  of  Alexander  '  Keir ' 
Mackintosh  of  Rothiemurchus  by  a  daughter  of  the  then 
Stewart,  lord  of  Kincardine,  would  hi  no  way  account  for  the 
cousinship  mentioned  in  the  following  '  letter  of  assythment,' 
in  which,  it  will  be  noted,  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  and  his 
kin  had  no  part  or  interest. 

'  Be  jt  kend  to  all  men  be  thir  presentis  lettres,  we  Henry 
Doles  of  Cantray,  Johnn  of  Doles,  brethir  germane  to  vmquhile 
Archibald  Doles,  quhome  God  assolye,  Valter  Ross  of  Kinstary, 
moder  brother  to  the  said  vmquhile  Archibalde,  Huchone  Ross 
of  Killrauok,  and  vtheris  the  kyn  and  freindis  of  the  said 
vmquhil  Archibald,  for  conding  and  thankful  recompens, 
plesour,  and  satisfactioun  of  party  made  to  ws,  and  suffragis 
done  for  the  saule  of  the  said  vmquhile  Archibalde,  be  our 
louit  cousing  Robert  Stewart  of  Clauok,  to  haue  grantit  and  be 
the  tenour  of  thir  presentis  lettres  for  ws,  our  airis,  kyne, 
freindis  and  successouris,  grantis  and  haldis  weill  and  suf- 
ficiently contentit  and  plesit,  and  fullely  assithit,  as  efferis, 
be  the  said  Robert,  for  the  slauchter  done  and  committit  be 
him  on  the  said  vmquhil  Archibald  ;  remittand  and  forgiffand 
him,  his  airis,  kyn  and  freindis,  or  ony  that  mycht  be  accusit 
therof  hi  tymez  cuming,  nowe  and  for  euire,  be  this  present 
writ ;  to  the  quhilk,  in  witnessing  of  the  premiss,  we  the  saidis 


HENRY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  65 

Henry,  Walter,  and  Huchone,  for  our  selfis,  and  of  the  sup- 
plicatioun  of  the  said  Johnn  Doles,  hafand  na  sell  of  his  awyn 
propir,  and  of  the  request  of  the  remanent  of  the  kyne  and 
freindis  of  the  said  vmquhile  Archibalde,  beand  present,  con- 
sentand  herto,  and  with  the  instance,  becaus  thai  hed  na 
selis  propir  of  thar  awyn,  thai  procurit  our  selis  to  be  appendit 
to  the  presentis,  quhilkis  for  ws  and  thaim  we  haue  appendit 
at  Dawe  the  last  day  of  May,  the  yeir  of  God  ane  thousande 
five  hundretht  and  thretteine  yeris,  before  thir  witnes  Alexander 
Ogilvy  of  Deskfurde,  Gilbert  Ogilvy,  James  Ogilvy,  and 
George  Craufurde,  with  utheris  divers.'  (Kilr.,  183.) 

Three  seals  are  attached  to  this  interesting  document, 
viz.  :  1.  A  fesse  between  three  stars,  with  the  legend— 
S'Henrici  Dolas ;  2.  A  boar's  head  couped  between  three 
water  bougets,  with  the  legend — S'Hugonis  Ros  baronis ; 
3.  A  fesse  between  three  water  bougets,  with  the  legend — 
$'  Valteri  Eos.  This  is  the  first  recorded  instance  of  the  arms 
of  Dallas  of  Cantray. 

On  the  21st  July  1513,  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  Henry 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  and  Robert  Stewart  of  Clava,  with  many 
others,  served  on  an  inquest  for  the  retour  of  '  Sir  '  Thomas 
Paterson,  rector  of  Assynt,  as  heir  to  his  uncle,  Sir  William 
Paterson,  rector  of  Boleskine,  in  the  lands  of  Durris,  Culcabock, 
and  Knockyntennell,  in  the  shire  of  Inverness.  (Invern.  Sh. 
Court  Rec.,  vol.  i.,  and  Invernessiana  (transl.),  191.)  On  17th 
September  1514  the  two  Dallases  again  appear  on  an  inquest 
at  Inverness  when  Elizabeth  Sutherland  was  served  heir  to 
her  brother  John,  ninth  Earl  of  Sutherland,  to  whom  she 
succeeded  in  the  earldom.  (Invernessiana,  194.) 

The  latest  appearance  of  Henry  Dallas  is  in  connection 
with  what  is  known  as  the  second  hership  of  Petty.  This 
sanguinary  raid,  in  which  twenty-four  of  the  Ogilvys  were 
slain,  occurred  some  time  in  the  year  1513,  not  earlier  than  the 
31st  May,  when  letters  of  assythment  passed  between  Dallas 
and  Stewart  of  Clava,  in  all  probability  during  the  troublous 


66  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

times  immediately  following  the  fatal  field  of  Flodden.  It  was 
an  exploit  of  certain  Mackintoshes  and  their  friends  during  the 
chieftainship  of  Farquhar  Mackintosh,  but  whether  at  his 
instigation  or  with  his  approval  there  is  little  to  show,  save 
that  his  successor  Lachlan  Mackintosh  was  subsequently  held 
responsible.  The  motive  of  the  crime  is  also  unknown,  for 
the  reasons  assigned  by  various  writers  are  either  negatived 
by  chronology  or  are  wholly  inadequate. 

A  remarkable  catalogue  of  the  booty  carried  off  by  the 
raiders  is,  however,  extant  at  Kilravock,  being  contained  in  a 
'  Decreet  of  Spuilzie  '  addressed  to  the  Sheriffs  of  Inverness, 
Elgin,  and  Forres,  and  dated  23rd  March  1515-16.  This 
decreet  sets  forth  that  '  Lauchlane  Macintosh  of  Dunnachtane, 
Doule  More  M'Gillecallum,  Ferquhard,  his  sone,  Robert 
Stewart  of  Clavalge,  Huchoun  Ross  of  Kilrawok,  Henry 
Dolace  of  Contray,  Walter  Ross  of  Kinstary,  and  Donald 
Glasche  Macintoshe  hes  done  wrang,  in  the  masterfull  destruc- 
tioun  and  doun  casting,  counsale,  help,  and  assistence  gevin 
thairto,  of  the  Houss  of  Petty,  callit  Halhill,  within  our 
shirrefdom  of  Inuernes,  pertening  to  umquhile  Williame 
Ogiluy  of  Stratherne,  knycht,  and  now  to  Johnne  Ogiluy,  his 
sone  and  are,  and  als  hes  done  wrang  in  the  masterfule  spolia- 
tioun  and  away  taking  fra  the  said  vmquhile  Williame,  and 
withhalding  fra  him,  his  said  sone  and  are,  his  men,  tenentis, 
and  seruandis,  of  thir  gudis  vnder  writtin,  spulzeit  and  takin 
be  the  saidis  personis  furth  of  the  said  vmquhile  Williamis 
houss  and  place  of  Halhill,  and  landis  pertening  thairto. 
And  thairfor  it  is  ordanit  be  the  saidis  lordis  that  the  saidis 
personis  restore  and  deliuer  the  samin  gudis  agane  to  the  said 
Johne  Ogiluy,  as  are  forsaid,  and  to  ane  venerabill  Fader  hi 
God,  Maister  James  Ogiluy,  commendatar  of  our  abbay  of 
Driburgh,  his  tutour,  of  the  prices,  as  ef tir  f ollowis :  That  is  to 
say,'  etc.  (Spalding  Club  MiscelL,  ii.  77-80).  The  decreet 
further  directs  the  offenders  to  pay  a  sum  of  five  hundred 
pounds  to  Ogilvy  for  the  '  damnage  and  skayth  '  done  to  the 


HENRY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  67 

dwelling-place  of  Hallhill,  and  instructs  the  sheriffs  to  distrain 
upon  their  movable  goods,  and  if  necessary  to  apprise  their 
lands,  with  what  result  there  is  nothing  to  show. 

Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock  was  probably  led  to  take  part 
in  the  affair  by  the  fact  that  his  mother  was  a  daughter  of 
Malcolm  '  Beg  '  Mackintosh,  captain  of  Clan  Chattan,  and 
Henry  Dallas  in  consequence  of  his  marriage'with  a  Mackintosh 
of  Rothiemurchus,  while  Walter  Rose  of  Kinstary  was  uncle 
and  Robert  Stewart  of  Clava  a  cousin  of  the  latter. 

Henry  Dallas  married  a  daughter  of  John  Keir  Mackintosh 
of  Rothiemurchus  by  a  daughter  of  Alan,  third  son  of  Malcolm 
Beg  Mackintosh,  chief  of  Clan  Chattan.  He  died  in  the  year 
1518,  leaving  a  son  and  heir,  Alexander,  a  minor :  no  record 
has  been  found  of  other  children. 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  was  born  about  the  year 
1500,  and  was  consequently  between  seventeen  and  eighteen 
years  of  age  at  his  father's  death.  He  was  of  full  age  when, 
on  14th  August  1521,  he,  together  with  James  Innes  and 
Alexander  Keir,  acted  as  bailie  of  James,  Bishop  of  Moray, 
for  giving  sasine  to  Allan  Keir  Mackintosh,  son  and  heir  of  the 
late  John  Keir  Mackintosh  of  Rothiemurchus,  of  the  lands  of 
Rothiemurchus.  (Grant,  iii.  65-6.) 

The  following  abstract  from  the  Exchequer  Accounts  for 
the  year  1521-2  shows  that  the  lands  of  Lairgs  had  been 
for  some  three  and  a  half  years  in  non-entry  during  the  minority 
of  the  heir  :— 

'Vicecomes  de  Invernyes  respondebit  pro  xxxiijli.  viiijd. 
de  firmis  terrarum  de  duabus  Largis  cum  molendino  et  per- 
tinentiis  eorundem  jacentium  in  comitatu  Mora  vie  et  infra 
baliam  suam,  existentium  in  manibus  regis  per  spatium  trium 
annorum  et  unius  termini  ultimo  elapsorum  sasina  non 
recuperata,  et  pro  vjli.  xiijs.  iiijd.  de  eisdem.  Apud  Edin- 
burgh, vicesimo  quarto  Januarii  anno  regni  regis  nono'  (Exch. 
Bolls,  Scot.,  xv.  595) ;  while  by  chance  one  of  the  Lairgs  writs 
is  still  preserved  amongst  the  Cantray  charters,  and  though 
it  is  somewhat  injured,  and  the  date  in  part  obliterated,  there  is 
no  difficulty  in  ascertaining  its  purport.  It  is  an  instrument 
of  sasine,  dated  8th  May  15[21-2],  in  favour  of  Alexander 
Doles,  son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  Henry  Doles  of  Cantra, 
in  the  land  d[e  duabus  Largis  ?~\  proceeding  upon  a  precept 
from  Chancery  in  which  it  is  stated  that  the  lands  have  been 
in  non-entry  since  the  death  of  the  said  Henry  Doles,  or  for 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  69 

three  years  and  one  term.  The  precept  is  dated  at  Edinburgh, 
25th  January  in  the  ninth  year  of  the  king's  reign  [James  v.]. 
The  witnesses  to  the  sasine  are  William  Doles  of  Bodwit, 
Alexander  Doles  his  son,  and  William  Ros  of  Holme.  (Cantray 
Charters.) 

From  this  time  for  nearly  twenty  years  only  casual 
references  occur  respecting  Alexander  Dallas.  On  30th  April 
1527  he  and  others  witnessed  a  bond  of  mutual  friendship 
and  support  between  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor,  Hector 
Mackintosh,  captain  of  Clan  Chattan,  Hector  Munro  of  Foulis, 
Donald  His  of  Slate,  and  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock  (Cawdor, 
149) ;  and  on  27th  April  1532  he,  together  with  William  Dallas 
of  Budgate  and  Walter  and  John  Montgomery,  witnessed  a 
protest  by  Sir  John  Campbell  against  the  prejudice  of  his 
right  to  the  lands  of  Little  Urchany  and  the  crofts  called  the 
sheriff's  crofts,  with  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Nairn,  by  the 
service  of  the  daughters  of  Hugh  Calder,  '  the  old  Sheriff,'  as 
heirs  of  their  father  (Cawdor,  153).  On  6th  November  1532 
he  witnessed  at  Easter  Urquhard  a  grant  by  Robert  Stewart 
of  Clava  to  John  Grant  in  Ballindallach  of  the  town  of  Easter 
Urquhard  and  the  lands  of  Cantradoun  in  the  shire  of  Nairn, 
which  was  confirmed  under  the  Great  Seal,  2nd  January  1537 
(Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  1513-46,  387),  and  on  14th  April  1534  he  and 
William  Dollace  of  Budgate  were  members  of  a  jury  for  the 
retour  of  George  Munro  of  Doucharte  (Invern.  Sh.  Ct.  Rec.,  i.). 
On  3rd  October  1536  he  served  on  a  jury  for  the  retour 
of  James  Grant  of  Frewquhy  (Grant,  iii.  80),  and  on  4th  May 
1537  he,  together  with  Alexander  Strathauchin  of  Culloden, 
Robert  Stewart  of  Clava,  and  others,  were  on  an  inquest  held 
at  Inverness  for  the  retour  of  Donald  Cameron  as  heir  to  his 
father  Ewgene  (Angus)  Alanson,  captain  of  Clan  Cameron,  hi 
the  lands  of  Knockdort  and  Glenneves,  which  were  thereupon 
confirmed  to  him  under  the  Great  Seal  on  8th  November  1537 
(Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  1513-46,  382).  On  the  22nd  May  1539  a 
letter  is  addressed  by  '  James  erle  of  Murray  lord  of  Abernethy 


70  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

to  our  lowittis  Alexander  Doles  of  Cantray  [and]  Duncano 
M'behan  in  Dunmakglass  our  bailyeis  specialie  constitut,'  stat- 
ing that  he  had  made  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Caldour  '  our  bailye 
of  all  and  sindry  our  landis  of  Stratherne,'  who  thus  super- 
seded Dallas  and  his  coadjutor  in  that  office.  (Cawdor,  163.) 

There  occurs  about  this  time  a  series  of  transactions 
respecting  the  barony  of  Rothiemurchus,  the  exact  significance 
of  which  is  hardly  disclosed  by  the  documents  available. 
These  lands  had  for  several  generations  been  held  of  the 
bishopric  of  Moray  by  a  branch  of  the  family  of  Mackintosh, 
and  had  descended  to  Alan  Keir  Mackintosh,  who  had  sasine 
in  1521,  as  has  been  stated  above.  This  Alan,  however,  fell 
into  pecuniary  difficulties,  and  his  lands  appear  to  have  passed 
into  the  hands  of  his  nephew,  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
as  his  principal  creditor  (Grant,  i.  118)  ;  the  exact  nature  of 
Dallas' s  claim  has  not,  however,  come  to  light.  That  he  at  least 
deemed  himself  fully  vested  in  these  lands  is  evidenced  by  a 
contract  between  him  and  George  Gordon,  Constable  of 
Badenoch,  son  of  George,  Earl  of  Huntly,  which,  though 
already  printed  by  Sir  William  Fraser,  is  too  important  not  to 
be  reproduced  :— 

'  In  Dei  nomine  amen.  Per  hoc  presens  publicum  in- 
strumentum  cunctis  pateat  euidenter  et  sit  notum,  quod 
anno  incarnacionis  dominice  millesimo  quingentesimo  quadra- 
gesimo  secundo,  die  vero  mensis  Maij  prima,  indiccione 
decimaquinta,  pontificatus  sanctissimi  in  Christo  patris  ac 
domini  nostri,  domini  Pauli  diuina  prouidentia  pape  tercii 
anno  octauo  ;  hi  mei  notarii  publici  testiumque  infrascriptorum 
presencia,  comparuit  honorabilis  vir,  Alexander  Doles  de 
Cantra,  venerabilemque  virum  dominum  Jacobum  Duf, 
vicarium  de  Durris,  debita  cum  instancia  requisiuit  quatenus 
quemdam  conthractum  initum  inter  dictum  Alexandrum  et 
honestum  virum  magistrum  Georgium  Gordone,  constabularium 
de  Baidzenach,  pro  alienacione  omnium  et  singularum  terrarum 
de  Rathamurkus  a  dicto  magistro  Georgio  prefato  Alexandro 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     71 

facta,  pro  sua  defensione,  inquantum  lis  orta  inter  eosdem  pro 
dictis  terris  tempore  confeccionis  presencium  fuit,  sibi  daret : 
Quemquidem  conthractum  magister  Georgius  et  Alexander, 
vnanimo  consensu,  prefato  domino  Jacobo  in  custodia,  vt 
moris  est,  deliberabant,  ac  eundem  conthractum  ipso  domino 
Jacobo  in  cubiculo  suo  proprio  apud  burgum  de  Inuernis 
existenti,  per  nominatum  magistrum  Georgium  violenter  et 
minus  iuste  de  manibus  suis  euulsum  et  raptum  asseruit : 
Super  quibus  omnibus  et  singulis  antedictis,  idem  Alexander 
Doles,  a  me  notario  publico  subscripto  vnum  vel  plura, 
publicum  seu  publica,  instrumentum  aut  instrumenta  sibi 
fieri  peciit.  Acta  erant  hec  in  plateis  predicti  burgi,  coram 
edibus  venerabilis  viri,  domini  Magni  Waus,  prepositi  de 
Thayne,  hora  vndecima  ante  merediem,  aut  eocirca,  sub 
anno,  die,  mense,  indiccione  et  pontificatu  quibus  supra  ; 
presentibus  ibidem  honestis  discretisque  viris  Fynlao 
Wyllzemsone,  Vilelmo  Clark,  Johanne  Budet,  Waltero  Couper, 
burgensibus  dicti  burgi,  Beano  M'Conquhy  et  Johanne  M'Gilleis, 
cum  diuersis  aliis  ad  premissa  vocatis  pariterque  rogatis. 

'  Et  ego  vero  Jacobus  Farquhardi,  arcium  magister,  pres- 
byter Aberdonensis  diocesis,  sacra  apostolica  autoritate  nota- 
rius,  quia  premissis '  (etc.,  in  forma  communi).  (Grant,  iii.  87.) 

George  Gordon,  however,  did  not  long  retain  possession  of 
the  lands  and  barony  of  Rothiemurchus,  though  there  is  nothing 
in  the  following  contract  to  indicate  his  reasons  for  divesting 
himself  of  so  valuable  a  possession.  It  gives,  however,  some 
interesting  information  as  to  the  extent  and  value  of  some 
of  Dallas' s  property,  and  the  fact  that  Alexander  Lesly, 
younger  of  Wardes,  is  one  of  his  cautioners,  suggests  a  con- 
nection between  that  family  and  Isobel  Lesly,  the  wife  of 
Alexander  Dallas : — 

'  Contract  between  George  Gordoun  of  Rothemurcus,  with 
consent  of  his  father,  George,  Earl  of  Huntlie,  as  his  tutor 
and  governor,  on  the  one  side,  and  Alexander  Dolles  of 
Canttraye,  who  alleges  that  he  has  the  consent  of  James  Keir, 


72  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

eldest  son  and  heir  of  the  late  Allan  Keir,  sometime  of  Rothe- 
murcus, with  advice  of  the  well-advised  friends  of  James  Keir, 
on  the  other  side,  as  follows  : — George  Gordoun  obliges  himself 
to  sell  and  dispone  by  resignation,  or  by  charter  and  precept  of 
sasine,  to  Alexander  Dolles  and  his  heirs  heritably,  all  and 
whole  the  lands  and  barony  of  Rothemurcus,  with  tenants, 
tenendries,  service  of  free  tenants,  fortalice,  locks,  woods  and 
fishings  thereof,  to  be  holden  of  Patrick  Bishop  of  Moraye, 
and  his  successors,  in  feu-farm,  for  payment  of  such  feu 
maills  and  duties,  as  the  feu-charter  of  George  Gordoun 
specifies  ;  and  to  make  Alexander  Dolles,  and  his  heirs, 
assignees  in  and  to  an  assedation  of  the  teind  sheaves  of  the 
kirk  of  Rothemurcus,  which  he  has  of  the  bishop  for  nineteen 
years ;  and  to  deliver  all  the  evidents  which  he  has  of  the 
lands  of  Rothemurcus,  as  well  as  the  assedation  already 
mentioned,  with  an  assignation  thereof :  Alexander  Dolles, 
on  behalf  of  himself  and  his  heirs,  discharging  and  renouncing 
all  warrandice  that  he  has  or  may  have  through  this  alienation 
against  George  and  his  heirs,  except  that  the  Earl  of  Huntly 
shall  be  obliged  for  himself  and  his  heirs  to  warrand  the  lands 
and  barony  referred  to  at  the  hands  of  George  his  son,  and 
his  heirs,  to  Alexander  and  his  heirs  whatsoever,  for  which 
Alexander  shall  content  and  pay  to  George,  and  to  the  Earl 
his  father,  as  tutor  and  governor  in  his  name,  the  sum  of 
eighteen  hundred  merks  at  the  making  of  this  contract,  three 
hundred  merks  within  eight  days  thereafter,  and  four  hundred 
merks  at  Whitsunday  following  :  and  for  security  thereof, 
Alexander  shall  cause  that  Hucheon  Ros  of  Kilrayok,  John 
Grant  of  Ballindallocht,  Arthur  Stewart  of  Kilmacloyne,  and 
Alexander  Lesle,  young  Laird  of  Wardores  be  acted  along 
with  himself  in  the  official's  books  of  Moray,  each  for  one 
hundred  merks  at  the  Martinmas  term  ensuing,  and  shall 
infeft  George  Earl  of  Huntlie,  heritably,  by  charter  and 
sasine,  in  all  and  whole  the  lands  of  Lairgis,  in  the  sheriffdom 
of  Inverness,  with  the  pertinents  of  the  same,  to  be  holden 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     73 

of  the  King  of  Scotland  for  the  time,  and  his  successors,  as 
Alexander  himself  holds  them,  the  Earl  giving  to  him  a  re- 
version and  letter  of  regress  containing  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
merks,  and  also  a  letter  of  tack  of  the  said  lands  of  Lairgis  after 
the  outquitting  of  them,  for  the  space  of  five  years,  paying 
therefor  twenty  merks  yearly,  in  case  Alexander  shall  not 
have  paid  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  merks  at  the  term  of 
Martinmas.  Also  he  shall  infef t  the  Earl  in  all  and  whole  the 
six  merk  lands  of  Cantrafresser,  to  be  held  of  Alexander  and 
his  heirs  blanche,  for  payment  of  one  penny  yearly,  hi  security 
of  payment  of  two  hundred  merks  of  the  whole  sum,  the  Earl 
to  give  him  a  reversion  containing  the  sum,  with  a  letter  of 
tack  after  the  outquitting  for  five  years,  for  payment  of  six 
merks  maill,  hi  case  Alexander  fail  to  pay  the  complete  sum  of 
eight  hundred  merks  by  the  time  above  stated.  The  lands  of 
Lairgis  and  Cantrayfresser  not  to  be  redeemed  by  Alexander 
unless  at  one  time,  and  both  together  ;  and  for  observing  all  of 
the  premisses  contained  in  this  contract  each  party  is  bound 
and  obliged,  one  to  the  other,  by  the  faith  and  truth  in  their 
bodies  ;  and  for  greater  security  they  are  content  that  the 
contract  be  registered  in  the  official's  books  of  Moray,  and 
they  be  bound  to  the  same  under  pain  of  cursing.'  The 
contract  is  subscribed  by  George  Erie  of  Huntle,  George 
Gordoun  and  Alexander  Dolles,  and  dated  at  Elgin,  29th 
December  1542,  in  presence  of  Robert  bishop  of  Orknai, 
Alexander  prior  of  Pluscardin,  Robert  Innes  of  Innermerkye, 
Robert  Dunbar  of  Durres,  Alexander  Bailze,  constable  of 
Invernes,  James  Innes  of  Rothmakenze,  and  Schir  Thomas 
Hay,  vicar  of  Duffus,  as  witnesses.  A  note  is  appended,  of 
the  same  date  as  the  contract,  and  signed  by  Thomas  Hay, 
notar,  calling  upon  the  parties  above  enumerated  to  imple- 
ment their  securities.  (Grant,  iii.  369.) 

Having  thus  apparently  recovered  possession  of  the  lands 
and  barony  of  Rothiemurchus,  Alexander  Dallas,  two  years 
later,  entered  into  negotiations  for  their  exchange  with  James 


74  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Graunt  of  Fruquhye,  the  results  of  which  are  embodied  in  the 
following  deed : — 

At  Elgin,  the  tuenty  thrid  day  of  Apryll,  the  zeir  of  God 
ane  thousand  fife  hundreth  fourty  and  fife  zeiris,  it  is  ap- 
punctuat,  concordit,  and  finale  aggreit  abetuxe  ane  honorabill 
man,  James  Graunt  of  Fruquhye,  on  that  tain  part,  and 
Alexander  Dolas  of  Cantray  on  that  todyr  part,  in  manyr, 
forme,  and  effect  as  eftyr  followis :  That  is  to  say,  the  said 
James  Graunt  bindis  and  obleissis  hyme  self,  his  airis,  ex- 
ecoutouris  and  assingnais,  that,  God  willing,  he  sail  infeft 
heritabilly  the  said  Alexander  Dolas,  his  airis,  execoutouris 
and  assingnais,  be  chartyr  and  precept  of  sesing,  in  all  and 
haill  the  landis  of  the  half  of  Estyr  Wrquhart,  Cantray,  Done 
and  Dalgramycht,  lyand  within  the  schirefdome  of  Name 
and  barony  of  Cloway,  with  all  and  sindry  thair  pertinentis, 
and  that  odyr  be  assingnacione  and  confirmacione,  to  be 
haldyne  of  our  soueram  lady  the  Quenis  Grace  and  hir  suc- 
cessouris,  or  be  plain  alienacione,  as  likkas  best  atheris  the 
saidis  parteis  ;  and  this  to  be  doin  betuxe  the  dait  heyrof  and 
the  fest  of  Sanct  Martyne  nixt  to  cum  immediate  and  sub- 
sequent :  And  als  the  said  James  bindis  and  obleissis  hyme 
self,  his  airis,  execoutouris  and  assingnais,  he  sail  infeft 
heretabilly  the  said  Alexander  Dolas,  his  airis,  execoutouris 
and  assingnais,  in  all  and  haill  the  landis  of  Cloway,  lyand 
within  the  forsaid  barony  and  schyir,  with  all  and  syndry 
thair  pertinentis,  mill  multuris,  and  all  maner  of  dewitteis 
pertenyng  the  samyn,  within  the  space  of  sewin  zeiris  nixt 
following  the  dait  heyrof  ;  or  ellis  the  saidis  James  his  airis, 
execoutouris  or  assingnais  sail  content,  refund,  and  pay  to  the 
said  Alexander,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assmgnais,  the 
sowme  of  ane  thousand  merkis  usuale  mone  of  Scotland,  in 
the  space  of  the  forsaid  sewin  zeiris  :  And  in  likwyis  that  the 
said  James,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais,  sail  pay  to  the 
said  Alexander,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assmgnais,  the 
sowme  of  xx  merkis  zeirly  wsuale  mone  of  [the]  realme,  at  twa 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     75 

consueit  termis  of  the  zeir,  viz.  Witsunday  and  Martymes, 
ay  and  quhill  he,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais,  infeft 
heritabilly,  as  said  is,  the  forsaid  Alexander  Dolas,  his  airis, 
executouris  or  assingnais,  in  all  and  haill  the  landis  of  Cloway, 
with  the  mill  of  the  samyn,  and  that  to  be  pait  of  the  landis  of 
Clowre  and  West  Cur :  And  mayratour,  the  said  James,  his 
airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais,  sail  content  and  pay  to  the 
said  Alexander  Dolas,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais, 
the  sowme  of  iiij  hundreth  merkis  usuale  mone,  betuxe  the 
dait  heyrof  and  the  vij  day  of  Maii  nixt  following  ;  and  two 
hundreth  merkis  at  the  fest  of  Witsunday  nixt  thereftyr 
following  :  For  the  quhilkis  the  said  Alexander  Dolas  bindis 
and  obleissis  hyme,  his  airis,  execoutouris,  and  assingnais  that 
he  heretabilly  infeft  the  said  James,  his  airis,  execoutouris 
of  assingnais,  in  all  and  haill  the  landis  and  barony  of  Ratha- 
murkus,  with  tenentis  and  tenendry,  tyndis,  multuris,  pro- 
fitteis  and  all  oderis  commoditeis  that  pertenis  or  may  pertein 
thairto,  lyand  within  the  schirefdome  of  Inuernes  and  regalite 
or  Spyne,  within  viij  dais  that  the  said  James  Graunt,  his 
airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais  infeftis  the  said  Alexander 
Dolas,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais  in  the  forsaid  landis 
of  Estyr  Wrquhart,  Cantray,  Doune  and  Dalgrawmycht,  as  is 
abune  exprimit :  And  gif  saye  beis  that  this  present  conthrak 
be  nocht  maid  in  dew  forme,  it  salbe  lesum  the  said  conthrak 
to  be  extendit  in  the  maist  vberior  form  practitak  or  specu- 
latiue,  with  all  clauses  necessaris  as  men  of  law  can  dewis : 
And  gif  saye  beis,  as  God  forbeit,  that  ony  of  the  parteis 
forsaidis  resultis  or  gainstandis  in  ony  punctis  prenominat,  the 
pairty  brakand  sail  pay  the  sowme  of  tuelf  hundreth  merkis  ; 
the  quhilk  tuelf th  c.  merkis  salbe  distribuit,  viz.,  to  the  Quenis 
Grace  iiij  hundreth  merkis,  fouyr  hundreth  merkis  to  the 
reparacione  of  the  cathedrall  kyrk  of  Murray,  and  four 
hundreth  merks  to  the  pairty  that  the  fait  is  maid  to  :  And 
quhane  and  quhow  schwin  the  said  James,  his  airis,  exe- 
coutouris, or  assingnais,  infeftis  the  said  Alexander  Dolas, 


76  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

his  airis,  execoutouris  or  assingnais,  in  the  landis  of  Estyr 
Urquhart,  Cantray,  Doune,  and  Dalgrawmycht,  than  and  in 
that  cais  the  said  Alexander  Dolas,  his  airis,  execoutouris  or 
assingnais,  sail  deliuer  the  said  James,  his  airis,  execoutouris 
or  assingnais,  all  charteris,  documentis,  instrumentis  and 
reuersionis  of  all  landis  that  ar  wedset  at  the  making  of  thir 
presentis ;  and  forder,  that  the  said  Alexander,  his  airis, 
execoutouris  or  assingnais,  sail  nocht  wedset,  alienat,  nor 
away  put  nay  landis  of  the  for  said  barony  of  Rathamurkus 
odyr  nay  thair  is  wedset  at  the  makking  of  thir  presentis : 
And  for  observing  and  keping  of  all  and  syndry  premissis, 
atheris  the  saidis  parteis  ar  content  that  this  present  conthrak 
be  registrat  in  the  officialis  buikkis  of  Murray,  to  be  kepit 
and  obseruit  ondyr  the  pain  of  infamite,  inhabilite,  cursing 
and  mensuering,  and  as  God  forbeid  :  And  rycht  saye  hes 
subscriuit  this  present  conthrak,  at  Elgin,  day,  zeir,  and 
place  forsaid  befor  this  witnes,  ane  venerabill  man  Maister 
Alexandyr  Suthirland,  deane  of  Catnes  and  officiate  of  Murray, 
Johne  Grant  of  Culcabok,  Thomas  Name  of  Cromdall,  Schir 
John  Scherar,  vicar  of  Ardclauch,  Schir  John  Maitland 
chaipland,  and  Maister  James  Farquharson,  and  Schir  Johne 
Gibsone,  notaris  publice,  with  oderis  diuerse. 

'  JAMES  GRANT  of  Fruquhy,  with  my  hand. 
'ALEXR.  DOLES  of  Cantray,  wyth  my  hand  on 

the  pen,  led  be  Schir  John  Scherer,  vicare  of 

Ardclach.'     (Grant,  iii.  94.) 

It  does  not  appear  that  this  contract  was  ever  fully  carried 
out,  and,  as  will  be  seen  later,  Alexander  Dallas  continued  to 
regard  himself  as  the  legal  owner  of  Rothiemurchus,  though 
Grant  by  some  means  seems  to  have  obtained  actual  possession. 
It  is  by  no  means  clear  that  Dallas  did  not  retain  some  effective 
hold  over  the  barony  during  his  lifetime,  and  it  may  be  that, 
but  for  the  long  minority  which  followed  closely  upon  his  death, 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     77 

the  Dallases  would  have  succeeded  in  retaining  possession  of 
these  lands,  the  more  so  as  it  is  certain  that  Grant  failed  to 
fulfil  his  part  of  the  contract  as  regards  the  lands  of  Cantray- 
doun,  Dalgramich,  Easter  Urquhart,  and  Clova. 

On  the  5th  May  following,  Alexander  Dallas  was  at  Elgin, 
where,  in  the  cathedral  church,  he  was  one  of  many  witnesses  to 
a  charter  by  William  Liell,  perpetual  curate  of  Duffus,  with  the 
consent  of  the  chapter,  of  the  Kirklands  of  Duffus,  together 
with  two  acres  called  lie  brewin  acris,  and  four  acres  belonging 
to  the  vicar,  to  John  Sutherland  alias  Bayn  and  the  heirs-male 
of  his  body,  whom  failing,  to  Alexander  Sutherland,  lord  of 
Duffus,  or  to  Richard  Sutherland,  lord  of  Forss,  and  their 
heirs-male  respectively,  whom  also  failing,  to  the  heirs-male  of 
the  said  John  Sutherland  whatsoever  bearing  the  surname 
and  arms  of  Sutherland  (Reg.  Morav.,  402)  ;  and  four  days 
earlier  the  following  letter  was  addressed  to  Patrick  Hepburn, 
Bishop  of  Moray,  prompted,  doubtless,  so  far  as  Dallas  was 
concerned,  by  the  anticipated  grant  of  the  episcopal  lands  of 
Croy  shortly  to  be  noticed.  It  would,  however,  appear  that 
the  laird  of  Cantray  had  already  some  interest  in  these  lands  :— 

'  Be  it  kend  till  all  men  be  thir  letteris,  We  Huchon  Ros 
of  Kilrauok,  Johnne  Ros  of  Ballewaitt,  Alexander  Ros  of 
Holme,  and  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray,  that  forsamekle 
as  ane  reuerend  fader  in  God,  Patrik  bischop  of  Murrey  and 
commendatoure  of  the  abbay  of  Scone,  hes  been  gude  and 
thankfull  to  ws,  in  all  materis  concernyng  us,  our  kyn,  freyndis 
allyas  and  part  takaris,  and  thame  of  our  surname,  and  in 
speciall,  in  setting  to  ws  and  oure  aris  in  few  and  heretage, 
the  landis  of  Kildrymme,  with  fisching  vpone  the  watter  of 
Name ;  Kilmony  and  Daltuly,  with  fischingis  vpone  the 
watter  of  Fyndorne,  with  all  and  sundry  pertinentis  thereof  ; 
the  landis  of  Ballewaitt,  Auchingoure,  with  fischingis  of  the 
samyn  vpone  the  watter  of  Fyndorne  ;  Arclauch,  with  fisching 
of  the  samyn  vpon  the  said  watter,  togidder  with  croft  of  the 


78  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

samyn,  the  croft  of  the  Heremyte,  the  myln  of  Arclauch,  with 
the  half  of  the  landis  of  Flenes  moir ;  the  landis  of  Croye, 
with  the  ailhous  and  croft  of  the  samyn  ;  the  lands  of  Ewan, 
with  the  pendikillis  and  pertinentis  thereof,  with  ailhous  and 
croft  of  the  samyn,  togidder  with  the  halff  landis  of  Flenes 
moir,  with  all  and  sundrye  pertinentis  thairof ;  and  hes  re- 
baltit  large  of  his  proffitt  that  the  few  of  the  saidis  landis  ar 
wourth  :  Heirfor  and  vtheris  rasonable  caussis  moving  ws, 
to  be  bundin  and  oblesitt,  and  be  the  tenour  heirof,  byndis 
and  oblessis  ws  and  ilkane  of  ws,  and  oure  airis,  in  the  stratest 
forme  of  obligation  and  band  of  manrent  vsit  and  wount 
within  this  realme,  that  we  sail  doo  lele  and  trew  and  afald 
seruice  to  the  said  reuerend  fader,  with  oure  kyne,  freyndis, 
assistaris,  part  takaris,  allyas,  thame  of  oure  surname,  and 
vtheris  that  will  do  for  ws,  induring  all  the  dayis  of  the  said 
reuerend  faderis,  and  oure  lyvetymez  ;  and  sail  tak  his  trew 
and  plane  partt,  ryde,  gang  and  serve  him  in  all  partis  quhare 
he  sail  happin  to  have  adoo,  and  quhattyme  and  quhow  offt 
we  happin  to  be  requyrit  be  him  or  thame  havand  power  of 
him  in  his  absence,  agains  all  mortall,  our  souerane  lady  the 
Quenys  grace,  hir  successouris,  and  my  Lord  Gouernour 
alanerly  exceppitt :  and  sail  geiff  the  said  reuerend  fader 
oure  lele  trew  and  afald  counsele  quhen  we  be  requyrit  therto : 
and  sail  nocht  wit  of  his  hurt,  skaith  or  damage,  bot  we  sail 
aduerteis  him  thairof.  And  for  observing  and  keiping  of  the 
premissis,  we  bynd  and  obleiss  ws  and  oure  airis  be  the  faith 
of  Cristyn  men,  the  haly  ewangellis  twichet,  and  undir  the 
panys  of  periure  inhabilite  and  infamation.  And  for  corobora- 
tioun  of  the  samyn,  to  this  present  write  and  band  subscriuit 
with  oure  handis,  we  have  affixit  oure  seelis  to  the  samyn,  and 
is  contentit  that  this  write  be  registrant  in  the  officiall  bukis 
of  Murray,  and  to  have  strenth  of  act.  At  Spyne,  the  fyrst 
day  of  Maii,  in  the  yere  of  God  ane  thousand  fyve  hundreth 
and  fourtyfyve  yeris,  befor  this  witnes ;  ane  honorable  man, 
James  Ogilvy  of  Cardell,  Sir  Thomas  Wallace  person  of 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     79 

Unthank,  George  Kyrk,  James  Innes,  and  Johnne  Philp,  with 
vtheris  diuers. 

'  HUCHON  Ros,  baroun  of  Kilrawok, 
'  JOHNE  Ros  of  Ballewat, 
'  ALEXE.  Ros  of  Holm,  and 
'  ALEX*.  DOLLAS  of  Cantra, 

'  With  oure  handis  at  the  pen,  led  be  ane  honorable 
man,  George  Strathauchin  of  Cullodin,  at  oure 
speciall  command.' 

The  Bishop's  letter  in  response  also  supplies  interesting 
information  with  regard  to  the  doings  of  our  laird  and  his 
neighbours  and  friends  :  it  is  noteworthy  that  his  namesake  of 
Budgate  has  no  part  in  these  amicable  arrangements  :— 

'  Be  jt  kend  till  ah1  men  be  thir  present  lettres,  ws  Patrik, 
be  the  mercie  of  God,  bischope  of  Murray,  and  comendatour 
of  the  abbay  of  Scone  ;  fforsamekle  as  honorabill  men,  Huchon 
Ros  of  Kilraok,  Johnne  Ros  of  Balliuat,  Alexr.  Ros  of  Holme, 
and  Alexr.  Dolles  of  Cantray,  ar  bundin  and  obleist  to  ws,  in 
leill  trew  and  anef old  seruice,  with  thair  kyn,  freindis,  surname, 
part  takaris,  allyas,  and  assistaris,  as  thair  band  of  seruice 
mair  fullie  proportis,  to  be  bundin  and  obleist,  and  be  the 
tenour  heirof,  bindis  and  oblesis  ws,  be  the  fayth  and  trewth 
in  oure  bodie,  in  the  stretast  forme  of  obligacioun  wsit  within 
this  realme,  that  we  sail  manteine  and  defend  the  saiddis 
Huchon,  Johne,  Alex1.,  and  Alexr.,  thair  aris,  surname,  kyn, 
and  freindis,  in  all  thair  just  and  lesum  actionis,  querellis  and 
causis,  with  oure  kyn,  freindis,  seruandis,  allyas,  part  takaris 
and  assistaris,  quhen  ewir  we  be  requirit  therto,  agains  all 
deidlie,  our  soueraine  ladie  the  Quenis  grace,  my  Lordis 
Gouernour,  thair  auctorete,  the  Lard  of  Innes,  James  Grant  of 
Fruquhy,  and  Jhone  Grant  his  sone  and  ayr,  alanerlie  exceppit, 
and  sail  giff  thame  our  leill  trew  and  ane  fold  counsall,  and 
sail  nocht  wit  nor  here  of  thair  skayth,  bot  shall  aduerteis 


80  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

thame  therof ,  with  all  wther  thingis  that  ar  vsit  and  acustumat 
in  bandis  of  kyndnes  and  manteinans  within  this  realme. 
And  for  obseruing  and  keping  of  all  and  sundrie  the  premisses, 
we  haif  subscriuit  this  owr  bandis  of  manteinans,  and  caussit 
our  round  seill  to  be  affixit  to  the  samyn  At  Spyne,  the  sext 
day  of  May,  the  yeir  of  God  ane  thousand  fif  hundret  and 
fourte  fif  yeris,  befoir  thir  witnes  ;  Sir  Thomas  Wallace, 
Patrik  Kynnard,  Master  Johne  Innes,  George  Kirk,  and 
Johne  Philp,  with  vtheris  diuers. 

'  PATRIK,  bischope  of  Moraye,  comendatar  off  Scone.' 

On  the  day  preceding  the  date  of  this  letter,  Alexander 
Dallas  obtained  a  grant  of  the  episcopal  lands  of  Croy,  which 
is  duly  recorded  in  the  Bishop's  register  (Reg.  Morav.,  340). 
The  original  grant  is  still  preserved  at  Cantray.  It  is  a 
charter  by  Patrick,  Bishop  of  Moray,  and  perpetual  Com- 
mendator  of  the  Abbey  of  Scone,  with  consent  of  the  Chapter 
of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Moray,  for  the  augmentation  of 
their  rental  to  the  extent  of  3s.  4cZ.  Scots,  as  also  for  the  policy 
of  the  kingdom  and  a  large  sum  of  money  paid  to  them  by  an 
honourable  man,  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray,  and  for  other 
gratitudes  and  good  deeds  often  done  to  them  by  him,  granting 
to  the  forenamed  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray  and  the  heirs- 
male  of  his  body  lawfully  procreated  or  to  be  procreated, 
whom  failing  the  true  and  lawful  and  nearest  heirs-male  and 
assignees  of  the  said  Alexander,  bearing  the  surname  and  arms 
of  Dolles,  of  all  and  whole  the  lands  of  Croy,  with  the  brewhouse 
and  croft  thereof,  lying  as  follows  : — '  Begynnand  at  the  north 
est  nuyk  of  the  vicaris  manse  of  Croy  to  the  strype  that 
cummis  of  the  fuyrd  at  the  kirkstyle  and  the  landis  of  Kilravok 
on  the  sowth  syd  of  the  stryp  and  the  landis  of  Croy  at  the 
north  syde  of  the  strype  and  the  foirsaid  strype  to  be  haldynne 
ever  for  ane  marche  betuix  the  landis  of  Croy  and  Kilrawok 
sa  far  as  Croy  hes  bundis  and  lyis  on  the  said  strype  or  the 
pertinentes  of  the  samyn  ; '  within  the  barony  of  Arclaucht, 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     81 

regality  of  Spynie  and  sheriffdom  of  Inverness  ;  which  lands 
were  formerly  let  in  tack  for  the  sum  of  £4,  13s.  4d.,  or  mart 
worth  24s.,  two  sheep  each  worth  4s.,  and  for  two  hens,  each 
worth  Is.  2d.,  with  a  dozen  poults  each  worth  3d.,  also  for  two 
bolls  of  oats  each  worth  4s.,  and  two  bolls  of  dry  multure, 
each  worth  6s.  8d.,  the  whole  amounting  to  £7,  12s.  Od.  ;  for 
the  grassum  yearly  26s.  8d.,  and  for  arreages  and  carriages 
6s.  8d.  yearly,  to  which  is  now  added  3s.  4d.  of  augmentation 
yearly.  To  be  held  of  the  granter  and  his  successors  in  feu 
farm  for  payment  of  the  before-mentioned  sums  as  feu  duty, 
with  duplication  at  the  entry  of  heirs.  The  charter  contains 
a  clause  of  warrandice,  and  is  dated  at  Elgin  in  the  Chapter- 
house, 5th  May  1545,  the  names  of  the  witnesses  not  being 
filled  in.  Signed  by  the  Bishop  and  by  Alexander  Sutherland 
of  Duffous,  John  Cohen  of  Inverkethny,  prebendary,  Thomas 
Wallas,  rector  of  Unthank,  Alexander  Hepburn,  rector  of 
Rye  (?)  and  Gavin  Lesly,  rector  of  Kingussie.  The  Bishop's 
seal  and  the  seal  of  the  Chapter  are  still  appended,  though 
somewhat  broken.  (Cantray  Chart.) 

This  charter  was  followed  by  a  precept  of  sasine  by  Patrick, 
Bishop  of  Moray,  directed  to  James  Innes  in  Drany,  his  bailie, 
narrating  his  granting  of  the  foregoing  charter  and  direct- 
ing him  to  give  infeftment  thereupon,  and  dated  5th  May 
1545  as  the  charter ;  the  witnesses  being  Henry  Lumis- 
dale,  rector  of  Kynkell,  James  Ogilvy  of  Cullard,  James  Innes 
in  Drany,  Patrick  Hepburn,  Hew  Cragy,  John  Gibsoun  and 
William  Vysman,  notaries,  signed  as  the  charter,  with  the 
addition  of  Thomas  Gaderar  of  Calaracy :  fragments  of  the 
two  seals  are  still  attached.  (Cantray  Chart.)  Then  followed 
an  instrument  of  sasine  dated  7th  May  1545,  in  these  terms  : — 

'In  Dei  nomine  Amen  per  hoc  presens  publicum  instru- 
mentum  cunctis  pateat  evidenter  et  sit  notum  quod  anno 
incarnationis  Dominice  millesimo  quingentesimo  quadragesimo 
quinto  mensis  vero  Maii  die  septimo  indictione  tertia  ponti- 
ff 


82  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

ficatus  sanctissimi  in  Christo  Patris  et  Domini  nostri  Domini 
Pauli  divina  providentia  Pape  tertii  anno  undecimo  In  mei 
notarii  publici  et  testium  subscriptorum  ad  hoc  vocatorum 
pariterque   et  rogatorum  presentia  personaliter   constitutus 
honorabilis  vir  Alexander  Dolles  de  Cantray  accessit  successive 
et  respective  ad  terras  ecclesiasticas  de  Croy  Brasinam  et 
croftam  ejusdem  jacentes  infra  baroniam  de   Arclauth  re- 
galitatem  de  Spyne  et  vicecomitatum  de  Innernes  Et  ibidem 
quoddam  preceptum  saisine  sive  literam  ballivatus  Reverendi 
in    Christo    Patris    et    Domini    Patricii    miseratione    Divina 
Moraviensis  Episcopi  ac  de   Scona  commendatarii  perpetui 
in  pergamino   scriptum   sigilloque  rotundo  et  subscriptione 
manuali  ejusdem  ac  sigillo  communi  capituliecclesie  cathedralis 
Moraviensis  canonicorumque  ejusdem  subscriptionibus  manu- 
alibus    subscriptum    sigillatum   et   roboratum   provide  viro 
Jacobo  Innes  de  Drany  ballivo  dicti  reverendi  patris  in  hac 
parte  per  hujusmodi  preceptum  saisine  specialiter  constitute 
presentavit   tradidit   et   deliberavit   pro    saisina   hereditaria 
omnium  et  singularum  terrarum  de  Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta 
ejusdem    predictarum    danda    eundemque    Jacobum    Innes 
ballivum  in  hac  parte  predictum  instanter  requisivit  quod 
hujusmodi  preceptum  saisine  sive  literam  ballivatus  debite 
execution!   in   omnibus  suis  punctis  et  articulis   secundum 
vim  for  mam  tenorem  et  efiectum  ejusdem  demandaret  Quod- 
quidem    preceptum    sive    literam    ballivatus    idem    Jacobus 
ballivus  in  hac  parte  predictus  et  qua  decuit  reverentia  re- 
cipiens  michi  notario  publico  subscripto  tradidit  perlegendum 
cujus  precepti  tenor  sequitur  et  est  talis  Patricius  miseratione 
divina  Moraviensis  Episcopus  ac  Monasterii  de  Scona  com- 
mendatarius  perpetuus  dilectis  nostris  Jacobo  Innes  de  Drany 
Willelmo  Morresoun  Ballivis  nostris  in  hac  parte  specialiter 
constitutis  Salutem  Quia  cum  expressio  consensuit  assensu 
capituli  nostri  ecclesiae  nostre  cathedralis  Moraviensis  ad  hoc 
capitulariter  congregati  in  evidentem  utilitatem  prefate  nostre 
ecclesie  et  augmentationem  nostri  rentalis  ejusdem  exten- 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     83 

dentis  annuatim  ad  summam  tredecim  solidorum  et  quatuor 
denariorum  monete  regni  Scotie  plusquam  terre  sub  scrip te 
prius  nobis  aut  predecessoribus  nostris  persoluerunt  necnon 
ad  decorum  et  policiam  reipublice  regni  et  contemplationem 
statutorum  parliamenti  desuper  editorum  Et  pro  reparatione 
et  exstructione  edificiorum  domorum  lapidearum  stagnorum 
pomeriorum  hortorum  et  columbariorum  super  terris  infra 
scripto  inquantum  portare  poterint  Necnon  pro  quadam  in- 
sequa  summa  pecuniaria  nobis  per  honorabilem  virum 
Alexandrum  Dolles  de  Cantray  gratanter  et  integre  persoluta 
et  in  usum  nostrum  et  dicte  nostre  ecclesiae  cathedralis  con- 
versa  Et  pro  aliis  gratitudinibus  auxiliis  et  benemeritis  per 
ipsum  Alexandrum  nobis  multipliciter  prestitis  dedimus  con- 
cessimus  arrendavimus  locavimus  et  ad  feodifermam  seu 
empheteosim  hereditarie  dimissimus  prenominato  Alexandro 
Dolles  de  Cantray  et  suis  heredibus  masculis  de  corpore  suo 
legitime  procreatis  seu  procreandis  quibus  omnibus  forte 
deficientibus  veris  legitimis  et  propinquioribus  beredibus 
masculis  dicti  Alexandri  et  assignatis  suis  quibuscumque 
arma  et  cognomen  de  Dolles  gerentibus  et  portantibus  Omnes 
et  singulas  terras  nostras  de  Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta 
ejusdem  cum  pertinentiis  jacentas  in  baronia  de  Arclauch 
regalitatem  de  Spyne  et  vicecomitatum  de  Innernes  prout  in 
carta  nostra  desuper  confecta  latius  continetur  Vobis  igitur 
ballivis  nostris  ante  dictis  et  vestrum  cuilibet  precipimus  et 
firmiter  mandamus  quatenus  visis  presentibus  indelate  statum 
saisinam  et  possessionem  hereditariam  dictarum  terrarum  cum 
pertinentiis  prenominato  Alexandro  Dolles  vel  suo  certo 
actornato  latori  presentium  per  terre  et  lapidis  traditionem 
super  fundum  earundem  terrarum  ut  moris  est  in  talibus 
travatis  deliberetis  juste  haberi  faciatis  et  hoc  nullo  modo 
omittatis  et  vestrum  quilibet  requisitus  tradat  deliberet  juste 
haberi  faciat  et  hoc  nullo  modo  omittat  juxta  et  secundum 
vim  formam  et  continentiam  carte  nostre  desuper  facte  Ad 
quod  faciendum  vobis  ballivis  nostris  ante  dictis  et  vestrum 


84  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

cuilibet  conjunctum  et  divisum  nostram  liberam  puram  et 
omnimodam  potestatem  damus  et  committimus  per  presentes 
sine  revocatione  duraturum  In  cujus  rei  testimonium  sigillum 
nostrum  rotundum  presentibus  est  appensum  cum  nostra 
subscriptione  manual!  una  cum  sigillo  communi  capitular! 
Moraviense  et  subscriptionibus  canonicorum  ejusdem  capituli 
capitulum  pro  tempore  representantium  in  signum  eorum 
consensus  ad  premissa  Apud  Elgin  in  loco  capitulari  Mora- 
viensis  quinto  die  mensis  Maij  anno  Domini  millesimo  quin- 
gentesimo  quadragesimo  quinto  coram  hiis  testibus  venera- 
bilibus  et  honorabilibus  viris  magistris  et  dominis  Henrico 
Lumisdaill  rectore  de  Kynkell  Jacobo  Ogilvy  de  Cullard 
Jacob  o  Innes  de  Drany  Patricio  Hepburne  Domino  Johanne 
Gibsonne  Hugone  Cragy  et  Magistro  Willelmo  Wisman 
Notariis  publico  Post  cujusquidem  precepti  saisine  produc- 
tionem  presentationem  exhibitionem  deliberationem  et 
lecturam  idem  Jacobus  Innes  ballivus  in  hac  parte  predictus 
sentiens  Hujusmodi  requisitionem  fore  justam  et  rationi  con- 
sonam  volensque  hujusmodi  precepto  parere  statum  saisinam 
hereditariam  pariterque  et  possessionem  realem  actualem  et 
corporalem  omnium  singularum  terrarum  predictarum  de 
Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta  ejusdem  et  pertinentiis  suis  quibus- 
cumque  jacentarum  ut  supra  respective  et  successive  super 
solum  earundem  terrarum  per  terre  et  lapidis  fundi  earundem 
terrarum  traditionem  ut  moris  est  juxta  vim  formam  tenorem 
et  effectum  dicti  precepti  saisine  et  carte  desuper  confecte 
dicto  Alexandro  Dolles  dedit  realiter  ac  cum  effectu  de- 
liberavit  Eundemque  Alexandrum  Dolles  in  realem  et  cor- 
poralem possessionem  dictorum  terrarum  cum  pertinentiis 
suis  universis  induxit  instituit  et  investivit  ac  in  pace  dimisit 
ceteraque  fecit  prout  in  dicto  precepto  saisine  continetur  Super 
quibus  omnibus  et  singulis  predictus  Alexander  Dolles  de 
Cantray  a  me  notario  publico  subscripto  sibi  unum  vel  plura 
publicum  seu  publica  instrumentum  seu  instrumenta  fieri 
petiit  Acta  erant  hec  apud  Croy  super  solum  seu  messuagium 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     85 

earundem  terrarum  horam  circiter  quartam  post  merediem 
sub  anno  die  mense  indictione  et  pontificatu  quibus  supra 
presentibus  ibidem  honorabilibus  et  discretis  viris  Hugone 
Ros  de  Kilrawok  Alexandro  Ros  de  Holm  Willelmo  Moresoun 
Johanne  Dow  Willelmo  Ross  et  Thoma  Trollis  sargiando  cum 
diversis  aliis  testibus  ad  premissa  vocatis  pariterque  rogatis 
Et  ego  Willelmus  Wysman  presbyter  Moraviensis  dioceseos 
publicus  sacra  auctoritate  apostolica  notarius  Inia  premissis 
omnibus  et  singulis  dum  sic  ut  premittitur  agerentur  dicentur 
et  fierunt  una  cum  prenominatis  testibus  presens  interfui 
Eaque  omnia  et  singula  sic  fieri  vidi  scivi  et  audivi  ac  in 
notam  cepi  Ideoque  hoc  presens  publicum  instrumentum 
dicti  precepti  saisine  in  se  continentem  tenorem  manu  mea 
propria  fideliter  scriptum  cum  appendatione  sigilli  prescript! 
Jacobi  ballivi  saisinam  dantis  roboratum  ex  inde  confeci  et  in 
hanc  publicam  instrumentalem  formam  redigi  Signoque 
nomine  cognomine  et  subscriptione  meis  solitis  et  consuetis 
signavi  rogatus  et  requisitus  in  fidem  et  testimonium  omnium 
et  singulorum  praemissorum.' 

It  may  be  convenient  to  state  here  that  the  transaction  was 
completed  four  years  later  by  a  papal  confirmation  of  the 
foregoing  charter  on  a  commission  of  inquiry  granted  to  John 
Thornton,  precentor  of  Moray,  and  Henry  Forrous  [Forrester], 
canon  of  Ros,  in  which  the  charter  is  recited  at  length.  The 
confirmation  is  dated  in  the  aisle  of  St.  Giles  within  the 
Cathedral  Church  of  Moray,  20th  May  1549,  the  witnesses 
being  James  Dunbar  of  Conze,  Sir  Andrew  Wallace,  priest, 
and  others.  The  two  seals  of  the  Commissioners  are  still 
attached.  (Cantray  Chart.) 

It  is  probable  that  the  engagements  with  respect  to  the 
purchase  and  exchange  of  lands  into  which  Alexander  Dallas 
had  entered  put  him  to  some  pecuniary  inconvenience,  and  it 
is  found  that,  in  consideration  of  a  sum  of  money  paid  to  him, 
he  granted  a  charter  to  David  Baillie  and  Margaret  Ros,  his 


86  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

spouse,  of  the  lands  of  Myd  Lairge  and  Eister  Lairge,  in  the 
barony  of  Cardell  and  sheriffdom  of  Inverness,  to  be  held  by 
the  said  David  and  his  heirs  of  the  Queen,  dated  at  Inverness, 
6th  July  1546,  and  witnessed  by  George  Strathauchin  of 
Cullodin,  John  M'Quheyn,  Angus  M'Culloch,  Pat.  Strathauchin, 
Rob.  Vaus,  burgesses  of  Inverness,  and  signed  by  the  said 
Alexander  Doles  by  a  notary.  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  1513-46,  769.) 
A  composition  of  £51  was  paid  on  1st  October  1546  on  con- 
firmation of  this  charter.  (High  Treasurer's  Accounts,  vol.  viii. 
p.  204.)  This  charter  would  naturally  be  accompanied  by 
letters  of  reversion,  and  the  lands  did  not  pass  permanently  into 
Baillie's  hands. 

Shortly  afterwards  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray,  baron  of 
Rathmurchus,  granted  a  charter  to  Andrew  Bayne  Makyn- 
naycht  and  his  heirs  and  assignees  of  his  lands  of  Kennapoild 
and  their  pertinents  in  the  barony  of  Rathmurchus,  regality 
of  Spynie  and  sheriffdom  of  Inverness,  to  be  held  of  the  granter 
and  his  heirs  in  free  blench  ;  dated  at  Cantray,  2nd  March 
1549-50,  and  witnessed  by  John  Dolles,  William  Dolles, 
Patrick  Dolles,  John  Dowe,  and  Sir  Thomas  Strathauchin, 
curate  of  Nairn  and  notary.  The  laird  signs  by  the  aid  of  the 
notary  and  appends  his  seal,  on  which  is  a  shield  containing 
two  bars  and  in  chief  three  stars,  with  the  legend  S. 
Alexandri  Dolles  de  Cantray.  This  charter  is  followed  by  a 
precept  of  sasine,  dated  and  attested  as  the  charter,  and 
having  the  granter' s  seal  still  attached,  though  more  broken 
than  the  other.  (Mackint.  Mun.,  23.)  These  documents  are 
specially  interesting  as  giving  the  probable  relative  ages  of 
Alexander  Dallas's  three  sons,  and  as  showing  him  in  actual 
possession  of  the  barony  of  Rothiemurchus. 

On  18th  August  1551,  before  the  High  Court  of  Justiciary, 
Alexander  Doles  of  Cantra,  together  with  Lord  Lovat,  Archi- 
bald Campbell  of  Calder,  Robert  Murray  in  Fyndorne,  and 
Alexr.  Falconer  of  Lethane,  was  amerciated  for  not  appearing 
to  pass  on  their  assize.  (Pitcairn's  Grim.  Trials,  i.  359.)  He 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     87 

was,  however,  at  this  period  very  active  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Sheriff  Court  of  Inverness,  and  is  frequently  mentioned  as 
serving  on  assizes  and  juries  there.  As  few  of  the  retours  of 
these  juries  have  been  returned  to  Chancery,  they  may  be 
briefly  recorded  here.  On  8th  March  1554-5,  Alexander 
Dollace  of  Cantray  and  Alexander  Dollace  of  Buddythe 
served  on  a  jury  for  the  retour  of  Lord  Gordon  ;  on  21st  May 
1555  Alexander  Dollace  of  Cantray  was  on  a  jury  for  the 
retour  of  Robert  Carnecors ;  on  31st  July  1556  of  Huchoun 
Fraysser  ;  on  31st  July  1557  of  Duncan  Bayn  of  Tully* ;  and 
on  15th  April  1561  of  Frennocht  M'Kenze  of  Brayne. 

After  the  death  of  James  Grant  of  Fruquhy,  in  155  ,  in- 
ventories were  made  of  his  'goods.'  In  the  first  of  these, 
dated  1st  June  1553,  Alexander  Dollace  of  Cantray  is  recorded 
as  a  debtor  to  the  extent  of  £200,  and  in  the  second,  dated 
2nd  August  1553,  of  £666,  13s.  4d.  Though  it  may  be 
assumed  that  these  debts  had  relation  to  the  exchanges  of 
land  arranged  between  Grant  and  Dallas,  there  is  nothing  to 
disclose  their  exact  nature.  (Grant,  iii.  109.)  In  the  same  year, 
in  consideration  of  a  sum  of  money,  Alexander  Doles  of  Cantray 
granted  a  charter  of  his  lands  of  Myd  Large  and  Eister  Large, 
with  the  mill,  multures,  tenants,  etc.,  in  the  lordship  of 
Strathnairn  and  sheriffdom  of  Inverness,  to  Thomas  Name 
of  Cromdaill  and  his  heirs  or  assignees,  to  be  held  of  the  Queen, 
and  witnessed  by  Henry  Doles,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  the 
said  Alexander,  and  by  John  Doles,  Donald  Makkerane,  Jo. 
Name,  M.  Jac.  Farquharsone  and  M.  Martin  Lagy,  notary 
public,  and  dated  at  Inverness  November  1553.  (Reg.  Mag. 
Sig.,  1546-80,  201.) 

On  12th  April  1555,  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray,  ha 
presence  of  Sir  Thomas  Strathachm,  notary  public,  Patrick 
Dolles,  and  others,  with  consent  of  Elizabeth  Lesle,  his  spouse, 
appointed  Henry  Dolles,  his  eldest  son,  his  assignee  to  the 
nineteen  years'  tack  made  to  him  by  James  Ogilvy  of  Cardells 
and  Janet  Gordon,  his  spouse,  Lady  of  Dunnatin  (?),  of  the 


88  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

lands  of  Wester  Lairge  with  the  mill,  etc.,  in  the  lordship  of 
Strathnairn  (Prot.  Bk.,  Douglas,  xvii.  fol.  1),  and  shortly 
after  he  obtained  from  Robert  Dunbar  of  Durris,  with  consent 
of  Cristane  Leirmonth,  his  spouse,  a  charter  of  the  lands  of 
Lowpane,  to  be  held  by  him  and  his  heirs  by  the  late  Issobel 
Leslie,  his  spouse,  of  the  Queen  by  the  usual  service  and 
homage.  The  charter  is  dated  at  Grangehill  16th  August  1556, 
and  is  witnessed  by  Wil.  Croftis,  Pat.  Dollace,  Jac.  Dunbar, 
Wil.  Young  and  Francis  Kardye,  and  is  subscribed  by  the  said 
Cristane,  with  her  hand  at  the  pen,  led  by  Sir  David  Cunyngham, 
notary  public.  (Beg.  Mag.  Sig.,  1546-80,  244.) 

Besides  the  lands  of  Lopane,  Alexander  Dallas  had  obtained 
from  Robert  Dunbar  other  lands  in  Durris,  and  these  are 
referred  to  in  the  letters  of  reversion  by  Alexander  Dollace 
of  Cantray,  narrating  that  Robert  Dunbar  of  Durris  has  sold 
to  him  and  Isobel  Leslie,  his  spouse,  the  lands  of  Ballyblair 
and  their  pertinents  within  the  barony  of  Durris  and  sheriff- 
dom  of  Inverness,  and  promising  that  whenever  Robert 
Dunbar  or  his  heirs  shall  pay  to  them  two  hundred  merks 
upon  the  high  altar  in  the  parish  church  of  Aulderne,  he  and 
his  heirs  will  renounce  the  same.  The  place  and  date  of  sub- 
scription are  not  filled  in,  save  155  ,  but  the  deed  is  signed  by 
the  granter  with  the  aid  of  M.  Martyne  Logye,  notary,  before 
these  witnesses,  David  Dunbar,  son  and  heir  of  the  said 
Robert  Dunbar,  Sir  Gilbert  Cant,  chaplain,  James  Tolmye, 
Sir  John  Gibson  and  the  foresaid  notary.  The  granter's 
seal  is  attached,  on  which  is  a  shield  containing  two  bars 
between  two  stars  in  chief  and  as  many  in  base,  with  the 
legend  S.  ALEXANDRI  DOLLES.  (Maclcint.  Mun.,  24.) 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  of  an  action  commenced 
in  the  Sheriff  Court  of  Inverness  about  this  time  no  record  now 
exists  save  the  two  entries  which  follow,  and  we  are  con- 
sequently left  in  ignorance  as  to  the  nature  of  the  dispute 
between  Cantray  and  Budgate.  Both  entries  are  dated  27th 
April  1557  :— 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     89 

'  That  day  Allexander  Dolles  of  Cantray  and  Patric  Dolles 
his  son  hes  constitut  Mr.  Alexander  Dowglas  thair  procurators 
in  the  action  and  caiss  moved  be  thame  agains  Allexander 
Dolles  of  Buddeth  et  promiserunt  de  rato.' 

'  That  day  Allexander  Dolles  of  Buddeth  hes  constitut  Sir 
James  .  .  .  ton  his  procurator  in  the  action  and  caiss  moved 
agains  hym  be  Allexander  Dolles  of  Cantray  and  Patric  Dolles 
et  promisit  de  rato.' 

In  the  same  year  Alexander  Doles  of  Cantray,  hi  con- 
sideration of  a  sum  of  money  paid  to  him,  granted  a  charter 
to  Angus  M'Cuintosych,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  Donald 
M'Cuintosych,  his  heir  and  assignees,  of  the  lands  of  Loppen, 
with  the  mill  in  the  barony  of  Duris  and  sheriffdom  of 
Invernys,  dated  at  Invernys  26th  September  1557,  and 
signed  by  the  said  Alexander  with  his  hand  led  at  the  pen, 
the  witnesses  being  Robert  Marschall  in  Invernys,  Sir  David 
Cuthbert,  vicar  of  Warlaw,  Eugene  M'Ferquhar  Reoch  and 
Sir  James  Bucheart,  notary.  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  1548-80, 
p.  275.) 

It  would  appear  that  not  only  the  lands  of  Lairgs,  but  also 
those  of  Croy,  were  disposed  of  to  Thomas  Nairn,  for  amongst 
the  Cantray  charters  is  an  instrument  dated  20th  May  1560, 
whereby  Thomas  Nairn  of  Cromdale,  within  his  place  of 
Cromdale,  grants  receipt  from  John  Dallas,  son  of  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  of  the  sum  of  thirteenscore  merks  as 
the  redemption  money  of  half  the  lands  of  Croy  which 
had  been  wadset  to  Nairn  by  the  said  Alexander  Dallas. 
(Cantray  Chart.) 

On  14th  January  1560-1,  at  the  Sheriff  Court  of  Inverness, 
it  was  recorded :  '  Alexander  Dollace  excussit  because  he  is 
seik ' ;  but  on  15th  March  following,  Mr.  Richard  Strang,  as 
procurator  for  Alexander  Doles  of  Cantray,  appointed  by 
letters  dated  at  Kilraway  1st  November  1560,  appears  and 
ratines  on  behalf  of  the  said  Alexander  and  his  heirs  a  decree 


90  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

pronounced  by  the  Lords  of  Council  at  Edinburgh  on  7th 
July  1557,  in  favour  of  George,  Lord  Gordon,  and  for  ever 
renounces  all  action,  title,  and  claim  which  they  had  or  may 
have  against  George,  Earl  of  Huntly,  for  warrandice  of  the 
lands  and  barony  of  Rothiemurchus  :  the  letters  of  procuratory 
are  inserted.  (Bks.  Counc.  and  Sess.,  iv.  83.) 

An  act  of  lawless  violence  is  revealed  in  certain  entries 
in  the  books  of  the  Inverness  Sheriff  Court,  the  first  of  which 
is  dated  31st  July  1561:  'That  day  Alexander  Dolless  of 
Cantray  being  chargit  for  entering  of  Donald  Talyeour  quhilk 
was  attachit  for  the  art  and  part  of  the  crwell  slachter  of 
Jannet  M'Korkyll  qwlk  wes  slane  the  xviij  day  of  Julii  and 
thereafter  the  said  Dolles  intromitted  and  wald  nocht  entyr 
hyme  efter  he  wes  chargit  throw  the  quhilks  he  hes  incurrit  the 
panes  contained  in  the  proces  and  breking  of  the  generall  band 
and  thairfoir  hes  to  be  persewit  for  the  art  and  part  of  the 
crwell  slachter  of  the  said  Jannet  M'Corkyll.' 

The  case  is  again  referred  to  on  29th  November  1561 : — 
'  That  day  Allexander  Dollace  of  Cantray  hes  comperit  this 
day  for  relyf  of  his  souertie  he  com  for  entering  of  Donald 
Tayleour  to  onderly  the  law  for  the  crwell  murthyr  of  Jannet 
Myk  Kerkyll  apon  f oure  days  varnyng  onder  the  pane  of  forte 
pundis.' 

The  final  entry,  which  leaves  us  still  in  ignorance  of  the 
circumstances  under  which  the  '  crwell  slachter '  was  com- 
mitted, is  dated  21st  March  1561-2:  'That  day  Alexander 
Dollas  of  Cantray  enterit  Donald  Taillyeour  as  he  com  cautioun 
to  entyr  him  to  this  day  befoir  the  Shiref  principall  of  Inverness 
quha  hes  tane  Act  of  Court  upon  his  entering  and  protestit  to 
be  fre  of  his  souertie. 

'  That  day  Alexander  Dollace  of  Cantray  is  becummin 
actit  souertie  to  entyr  Donald  Taillyeour  as  he  that  wes 
archin  and  part  of  the  slauchter  of  Jannet  M'Corker  quha 
was  murdreist  the  xviij  day  of  Julii  last  bypast  to  underly 
the  law  upon  ane  xv  dayes  warnyng  within  the  tolbuith  of 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     91 

Innerness  befoir  the  Shiref  principall  of  Innernes  or  his 
deputis  under  the  pane  of  ane  hundreth  merkis.'  (Invern. 
Sheriff  Court  Books. ) 

Another  entry  in  the  Sheriff  Court  Books  of  Inverness 
now  to  be  noticed  is  of  special  interest,  as  the  lady  therein 
mentioned  must  undoubtedly  have  been  the  widow  of  the 
laird's  eldest  son  Henry,  and  was  probably  making  a  claim 
under  her  marriage  settlement.  The  entry  is  dated  7th  April 
1562  :  '  That  day  James  Paterson  procurator  foresaid  producit 
in  jugement  ane  shireff  precept  dewlie  execute  and  indorsat 
contra  Alexander  Dollace  of  Cantray  for  the  wranguse  haldin 
fra  Ellyne  Ross  the  malis  of  the  half  myll  of  Cantray  on 
Witsonday  and  Martinnes  in  anno  MV  and  saxte  ane  yeris 
and  the  said  Dollace  desyrit  the  said  Ellyne  to 'produce  hyr 
intres  and  the  jugis  hes  consignit  hir  to  produce  the  samyn 
and  to  wairne  the  Dollace  upon  ane  xv  dayis  warning.' 

This  Ellen  Rose  was,  as  will  appear  in  a  subsequent  record, 
infeft  in  the  half  mill  and  mill  lands  of  Cantray  on  26th  April 
1558,  and  married  secondly,  John  Mackintosh  Williamson 
of  Termet,  and  thirdly,  John  Stewart,  baron  of  Kincarne : 
she  was  the  fifth  daughter  of  Hugh  Rose,  ninth  baron  of 
Kilravock.  (Kilr.,  70.) 

After  the  death  of  his  eldest  son,  which  appears  to  have 
occurred  in  1561,  the  laird  made  provision  for  his  grandson 
and  heir,  Alexander  Dolles,  to  whom  he  granted  the  lands  of 
Cantray,  Croy,  and  others,  the  latest  of  these  grants  being 
on  llth  July  1563.  He  did  not  long  survive  this  date,  and 
was  dead  on  25th  January  1563-4,  when  John  Grant, 
burgess  of  Inverness,  compears  before  the  Burgh  Court  and 
requires  Sir  David  Cuthbert,  as  engaged  for  his  relief,  to  pay  one 
hundred  merks  to  Muriel  Calder  of  that  ilk.  John,  Com- 
mendator  of  Archattan,  also  compears  and  produces  an  act 
from  the  Consistorial  Books  of  Inverness,  dated  20th  September 
1556,  in  which  Alexander  Dollace  of  Cantrey  and  John  Grant, 
burgess  of  Inverness,  are  jointly  engaged  as  cautioners  for  Sir 


92  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

David  Cuthbert,  vicar  of  Warlaw,  for  the  teinds  of  the  burgh 
of  Inverness  for  the  crop  of  1556. 

John  Grant  pleads  that  he  is  due  nothing  to  the  said  Com- 
mendator,  but  only  to  Muriel  Calder  ;  but  the  Commendator 
replies  that  it  is  quite  well  known  that  he  has  been  in  use  to 
uplift  the  teinds  of  the  whole  parish  of  Inverness  as  tutor  and 
curator  to  John  Campbell,  his  brother's  son,  as  son  and  heir  to 
the  deceased  Archibald  Campbell  of  Calder,  for  the  last  thirteen 
years  or  so,  and  avers  that  any  discharges  by  Muriel  Calder 
could  only  be  as  factor  for  him.  A  discharge  is  produced  for 
ten  pounds  paid  by  the  deceased  Alexander  Dollace  of  Cantrey 
as  cautioner  for  the  said  Sir  David  Cuthbert,  dated  29th  April 
1557. 

It  may  be  mentioned  that  the  case  was  still  unsettled, 
29th  January  1567,  when  it  was  shown  that  Grant  and  Dollace 
had  been  poinded  at  the  instance  of  Muriel  Calder,  with  whom 
they  compounded,  and  meanwhile  John,  Commendator  of 
Archattan,  received  ten  pounds  of  the  fifty  merks  due  to  him 
from  Dollace.  The  judges  ordain  John  Grant  to  make 
account  and  reckoning  of  the  sum  of  one  hundred  merks 
contained  in  the  act,  and  summon  Muriel  Calder  to  give 
evidence  as  to  what  she  has  received,  sending,  however,  a 
messenger  to  take  her  evidence  on  oath.'  (Invern.  Burgh  Rec.) 

Alexander  Dallas  had  by  his  wife,  Isobel  or  Elizabeth  Lesly, 
at  least  four  sons  :  (1)  Henry,  who  predeceased  him,  (2)  John, 
(3)  William,  and  (4)  Patrick ;  and  probably  the  person  whose 
singular  name  of  Aripitell,  Arpitell  or  Arpiter  Dallas  occurs 
several  times  between  1577  and  1605  was  another  son. 

1.  HENRY  DALLAS,  the  eldest  son,  married,  as  has  been 
said,  Helen,  daughter  of  the  baron  of  Kilravock,  and  had, 
besides  his  eldest  son  Alexander,  who  succeeded  his  grand- 
father, two  younger  sons,  Henry  and  John,  the  former  of 
whom,  as  heir-male,  had  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Croy  by  an 
instrument  dated  17th  April  1565,  proceeding  upon  a  precept 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     93 

of  dare  constat  granted  by  Patrick,  Bishop  of  Moray,  and 
dated  at  Scone  1st  March  1564-5,  one  of  the  witnesses  to 
the  sasine  being  John  Dolles  in  Cantray.  (Cantray  Charters.) 
Two  years  later  he  obtained  from  the  Bishop  a  charter  of  con- 
firmation in  these  lands,  which  is  duly  recorded  in  the  episcopal 
register,  and  furnishes  particulars  of  Henry's  marriage  : — 

'Confirmatio  Ab  Episcopo  cartse  dictarum  terrarum  de 
Croye  factse  ab  Henrico  Dolles  nepote  et  herede  quondam 
Alexandri  Dolles  predicti,  honorabili  domicellse  ElspetaB  Ros 
(filise  quondam  Joannis  Ros  de  Ballivat  et  Mariotse  Dunbar 
ejusdem  relictae),  in  vitali  redditu,  pro  perimpletione  contractus 
matrimonialis  inter  ipsos  9  Maii  1567.  Apud  Elgin,  9  Maii 
1567  ;  coram  testibus  Johanne  Name  de  Cromdall,  Johanne 
Ross  de  Ballewate,  Joanne  Annand  burgensi  de  Elgin,  Alex- 
andro  Dolles  de  Buddiuet.  Testibus  ad  confirmationem, 
Jacobo  Strathauchin  rectore  de  Balhelvyn,  Andrea  Moncreffe, 
Jacobo  Moncreffe,  ac  Da  vide  Cummyng  servitoribus  Episcopi. 
Apud  Elgin,  20  Maii  1567.'  (Reg.  Morav.,  398.) 

On  16th  April  1568  there  was  registered  a  contract  of  that 
date,  made  at  Inverness,  between  Hendre  Dolles  of  Croy 
and  Alexander  Morrey  in  Croy,  whereby  Henrie  Dolles  sells 
to  Alexander  Morrey  one  eighteenth  and  half  of  an  eighteenth 
part  of  the  lands  of  Croy,  lying  on  the  east  side  of  the  kirk  of 
Croy,  and  others;  and  because  Elspet  Ross,  spouse  to  the 
said  Hendre,  has  the  liferent  of  the  lands  of  Croy,  he  obliges 
himself  to  get  her  consent  and  thereafter  to  infef t  Alexander 
Morrey,  the  grant  to  be  under  reversion  for  one  hundred 
merks.  One  of  the  witnesses  to  the  contract  is  William 
Dollas  in  Cantrafreis.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxv.  92.) 

On  23rd  August  1568  Hendre  Dolles  of  Croy  complained 
that  David  Ros  of  the  Holme  had  made  '  novatioun '  on  his 
lands  of  Croy  by  '  teling  of  land  within  the  marches  of  Croy,' 
and  he  takes  instruments :  the  witnesses  are  Alexander 


94  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dolles,  John  Dolles  in  Croy  and  George  Dolles.  (Prot.  Bk., 
W.  Cuming,  xxv.  107.)  As  will  presently  be  seen,  he  is 
mentioned,  13th  December  1569,  as  father's  brother  of  Marjory 
Dallas,  the  heiress  of  Cantray,  but  he  must  have  died  without 
male  issue  not  long  afterwards,  as  in  1571  his  episcopal  lands 
of  Croy  had  passed  to  his  brother  John  Dallas,  as  recorded  in 
the  episcopal  register  :— 

'  Preceptum  de  clare  constat  ab  Episcopo  datum  ad  infeof- 
andum  in  dictis  terris  de  Croye,  limitatis  ut  supra  [see  charter 
of  1545],  Johannem  Dolles  sicut  heredem  dicti  Henrici  Dolles 
defuncti,  fratris  germani  reservato  vitali  redditu  predictse 
Elspetse  Ros.  Testibus  Andrea  Moncreiff,  Davide  Cuming, 
dominis  Jacobo  Sandeson,  Jacobo  Sibbald.  Apud  Spyne, 
penult.  Julii  1571.'  (Reg.  Morav.,  398.) 

For  some  reason  another  precept  of  clare  constat  was  granted 
by  the  Bishop  a  few  years  later,  in  the  following  terms  : — 

'  Georgius  miseratione  divina  Episcopus  Moraviensis  dilecto 
nostro  Johanni  Ross  filio  Johannis  prepositi  de  Nairne  ballivo 
nostro  in  hac  parte  ballivo  Salutem  Quia  nobis  clare  constat 
et  est  notum  quod  quondam  Henricus  Dolless  nepos  quondam 
Alexandri  Dolless  de  Cantray  obiit  ultimo  vestitus  et  sasitus 
ut  de  feodo  ad  pacem  et  fidem  supremi  domini  nostri  Jacobi 
Dei  gratia  Scotorum  regis  eo  nomine  sexti  de  omnibus  et 
singulis  villa  et  terris  de  Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta  ejusdem 
jacentibus  prout  sequitur  in  vulgari  Begyunand  at  the  north 
nuik  of  the  vicaris  manss  of  [Croy]  to  the  strype  that  cummis 
of  the  fourd  at  the  kirk  styll  and  the  landis  of  Kilrawok  on 
the  south  syd  of  the  strype  and  the  landis  of  Croy  on  the  north 
syd  of  the  strype  and  the  forsaid  strype  to  be  haldin  for  ewir 
for  eine  merch  betwix  ye  landis  off  Croye  and  Kilrawok  sa 
far  as  Croy  his  bondis  and  lyes  on  the  said  strype  with  the 
pertinentis  of  the  samyn  ac  infra  baroniam  de  Ardclay  the 
regalitatem  de  Spyne  et  vicecomitatum  de  Innerness  Et  quod 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     95 

Johannes    Dolless  frater   germanus   dicti   quondam   Henrici 
Dolless  lator  presentium  est  legitimus  et  propinquior  heres 
masculus  dicti  quondam  Henrici  in  et  ad  predictas  villam  et 
terras  de  Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta  ejusdem  jacentas  ut 
supra  Et  quod  dictus  Johannes  est  legitime  etatis  Et  quod 
dicte  villa  et  terra  de  Croye  cum  brasina  et  crofta  ejusdem  de 
nobis  tenentur  in  capite  in  feudifirma  per  solutionem  an- 
nuatim  summe  novem  librorum  octodecim   solidorum   octo 
denariorum  usualis  monete  regni  Scotie  per  equales  divisas 
medias  portiones  ad  festa  penthecostes  et  Sancti  Martini  in 
hyeme  solita  et  consueta  et  aliarum  denariorum  et  servitiorum 
prout  in  antique  infeofamento  super  dictis  villa  et  terras  de 
Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta  ejusdem  jacentibus  ut  supra  dicto 
quondam  Alexandro  Dolless  avo  dicti  Johannis  Dolless  con- 
fecto  latius  cavetur  Vobis  igitur  precipimus  et  mandamus 
quatenus  visis  presentibus  accedatis  ad  predictas  villam  et 
terras  de  Croye  cum  crofta  et  brasina  ejusdem  jacentas  ut 
supra  Et  ibidem  super  solo  earundem  sasinam  hereditariam 
statumque  et  possessionem  omnium  et  singularum  ville  et 
terrarum  de  Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta  predictarum  dicto 
Johanni    Dolless    tanquam    legitimo    et    indubitato    heredi 
masculo  prefati  quondam  Henrice  sui  fratris  germani  in  et  ad 
predictas  villam  et  terras  de  Croy  cum  brasina  et  crofta 
antedictis  cum  suis  pertinentiis  jacentas  ut  supra  Tradatis 
et  deliberetis  et  hoc  nullo  modo  omittatis  ad  quod  faciendum 
vobis  ballivo  nostro   antedicto  nostram  plenarium  et  irre- 
vocabilem   tenore   presentium   committimus   potestatem    In 
cujus  rei  testimonium  manuali  nostra  subscriptione  munita  et 
roborata    sigillum    nostrum   rotundum   hiis   presentibus   est 
appensum   apud   palatium    nostrum   de   Spyne   decimo   die 
mensis  Aprilis  anno  Domini  millesimo  quingentesimo  septua- 
gesimo  sexto  coram  hiis  testibus  Dominis  Alexandro  Dowglass 
vicario  de  Elgin  et  Georgio  Dowglass  vicario  de  Abirchirdour 
cum  diversis  aliis.  GEOBGITJS  EPTJS  MORAVIENS.' 

(Cantray  Chart.) 


96  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Sasine  followed  upon  this  charter,  the  instrument  being 
dated  13th  June  1577.  (Cantray  Chart.)  [This  date  is  in- 
correct.] On  10th  June  1577  occurs  a  charter  by  John 
Dolles,  brother  german  and  lawful  nearest  heir  of  the  deceased 
Henry  Dolles,  formerly  of  Croy,  selling  to  David  Rose  of  Holme 
his  lands  of  Croy  to  be  held  of  the  granter,  upon  which  sasine 
followed  upon  the  13th  June.  (Cantray  Chart.)  The  lands 
remained  in  possession  of  the  Roses  for  some  years,  and  then 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor  by 
procuratory  by  John  Ross  of  Holme  as  heritable  proprietor 
and  feuer  of  the  lands  of  Croy  in  terms  of  a  contract  between 
him  and  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  knight,  for  himself  and 
as  burdentaker  for  Agnes  Ross,  relict  of  David  Ross,  some- 
time of  Holme,  and  Mr.  William  Campbell  of  Braicklie,  now 
her  spouse,  by  which  John  Ross  has  bound  himself  to  resign 
these  lands  in  the  superior's  hands  in  favour  of  the  said  Sir 
John.  He  appoints  Andrew  Innes,  writer  in  Elgin,  his  pro- 
curator, for  so  doing.  The  deed  is  dated  at  Calder,  16th  June 
1608,  one  of  the  witnesses  being  Duncan  Campbell,  brother 
to  the  said  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder.  (Cantray  Chart.) 
These  lands  were  shortly  afterwards  conveyed  by  Sir  John 
Campbell  to  William  Dallas  of  Cantray. 

A  very  interesting  deed,  throwing  some  light  upon  the 
ownership  of  Rothiemurchus  and  Lairgs,  has  now  to  be  noticed. 
It  is  an  instrument  of  redemption,  dated  19th  May  1587, 
narrating  that  John  Dollace,  lawful  son  of  the  deceased  Henry 
Dollace  of  Rothiemwrquhuse,  appeared  within  the  place  of 
Calder  about  2  P.M.,  and  acknowledged  that  he  had  received 
from  Lachlan  M'Yntoyschie  of  Dunnachtane  for  himself 
and  in  name  and  behalf  of  William  Ross,  apparent  of 
Kilrawokis,  the  sum  of  400  merks  as  the  sum  agreed  upon 
for  the  redemption  of  a  plough  of  land  of  the  lands  of  Lairgs 
and  of  a  piece  of  land  called  the  Craygortane,  with  the  ale- 
house croft  of  Lairgs,  then  tenanted  by  John  M'Inneire,  and 
four  oxgang  of  the  said  lands  sometime  occupied  by  Donald 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     97 

M'Phaill  Wycht,  now  deceased,  all  in  the  barony  of  Cardell 
and  shire  of  Inverness ;  and  the  said  John  Dollace  accord- 
ingly renounces  the  same ;  witnesses,  John  Campbell  of 
Caldor,  James  M'Yntoyschie  of  Gask,  John  Annand  of 
Mwraaistoun,  Hugh  Campbell  in  Calder  and  John  Or  in 
Moye,  Martin  Logye  being  notary.  (Mackintosh  Munim.) 

After  this  date  John  Dollace  cannot  be  traced,  nor  have 
we  any  indication  of  his  marriage  unless  he  can  be  identified 
with  John  Dolles,  whose  spouse,  Janet  Ross,  had  liferent 
sasine  of  certain  lands  in  the  burgh  of  Nairn,  with  remainder 
to  her  son,  William  Dolles,  heritably,  a  note  of  which  occurs 
17th  September  1575,  and  will  be  again  referred  to.  (ProL 
Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxii.  124.) 

2.  JOHN  DALLAS,  the  second  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Cantray,  has  already  been  mentioned  as  receiving,  on  behalf 
of  his  father,  the  redemption  money  of  Croy  in  May  1560, 
and  he  had  appeared  as  a  witness  on  more  than  one  occasion. 

On  the  death  of  his  nephew,  the  young  laird  of  Cantray, 
he  appears  to  have  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
the  infant  heiress,  though  unhappily  with  scant  success,  for, 
as  will  be  presently  seen,  the  wide  possessions  of  the  old  laird 
were  sadly  diminished  during  the  long  minority  of  his  great- 
granddaughter.  Whether  on  the  death  of  John  Dallas  of 
Croy  he  became  heir-male  of  the  family  it  is  impossible  to  say, 
but  no  evidence  is  forthcoming  of  any  nearer  heir,  and  the 
manner  in  which  he  manipulated  the  affairs  of  Cantray, 
ultimately  in  the  interests  of  his  eldest  son,  lends  probability 
to  the  belief.  He  was  at  first  settled  at  Croy,  but  apparently, 
about  the  year  1571,  he  removed  to  Cantray,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  which  may  have  occurred  about  1586. 

On  10th  March  1560-1,  John  Dolles  in  Croy  and  others 
became  caution  in  the  Sheriff  Court  of  Inverness  for  the  entry 
of  Thomas  Stuart  in  Inverness,  who  was  charged  with  theft 
(Inverness  Sheriff  Ct.  Rec.,  vol.  ii.),  probably  indicating  some 

o 


98  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

lawless  act  of  spuilzie  or  fire-raising  so  common  to  the  period, 
but  what  his  interest  in  Stuart  may  have  been  there  is  nothing 
to  show. 

A  not  very  illuminating  record  of  the  possession  of  lands 
in  Nairn  occurs  on  13th  December  1564,  when  John  Dolles 
has  appointed  John  Tulloch,  burgess  of  Nairn,  as  procurator, 
to  compear  before  the  bailies  of  Nairn  and  resign  all  the  lands 
contained  in  the  charter  of  alienation  made  by  him  to  Thomas 
Ross  of  Daltaleyth  under  reversion  of  one  hundred  merks : 
on  this  sasine  was  given  to  the  said  Thomas  Ross,  the  in- 
strument containing  a  description  of  the  lands.  (Prot.  Bk., 
W.  Cuming,  xxv.  fol.  24.)  And  the  same  day  Thomas  Ross 
obliged  himself  that  in  case  John  Dolles  was  compelled  to 
keep  his  tacks  set  to  Alexander  Daloquhe,  that  he  will  grant 
them  and  in  return  John  Dolles  promises  him  five  years' 
tack  of  the  lands  after  redemption.  (Ibid.)  On  18th  February 
1568-9  John  Dolles,  '  then  in  Croy,'  had  a  charter  of  the 
lands  of  Drumoir  Dolles,  to  which  further  reference  will  be 
made  hereafter,  and  on  18th  March  1570-1  the  following 
agreement  is  recorded : — '  It  is  appointit  betwixt  William 
M'Queyne  on  the  ane  pairt  and  John  Dolles  in  Croy  on  the 
other  pairt  that  William  sail  possess  John  Dolles  in  Croy 
[in]  Cantray  for  the  quhilks  John  Dolless  sail  nocht  mak 
impediment  nor  contradiction  to  the  varnyng  quhilk  William 
M'Queyne  and  his  vyf  sail  mak  on  Johne  to  remuif  out  of 
Croy,  bot  schortle  eftir  the  decreit  sail  remuif  without  f order 
process  and  atheris  of  thame  and  otheris  thair  freindis  sail 
tak  afald  pairt  with  otheris.  In  case  Johne  fale  Lachlan 
M'Yntosche  obliss  him  peaceablie  possess  William  M'Queyne 
in  Cantray  again.  And  this  appointit  before  Lachlan 
M'Yntosche,  Angus  Williamson,  William  Cuthbert,  burgess  of 
Inverness,  John  Dolles  in  Brachlie,  in  the  Castle  of  Inverness.' 
(Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxv.  fol.  127.) 

M'Queen,  who  was  of  Corrybrough,  derived  his  interest  in 
the  lands  of  Croy  from  his  wife,  Elspet  or  Elizabeth  Rose, 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     99 

who  as  wife  of  Henry  Dallas  of  Croy  had  a  life-interest  in 
those  lands :  how  he  came  to  possess  a  claim  upon  Cantray 
enabling  the  exchange  above  recorded  it  is  now  impossible 
to  say. 

The  Nairn  burgh  lands  on  which  John  Dallas  granted  a 
wadset  to  Thomas  Ross  hi  1564  were  on  10th  November 
1572  assigned  to  his  eldest  son:  'That  day  John  Dolles  hes 
maid  creat  nominat  and  ordainit  Alexander  Dolles  his  son 
lachfull,  sone  and  appeirand  aire  gottin  betwix  him  and 
Margrat  Ross  as  follows  : — 

'  Compeared  personally  John  Dollas  and  for  the  singular 
love  favour  and  affection  which  he  bears  to  Alexander  Dolles 
his  lawful  son  and  apparent  heir  begotten  between  him  and 
Margaret  Ross  and  for  other  reasonable  causes  appoints  him 
his  assignee  to  all  and  whole  the  lands  roods  acres  and  tene- 
ments underwritten  lying  within  the  Burgh  of  Nairn,  viz.  : — 

'  Two  roods  of  land  lying  together  on  the  north  side  of 
the  said  Burgh  extending  to  the  Highway  on  the  South,  to 
the  sea  on  the  north,  and  lying  between  the  lands  of  George 
Chessolme  on  the  west  and  the  land  of  John  Ross  on  the 
east. 

'  Three  roods  of  land  lying  together  in  the  Gawis  extending 
to  the  highway  on  the  south  the  sea  on  the  north  and  lying 
between  the  lands  of  John  .  .  .  Burgess  of  Nairn  on  the  west 
and  the  lands  of  Angus  Ross  on  the  east. 

'  Four  roods  of  land  lying  together  in  the  gatys  extending 
to  the  Gallowgate  on  the  south  to  the  sea  on  the  north  and 
lying  between  the  lands  of  John  Tulloch  both  on  the  east  and 
west. 

'  Other  three  roods  of  land  lying  together  in  the  Gawis 
extending  to  the  other  Gallowgate  on  the  south,  the  sea  on 
the  north  and  lying  between  the  lands  of  John  Tulloch  on  the 
east  and  the  lands  of  John  Ross  Burgess  of  Nairn  on  the  west. 

'  One  rood  of  land  in  the  said  field  between  the  lands  of  John 
Ross  Burgess  of  Nairn  on  the  east  and  west.  Other  three 


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roods  of  land  in  the  Landfield  of  the  Gawrs  extending  to  the 
other  Gallowget  on  the  south  to  the  sea  on  the  north  and 
lying  between  the  lands  of  Angus  Ross  on  the  east  and  the 
lands  of  John  Ross  Burgess  of  Nairn  on  the  west. 

'  One  rood  in  the  said  field  lying  between  the  lands  of 
George  Chessolme  on  the  east  and  the  lands  of  John  Ross  of 
Ballivat  on  the  west. 

'  Two  roods  of  land  in  the  said  field  lying  together  adjoining 
the  other  Gallowget  on  the  south  the  sea  on  the  north  and  the 
lands  of  Alexander  Calder  on  the  west  and  the  lands  of  John 
Ross  of  Ballivat  on  the  east. 

'  One  rood  of  land  in  the  said  field  of  the  Gawis  lying 
between  the  lands  of  George  Chessolme  on  the  east  and 
"  Magra  "  Calder  on  the  west. 

'  Other  two  roods  of  land  lying  together  in  the  said  field 
between  the  lands  of  "  Mage  "  Calder  on  the  east  and  the 
lands  of  John  Tulloch  on  the  west  and  as  far  as  these  lands  on 
the  south  and  north. 

'  Other  three  roods  of  land  in  the  said  field  lying  between 
the  lands  of  John  Tulloch  on  the  east  and  the  lands  of  the 
deceased  Alexander  Ross  of  Holme  on  the  west. 

'  One  rood  and  a  half-rood  in  the  said  field  lying  between 
the  lands  of  Alexander  Caddell  on  the  west  and  the  lands  of 
Alexander  Ross  of  Holme  on  the  east. 

'  An  acre  of  land  called  Villox  Butts  lying  between  the  lands 
of  John  Ross  Burgess  of  Nairn  on  the  north  the  Gallowget  on 
the  south  the  lands  of  Angus  Ross  on  the  east  and  the  lands  of 
the  Community  of  Nairn  on  the  west. 

'  An  acre  of  land  lying  in  the  Mylbank  between  the  lands 
of  John  Ross  Burgess  of  Nairn  on  the  west  and  the  Smyddie 
Croft  on  the  north  the  road  to  Kildrummie  on  the  south  and  to 
Abyrnydir  on  the  north. 

'  One  rood  of  land  lying  in  the  Mill  Bank  between  the 
lands  of  Alexander  Caddell  on  the  east  and  the  lands  of  Janet 
Cadell  on  the  west  the  front  thereof  being  towards  the 


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Galloget  on  the  north  and  the  back  towards  the  freshwater  of 
Nairn  on  the  south. 

'  Two  roods  of  land  lying  together  in  the  field  called 
the  Mylbank  between  the  lands  of  Angus  Ross  on  the  west 
the  lands  of  John  Ross  on  the  east  fronting  the  Gallowget 
on  the  north  and  having  the  freshwater  of  Nairn  on  the  south. 

'  And  other  three  roods  of  land  in  the  said  field  of  the 
Mylbank  lying  between  the  lands  of  John  Ross  Burgess  of  Nairn 
on  the  east  the  lands  of  the  Community  of  Nairn  on  the  west 
fronting  the  highway  on  the  north  and  with  the  back  towards 
the  freshwater  of  Nairn  on  the  south.' 

Moreover,  he  gives  him  right  to  redeem  all  these  lands 
foresaid  from  Thomas  Ross  and  his  heirs  by  payment  of  one 
hundred  merks  Scots  within  the  parish  church  of  Nairn. 
The  deed  further  mentions  the  fact  of  resignation  made  by 
John  Dolles  in  the  hands  of  William  Tulloch,  one  of  the  Bailies 
of  Nairn,  and  of  sasine  given  to  the  said  Alexander  Dolles 
before  witnesses,  one  of  whom  is  John  Dolles,  second  son  of  the 
said  John  Dolles.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming.) 

The  description  of  these  burgh  lands,  useful  for  local 
topography,  is  translated  from  the  Latin,  and  would  seem  to 
indicate  property  of  considerable  extent  and  value. 

Not  long  after  this  assignment,  on  17th  September  1575, 
sasine  is  given  to  Janet  Ross  in  liferent,  and  to  William  Dolles, 
her  son,  lawfully  procreate  between  her  and  John  Dolles,  in 
fee  of  certain  acres  (of  which  a  description  is  given),  etc.,  in 
the  burgh  of  Nairn  under  reversion  of  one  hundred  merks, 
held  by  Alexander  Dolles,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  John 
Dolles  in  Cantray,  amongst  the  witnesses  being  John  Ross, 
Provost  of  Nairn  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxii.  fol.  124), 
but  there  is  no  evidence  as  to  the  identity  of  this  John  Dallas, 
spouse  of  Janet  Ross :  it  is  possible  that  he  may  be  John 
Dallas  of  Croy  already  mentioned,  or  he  may  be  identical 
with  that  person's  half-brother,  John  Dallas,  a  natural  son  of 
Henry  Dallas,  apparent  of  Cantray,  who  was  living  in  1576, 


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as  will  be  presently  shown.  Nor  has  any  evidence  been  met 
with  as  to  the  ultimate  destination  of  the  extensive  burgh 
property  dealt  with  in  the  foregoing  deeds. 

On  27th  November  1577  Johne  Dollass  in  Kantray  serves 
on  an  assize  for  the  retour  of  Margaret  Strachan  in  the  lands 
of  Culloden  and  others  (Inverness  Sheriff  Ct.  Bks.,  i.)  ;  and 
two  years  later,  on  22nd  June  1579,  John  Sutherland  and 
Alexander  Sutherland  in  Nairn  discharge  themselves  of  three 
oxgang  of  land  of  the  roods  of  Nairn  occupied  by  them  in 
favour  of  John  Dollas  in  Cantray.  (Prot.  BL,  W.  Cuming, 
xxxii.  fol.  219.) 

On  24th  August  1583  a  transaction  is  recorded  which 
accounts  for  the  lands  of  Drummoir  for  some  quarter  of  a 
century.  John  Dolles  in  Cantray  delivered  to  his  brother, 
in  keeping  till  he  should  infeft  him  in  the  half  town  and  lands 
of  Drumoyr  Dolles,  with  the  pertinents  lying  in  the  barony  of 
Strathnairn  and  shire  of  Inverness,  with  the  ward  and  relief 
thereof  granted  by  John  Ros  in  Cantradoun  to  John  Dolles, 
which  ward  and  relief  the  said  John  keeps  hi  his  own  hands, 
the  following  writs  : — 

1.  A  charter  and  precept  of  sasine  thereon  by  the  said 
John  Ross  to  the  said  John  Dolles  then  in  Croy  of  the 
said  lands  and  ward  and  relief,  dated  at  Kilravock 
18th  February  1568. 

2.  Instrument  of  sasine  of  same  date. 

3.  Charter  by  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantrey  to  John  Ros, 

dated  27th  January  1561. 

These  are  delivered  by  the  said  John  Dolles  to  William 
Dolles  till  he  fulfils  his  promise  to  infeft  him  in  these  lands 
upon  a  reversion  to  be  made  by  William  for  sixty  merks. 
(Prot.  BL,  W.  Cuming,  xxxix.  fol.  27.)  As  will  presently  be 
seen,  this  option  of  redemption  was  exercised  by  Alexander,  the 
son  of  John  Dallas  in  Cantray,  in  1588,  when  the  lands  of  Drum- 
moir became  again  incorporated  with  the  Cantray  property. 

In  November  1584  John  Dolles  in  Cantrey  served  on  a 


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jury  at  Inverness  for  the  retour  of  Donald  M'Angus  M'Allester 
of  Glengarie.  (Inverness  Sheriff  Ct.  Bks.,  i.)  On  24th  May 
1585  he  had  sasine  on  a  charter  by  William  Ross,  apparent 
of  Kilravock,  of  the  mill  and  multures  of  Cantrey,  dated  at 
Kilravock,  22nd  May,  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  being 
Alexander  Dolles,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  John  Dolles  in 
Cantrey  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxix.  fol.  62),  and  when 
on  23rd  March  1586,  Marjory  Dolles,  his  grand-niece,  had 
sasine  of  the  lands  of  Cantralyse  and  others,  John  Dolles 
protested  that  this  should  not  hurt  his  right  to  the  Mill  of 
Cantra.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxix.  fol.  63.) 

On  31st  May  1586  Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddet,  John 
Dolles  in  Cantray,  and  William  Dolles,  his  brother  german, 
served  on  a  jury  at  Inverness  for  the  retour  of  Angus  M'Intosh, 
but  he  does  not  appear  to  have  long  survived  this  date,  his 
death  certainly  occurring  before  13th  February  1587-8. 
He  married  Margaret  Rose,  apparently  daughter  and  heir 
of  Peter  Rose,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  John  the  Rose  in 
Nairn,  who  on  12th  May  1531,  at  Kilravock,  witnessed  a 
letter  of  lease  by  James  Ogilvy  of  Cardall  to  Hugh  Rose, 
ninth  baron  of  Kilravock,  of  the  lands  of  Inverarny  (Kilr., 
201),  which  John  Rose  on  16th  November  1540,  at  the  Water 
of  Nairn,  witnessed  a  settlement  of  marches  between  Calder 
and  Kilravock.  (Ibid. ,  205. )  His  death  in  July  1543  is  recorded 
in  the  retour  of  Alexander  Dallas,  afterwards  of  Cantray, 
2nd  October  1582. 

3.  WILLIAM  DALLAS,  the  third  son  of  Alexander  Dallas 
of  Cantray,  is  first  mentioned  in  the  laird's  charter  of  2nd 
March  1549-50  already  cited.  On  10th  July  1563  William 
Dolles  in  Ballafreis  acts  as  bailie  for  giving  sasine  to  Alexander 
Dolles  of  Ballafreish,  his  nephew,  in  the  lands  of  Cantray, 
as  will  be  more  fully  related  below ;  and  on  9th  June  1568 
there  is  registered  a  contract  between  John  Ross  in  Cantra- 
doun  and  William  Dolles  in  Cantrafreis,  whereby  Ross  makes 


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Dolles  his  assignee  to  the  half  of  the  town  and  lands  of 
Drummoyr  which  were  granted  to  him  under  reversion  by 
the  deceased  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantrey  for  forty  pounds, 
and  William  promises  to  pay  him  £46,  13s.  4d.  by  two  instal- 
ments at  the  terms  following.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming, 
xxv.  fol.  98.)  On  31st  May  1586  Alexander  Dolles  of 
Buddet,  John  Dolles  in  Cantra,  and  William  Dolles,  his  brother 
german,  served  on  the  jury  for  the  retour  of  Angus  M'Intosh, 
as  already  noted,  and  on  15th  April  1587,  Alexander  Dolles 
of  Budget  and  William  Dolles  in  Cantray  Frysser  again 
served  on  a  jury.  (Inverness  Sheriff  Ct.  Rec.,  i.)  This  appears 
to  be  his  latest  appearance  in  the  records.  He  married 
Janet  Ross,  as  will  be  seen  by  a  reference  to  the  sasine  of 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray  in  the  lands  and  barony  of  Durris, 
llth  July  1563,  presently  to  be  mentioned,  but  no  evidence 
as  to  his  issue  has  come  to  light.  It  may,  however,  be  re- 
garded as  certain  that  Henry  Dollas  in  Ballefriess,  who  is  one 
of  the  parties  to  a  horning  at  the  instance  of  David  Rose  of 
Holme  on  18th  August  1599,  was  his  son ;  he  was  dead 
before  13th  October  1629,  when  John  Dollas  was  served  heir  to 
Henry  Dollas  in  Bellafreish,  his  father.  (Gen.  Eetours,  1536.) 
Of  his  ultimate  successors  nothing  can  be  said  with  certainty. 
(Balfreish  means  Town  of  the  Bushes.) 

4.  PATRICK  DALLAS,  the  fourth  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Cantray,  appears  with  his  brothers  as  a  witness  to  his  father's 
charter  of  the  lands  of  Kennapoild  on  2nd  March  1549-50, 
and  like  them  is  frequently  met  with  in  the  course  of  the  family 
history.  His  association  with  his  father  in  an  action  against 
Alexander  Dollas  of  Budgate  on  27th  April  1557  has  already 
been  recorded,  and  possibly  had  reference  to  a  wadset  over 
the  lands  of  Galcantray.  Whether  the  following  record  hi 
the  Sheriff  Court  Books  of  Inverness  may  be  taken  as  in- 
dicating a  predilection  for  lawless  associates  is  open  to  question, 
but  certainly  the  latest  known  episode  in  his  career  would 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     105 

not  render  the  suggestion  entirely  gratuitous :  '  25th  December 
1560 :  That  day  Patryk  Dolles  is  become  suretie  to  entir 
Allexander  Morray  in  Croy  to  onderly  the  law  for  the  thifteous 
steling  of  certain  blankattis  and  schettis  perteining  to  John 
Grant  Burges  of  Inverness  onder  the  pane  of  law.'  (Inverness 
Sheriff  Ct.  Bks.,  ii.)  It  may  be  assumed  that  he  was  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits  from  the  fact  that  on  14th  July  1561 
Patryk  Dolless  protests  against  George  Cuthbert  for  the  highest 
price  of  twenty  bolls  of  victual  he  alleges  he  owes  him.  (Inverness 
Burgh  Ct.  Bks.)  On  20th  December  1566,  Alexander  Dolles 
of  Buidzet  and  Patrick  Dolles  in  Croy  served  on  the  jury 
for  the  retour  of  David  Ros  of  Holme  (Inverness  Sheriff  Ct. 
Bee.,  i.),  but  he  appears  shortly  afterwards  to  have  become 
possessed  of  the  feu  of  Durris  obtained  by  his  father  in  15  , 
and  when  on  21st  June  1568  sasine  of  these  lands  was  given 
to  Robert  Dunbar  and  William  Fraser,  Patre  Dolles  protested 
that  this  should  not  be  prejudicial  to  the  feu  he  has  of  the 
same.  (Prot.  BL,  W.  Cuming,  xxv.  fol.  99.)  What  his 
claim  may  have  been  to  the  lands  of  Galcantray  it  is  now 
impossible  to  say,  but  evidently  he  had  by  some  means 
acquired  the  wadset  upon  them,  for  on  15th  April  1569 
Alexander  Dolles  of  Budeth  makes  requisition  on  Patre 
Dolles,  son  to  the  deceased  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray, 
who  was  personally  present,  to  appear  in  the  parish  kirk  of 
Croy  on  ,  for  receiving  the  sum  to  be  consigned  for  re- 
demption of  the  lands  of  Galcantry  and  mill  thereof  wadset 
by  him  to  them,  when  Patre  denied  that  he  was  under  any 
such  reversion.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxv.  fol.  115.) 
On  6th  October  1573,  when  he  is  for  the  first  time  styled  '  of 
Duiris,'  he  served  upon  the  jury  for  the  retour  of  Alexander 
Dolles  of  Budzet,  and  later  there  are  some  records  concerning 
his  possession  of  Durris.  The  first  of  these  is  on  26th  September 
1574  :  That  day  Patre  Dolles,  Robert  Dunbar  of  Durris,  and 
David  Dunbar  of  Durris  his  superiors  to  receive  and  admit 
him  as  tenant  to  the  lands  of  Durris.  They  replied  that  they 


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would  do  so  if  he  found  caution  for  the  bygone  feus  and  the 
duplication  thereof,  and  instruments  were  thereupon  taken 
by  both.  Among  the  witnesses  were  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock, 
Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddethe,  and  Alexander  Dolles  in  Durris. 
(Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxii.  fol.  61.)  On  the  same  date 
Patrick  Dolles  of  Durris  and  Alexander  Dolles  of  Durris, 
doubtless  the  '  apparent  heir,'  were  witnesses  to  a  warning 
given  by  Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddeth  to  William  Tulloch 
with  reference  to  the  redemption  of  Dolleschelle.  (Ibid.) 
Evidently  the  feu  duties  of  Durris  remained  unpaid,  for  two 
years  later,  on  21st  November  1576,  there  is  a  decree  before 
'  the  fifteen '  in  favour  of  the  Dunbars :  In  the  action  by 
Robert  Dunbar  of  Durris,  liferenter,  and  David  Dunbar, 
feuar,  of  the  lands  after  specified,  against  Patrick  Doles,  son 
and  heir  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Doles  in  Cantray,  '  law- 
fullie  gotten  betwix  him  and  Isobell  Leslie  his  spous,'  and 
pretended  heritable  feuar  of  the  lands  underwritten,  at  least 
lawfully  charged  to  enter  thereto  as  heir  to  his  said  deceased 
father,  for  production  of  a  pretended  infeftment  of  feu  farm 
made  by  the  said  Robert  Dunbar,  liferenter,  to  the  said  de- 
ceased Alexander  Doles  and  Elizabeth  [sic]  Leslie,  his  spouse, 
the  survivor  of  them  and  their  heirs,  whom  failing,  the  heirs 
whomsoever  of  the  said  Alexander,  of  the  lands  of  the  barony 
of  Durris  in  the  shire  of  Inverness,  to  be  held  for  yearly 
payment  of  the  following  duties,  viz.  :  For  the  kirktown  of 
Durris  called  Lapannen  with  the  brewland  and  croft  thereof 
twenty-eight  bolls  beir  with  a  peck  to  every  boll,  and  16s. 
money  for  the  said  brewland  and  croft ;  for  the  lands  of 
Ballecharnache  sixteen  bolls ;  for  the  lands  of  Lerachcrachin 
26s.  8d.  ;  Dalnaghie  £4  ;  Drumdurris  £6  ;  for  the  mill  of 
Durris  and  millcroft  £6,  13s.  4d.  ;  Bowblair,  principal  lands 
and  croft  £11,  10s.  and  six  kids;  and  for  the  lands  of  half 
Holme  and  fishings  on  the  water  of  Ness  £8,  13s.  with  26s.  8d. 
of  augmentation  ;  in  all  forty-four  bolls  of  beir  and  £40,  6s.  8d. 
in  money,  with  duplication  on  the  entry  of  heirs,  etc.  Failure 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY          107 

of  two  terms  payment  running  into  the  third  constituted  an 
irritancy.  Owing  to  non-compearance  for  the  defence,  the 
Lords  decern  in  favour  of  Dunbar  and  declare  the  infeftment 
of  Doles  to  be  revoked  and  null. 

The  same  day  Mr.  David  MacGill,  procurator  for  the  said 
Patrick  Doles,  compeared  and  asked  instruments  that  he 
was  repelled  as  procurator  for  the  said  Patrick  to  defend  in  the 
said  cause,  because  Mr.  John  Sharp,  procurator  for  Dunbar, 
produced  letters  of  four  forms  purchased  by  Robert  Dunbar 
and  Christian  Leirmont,  his  spouse,  charging  the  said  Patrick 
Doles  to  pay  to  them  the  teind  sheaves  of  certain  of  the 
lands  in  the  parish  of  Durris  for  1573  and  1574  only ;  and 
therefore  he  protested  for  remeid  of  law  at  time  and  place 
opportune  and  asked  instruments.  (Acts  and  Decreets,  Ixv. 
414.)  There  appears  to  be  little  doubt  that  the  revocation 
of  Dallas' s  infeftment  was  operative,  and  that  from  this  time 
he  ceased  to  have  any  interest  in  the  lands  of  Durris,  nor 
does  he  appear  again  until  in  August  1592,  when  he  (now 
described  as  '  in  Durris ')  and  John  Dow  M'Ane  Vic  Conel, 
also  in  Durris,  with  others  to  the  number  of  1200  broken 
Hielandmen,  sorners  and  vagabonds  in  arms,  came  in  battle 
array  to  the  barony  and  lands  of  Dolles,  burning  the  dwelling- 
house  of  Alexander  Milnwart  at  the  Mill  of  Dolles  and  other 
fifteen  buildings  there,  killing  John  Clark  in  Torbone  by 
striking  him  on  the  head  with  swords  and  shooting  him  through 
the  body  with  arrows,  dags,  and  pistolets,  and  stealing  a 
great  number  of  cattle  and  household  goods  and  money. 
Though  doubtless  Dallas  and  his  associates  in  this  sanguinary 
raid  were  sufficiently  lawless,  the  heirship  out  of  the  troubles 
then  existing  between  the  Marquess  of  Huntly  and  the  Earl 
of  Moray  may  be  recalled  to  show  that  it  was  not  merely  a 
predatory  excursion  of  Highland  caterans.  The  result  so 
far  as  Patrick  Dallas  was  concerned  was  sufficiently  serious, 
for  on  27th  February  1613-14  the  Sheriff  of  Inverness  had 
horning  against  him  and  his  accomplices  (Mackintosh  Mun., 


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65),  and  a  draft  gift  of  the  escheat  of  Patrick  Dolles  in  Durris 
who  is  at  the  horn  at  the  instance  of  Alexander  Milnwort 
in  1617,  though  not  filled  in  to  any  person  or  signed,  is  suffi- 
cient to  prove  that  this  escapade  had  'struck  the  final  blow 
at  his  prosperity.  (Ibid.,  71.)  The  date  of  his  death  is  un- 
known, nor  has  the  name  of  his  wife  transpired,  but  he  had  one 
son,  Alexander,  who  may  be  identified  with  Alexander  Dollas 
who  in  the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century  is  concerned 
in  certain  fire-raisings  and  feuds  for  which  his  master,  the  laird 
of  Cantray,  became  responsible. 

The  present  appears  to  be  the  appropriate  place  in  which 
to  introduce  some  account  of  a  tragic  event,  of  which,  however, 
the  details  are  singularly  meagre.  It  has  been  stated  by 
local  historians,  with  more  or  less  circumstance,  that  the 
barony  of  Rothiemurchus  was  forfeited  by  the  Mackintoshes 
as  the  result  of  a  heinous  crime  committed  by  Allan  Keir 
Mackintosh,  the  last  baron  of  Rothiemurchus  of  that  family. 
That  such  was  not  the  fact  appears  to  be  sufficiently  obvious 
from  the  charters  and  documents  already  cited,  but  the  state- 
ment is  doubtless  based  upon  an  account  of  the  Mackintosh 
family,  supposed  to  have  been  written  by  the  Rev.  Lachlan 
Shaw  in  the  year  1758,  and  based  upon  an  early  manuscript 
of  1665,  which  we  have  not  been  able  to  trace.  In  this  manu- 
script it  is  asserted  that :  '  In  this  gentleman's  [Allan  Shaw's] 
time,  in  the  end  of  the  sixteenth  century,  the  Shaws  lost  the 
lands  of  Rothiemurchus  in  the  following  manner :  Allan, 
a  bachelor,  lived  at  Balnespick,  a  part  of  his  estate.  His 
mother  [according  to  the  history,  a  Campbell]  (who  to  her 
second  husband  married  Dallas  of  Cantray  in  Strathnairn) 
lived  in  the  Doune  of  Rothiemurchus.  The  young  gentleman 
desired  that  his  mother  and  stepfather  should  resign  in  his 
favour  the  Doune,  which  was  then  the  seat  of  the  family, 
but  Cantray  would  not  agree  to  it.  This  discord,  aggravated 
by  other  circumstances,  was  barbarously  resented  by  Allan ; 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY     109 

for  chancing  to  meet  Cantray  on  the  public  road  south  of  the 
Doune,  he  assaulted  and  murdered  him  in  a  hollow  called  to 
this  day  Lag-an-Dalasich.  For  this  heinous  crime,  aggravated 
by  this  connection  with  Dallas,  Allan  was  prosecuted  and 
outlawed.'  (MS.  quoted  in  W.  G.  Shaw's  Memor.  of  Shaws 
(1871).)  The  account  goes  on  to  relate  that  John  Grant 
of  Frewquhy  purchased  Allan's  forfeiture,  and  afterwards 
exchanged  Rothiemurchus  with  his  uncle,  Patrick  Grant,  for 
those  of  Muckerach.  It  is  further  said  that  the  latter  could 
obtain  no  peaceable  possession  of  his  new  acquisition  until 
at  length  Mackintosh  of  Strone,  Allan's  confidant,  betrayed 
him  into  the  hands  of  a  party  of  Grants,  who  conveyed  him 
to  Castle  Grant,  'where  he  was  civilly  entertained,'  and  the 
next  morning  was  found  dead  in  a  chair  in  his  room,  after 
which,  says  the  history,  '  Patrick  of  Muckerach  had  peaceable 
access  to  the  lands  and  Allan's  brother  and  associates  exiled 
into  the  Western  Isles  and  Ireland.  .  .  .  This  traditional 
account  I  have  from  men  of  probity  whose  fathers  lived  in 
the  times  of  these  transactions.'  (Ibid.) 

This  story  appears  to  have  been  considerably  embellished 
in  local  tradition,  and  the  murdered  man  is  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Sir  John  Dallas.  There  was,  it  is  said,  bad  blood 
between  stepfather  and  stepson,  his  mother's  marriage  having 
been  highly  displeasing  to  the  young  Rothiemurchus.  One 
afternoon,  as  Allan  was  walking  along  the  road,  his  dog,  seeing 
Dallas  enter  the  smithy,  followed,  and  was  kicked  out  by  him. 
Allan  drew  his  sword,  entered  the  smithy,  cut  off  Dallas's 
head,  and  returning  to  the  Doune,  threw  it  down  at  his  mother's 
feet.  The  room  she  was  sitting  in  is  still  pointed  out.  The 
scene  of  the  murder  was  a  spot  now  included  in  the  garden, 
and  every  August  the  scent  of  blood  is  said  to  rise  there  in 
memory  of  the  deed  committed  in  that  month.  (Memoirs  of 
Highland  Lady  (Mrs.  Eliz.  Grant),  by  Lady  Strachey,  481.) 

While  it  is  impossible  to  reject  this  narrative  as  wholly 
apocryphal,  it  is  equally  impossible  to  bring  it  into  accord  with 


110  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

known  facts.  It  seems  quite  impossible  that  any  laird  of 
Cantray  can  have  espoused  the  widow  of  John  Mackintosh 
of  Rothiemurchus,  who  was  the  maternal  uncle  of  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  nor  could  his  sons  Henry,  John,  or 
William  have  contracted  such  a  marriage,  as  the  names 
of  their  wives  have  been  transmitted,  and  amongst  them 
no  Campbell  is  to  be  found.  If,  however,  any  reliance  is  to 
be  placed  upon  the  tradition  recorded  by  Lady  Strachey, 
it  may  be  possible  to  identify  the  victim  of  the  murder  with 
John  Dallas  of  Croy,  the  third  son  of  Henry  Dallas,  the 
apparent  of  Cantray,  who  died  in  1561.  It  is  true  that  there 
is  some  presumption  that  he  was  married  to  Janet  Rose,  but 
this  is  by  no  means  certain,  and  the  alternative  suggestion 
would  satisfactorily  account  for  the  traditional  belief  that 
'  Dallas  of  Cantray '  was  the  victim  of  his  stepson's  wrath. 
The  story  of  the  forfeiture  of  Allan  Mackintosh  as  a  con- 
sequence of  the  crime  rests,  of  course,  upon  no  solid  foundation 
of  fact,  and  in  face  of  documentary  evidence  to  the  contrary 
must  be  regarded  as  wholly  inadmissible.  And  here  it  must 
be  left,  shorn  indeed  of  much  of  its  personal  interest,  but  yet 
conveying  a  vivid  picture  of  the  risks  and  hazards  of  life  in 
the  Highlands  even  so  late  as  the  reign  of  King  James  vi. 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY,  son  of  Henry  Dallas  of 
Balfriesh,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Cantray,  appears  to  have  succeeded  his  grandfather  in  all 
his  lands  during  the  closing  period  of  the  year  1563-4,  but  no 
contemporary  mention  of  him  as  '  laird '  has  come  to  light. 
After  his  father's  death  his  grandfather  proceeded  to  put  him 
in  possession  of  the  fee  of  his  estates,  as  is  indicated  by  the 
record  of  a  series  of  sasines  to  that  effect. 

On  10th  July  1563,  William  Dolles,  in  Ballafreis,  as  bailie 
in  a  precept  under  the  subscription  of  the  Honourable  Mr. 
Alexander  Dolles  of  Kantray  (per  notarium),  went  to  the  lands 
of  the  barony  of  Kantray  with  the  fortalice,  garden,  and  mill, 
and  at  the  principal  place  of  habitation  of  the  said  barony 
gave  sasine  to  Alexander  Dolles  of  Ballafreis,  his  grandson 
(nepot),  who  was  present  and  accepted  under  reservation  of 
the  liferent  of  Marjorie  Dunbar  of  Ballewet. 

The  same  day  the  same  bailie  also  gave  sasine  to  the  said 
Alexander  Dolles  in  the  lands  of  Croy  in  the  barony  of  Ardclach. 
(Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Douglas,  xvii.  fol.  40.). 

There  is  a  further  record  of  these  transactions  in  somewhat 
different  terms,  and  giving  some  further  information :  '  10th 
July  1563.  William  Dolles  in  Ballafries  as  bailie  gives  sasine 
to  Alexander  Dolles  grandson  (nepot)  of  Alexander  Dolles 
of  Cantray  on  a  charter  by  the  latter  of  the  lands  of  Cantray 
to  be  held  as  in  a  charter  which  the  granter  has  of  the  late 
John  Campbell  of  Calder  reserving  the  liferent  of  Marjorie 
Dunbar,  widow  of  John  Ros  of  Ballewe ;  and  the  same  day 
there  is  a  precept  by  Alexander  Dolles  for  infefting  his  grandson 


in 


112  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  Croy,  both  dated  at  Balevat  10th  July  1563 ' ;  and  there 
is  also  a  precept  to  the  same  effect  with  respect  to  the  lands 
of  Durris  dated  as  above.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Douglas,  xvii. 
f  ol.43-4.) 

The  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Croy  is  in  the  following 
terms : — 

'  In  Dei  nomine  Amen.  Per  hoc  presens  publicum  instru- 
mentum  cunctis  pateat  evidenter  et  sit  notum  quod  anno 
Incarnationis  Dominice  Millesimo  quingentesimo  sexagesimo 
tertio  mensis  vero  Junii  die  decimo  indictione  sexta  ponti- 
ficatus  sanctissimi  in  Christo  patris  et  domini  nostri  domini 
Pii  papae  quarto  anno  tertio  In  mei  notarii  publici  et  testium 
subscriptorum  presentiis  personaliter  constitutus  honestus 
et  discretus  vir  Alexander  Dolles  de  Cantray  habens  et  tenens 
suis  in  manibus  quandam  cartam  alienationis  preceptum 
sasine  in  se  continentem  dicti  Alexandri  Dolles  de  Cantray 
dicto  Alexandro  suo  nepoti  factam  et  concessam  sigillo  et 
subscriptione  manuali  dicti  Alexandri  Dolles  de  Cantray 
vendentis  manu  sua  per  notarium  publicum  subscriptum  ad 
calamum  ducta  pro  sasina  statu  et  possessione  sibi  Alexandro 
Dolles  nepoti  suis  heredibus  et  assignatis  danda  et  conferenda 
de  totis  et  integris  terris  ville  ecclesiastice  de  Croy  cum 
pendiculis  et  pertinentiis  suis  universis  jacentibus  infra 
baroniam  de  Ardclayth  vicecomitatum  de  Innernes  et  regali- 
tatem  de  Spynie  honesto  et  [provide]  viro  Willelmo  Dolles  in 
Ballafreis  ballivo  in  hac  parte  specialiter  constitute  pro 
sasina  et  possessione  sibi  dicto  Alexandro  nepoti  conferenda 
de  dictis  terris  ecclesiasticis  tenendis  de  reverendo  in  Christo 
patris  Patricio  Episcopo  Moraviensi  et  suis  successoribus  per 
que  se  ratificatam  directum  in  medium  produxit  cum  qua- 
quidem  carta  preceptum  sasine  in  se  continenti  idem  Alexander 
nepos  antedictus  accessit  ad  personalem  presentiam  dicti 
Willelmi  Dolles  ballivi  ad  infrascripta  legitime  constituti 
eundemque  requirendo  reverentia  qua  decuit  quatenus  sibi 
Alexandro  Dolles  nepoti  antedicto  statum  sasinam  heredita- 


DALLAS   LODGE 


/.  D.  YraJon,  Photographer,  Klgin. 
DALLAS   BRIDGE  AND   VILLAGE 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY        113 

tiam  realem  actualem  et  corporalem  possessionem  totarum 
et  integrarum  terrarum  ville  ecclesiastice  de  Croy  cum  pen- 
diculis  et  pertinentiis  universis  sicut  premittitur  jacentium 
conferre  vellet.  Quinquidem  ballivus  antedictus  attendens 
huiusmodi  requisitionem  justam  fore  et  ration!  consonam 
[predictam]  cartam  preceptum  sasine  in  se  continentem  ad 
manus  recepitet  mihi  notario  publico  infrascripto  perlegendum 
et  in  Scotica  lingua  interpretandum  tradidit  cuiusquidem 
precepti  fini  dicte  carte  adjecti  tenor  sequitur — Alexander 
Dolles  de  Cantray  dilectis  meis  Willelmo  Dolles  in  Ballafreis — - 
ballivis  meis  in  hac  parte  conjunctim  et  divisim  [specialiter] 
constitutis  salutem  Quia  alias  vendidi  alienavi  et  per  cartam 
alienationis  et  venditionis  a  me  heredibus  meis  et  meis  asssig- 
natis  confirmavi  predilecto  meo  Alexandro  Dolles  meo  nepoti 
heredibus  suis  et  assignatis  quibuscunque  totas  et  integras 
terras  meas  ville  ecclesiastice  de  Croy  cum  pendiculis  et 
pertinentiis  suis  universis  [jacentes]  infra  baroniam  de  Ard- 
clauch  vicecomitatum  de  Innernes  et  regalitatem  de  Spynie 
de  reverendo  in  Christo  padre  Patricio  Moraviense  Episcopo 
Monasteriique  de  Scone  Commendatario  perpetuo  et  suis 
successoribus  Moraviensibus  episcopis  tanquam  dominis  Super- 
ioribus  illarum  in  feodofirma  seu  empheteosi  hereditarie 
tenendas  prout  in  carta  mea  quam  de  dicto  reverendo  patre 
inde  habeo  plenius  continetur  Vobis  igitur  conjunctim  et 
divisim  et  vestrum  cuilibet  ballivis  meis  in  hac  parte  [ante- 
dicto]  precipio  et  firmiter  mando  quatenus  visis  presentibus 
statim  et  indilate  accedatis  seu  alter  vestrum  accedat  ad 
totas  et  integras  terras  meas  ville  ecclesiastice  de  Croy  cum 
pendiculis  et  pertinentiis  suis  ut  premittitur  jacentes  et  ibidem 
super  solo  earundem  statum  sasinam  hereditariam  realem 
actualem  et  corporalem  pcfssessionem  huiusmodi  terrarum 
ville  ecclesiastice  de  Croy  cum  suis  pertinentiis  et  pendiculis 
universis  cum  domibus  edificiis  tenentibus  tenendriis  et 
tenentium  servitiis  prefato  Alexandro  Dolles  meo  nepoti 
vel  suo  certo  actornato  aut  procurator!  legittime  constituto 


114  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

latori  presentium  per  terre  et  lapidis  traditionem  ut  moris 
est  tradatis  et  deliberetis  seu  alter  vestrum  tradat  et  deliberet 
et  hos  nullo  modo  omittatis  ad  quod  faciendum  vobis  et 
vestrum  cuilibet  conjunctim  et  divisim  meis  in  hac  parte 
ballivis  antedictis  meam  plenariam  et  irrevocabilem  tenore 
presentium  committo  potestam.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
sigillum  nostrum  proprium  vnacum  mea  sub  scrip tione  ad 
calamum  (per  notarium)  publicum  ducta  de  me  mandato  .  .  . 
precepti  est  appensum.  Apud  Ballewaitt  secundo  die  mensis 
Julii  anno  Domini  millesimo  quingentesimo  sexagesimo  tertio  (?) 
coram  Johanne  Ross  de  Balevat  Hugone  Ros  in  Logye  ejus 
germane  Johanne  Glas  ministerio  de  Dalcorse  Willelmo 
Brabner  alias  M'Huchone  in  Brokingellie  cum  diversis  aliis. 
Sic  subscribitur  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray  w4  my  hand 
led  at  the  pen  be  William  Douglas  notar  public  at  my  com- 
mand requerit  heirto.  Ita  est  Willelmus  Douglas  notarius 
in  premissis  rogatus  manu  propria  Post  cuiusquidem  precepti 
sasine  lecturam  interpretationem  et  expositionem  idem  bal- 
livus  (officii  virtute)  cum  me  notario  publico  et  testibus  in- 
frascriptis  accessit  ad  huiusmodi  terras  ville  ecclesiastice 
de  Croy  cum  partibus  pendiculis  et  pertinentiis  suis  universis 
et  ibidem  super  solo  earundem  prefato  Alexandro  Dolles 
nepoti  antedicto  statum  sasinam  hereditariam  pariterque  et 
possessionem  realem  actualem  et  corporalem  huiusmodi 
terrarum  ville  ecclesiastice  de  Croy  cum  pertinentiis  sic  ut 
premittitur  jacentium  per  terre  et  lapidis  traditionem  ut 
moris  est  tradidit  et  deliberavit  ac  eundem  Alexandrum  in 
realem  actualem  et  corporalem  possessionem  induxit  instituit 
nemine  opponente  aut  contradicente  in  pace  dimisit  Super 
quibus  omnibus  et  singulis  memoratus  Alexander  Dolles 
nepos  antedictus  a  me  notario  publico  subscripto  sibi  unum 
vel  plura  publicum  instrumentum  seu  instrumenta  fieri 
petiit.  Acta  erant  hec  super  solo  dictarum  terrarum  hora 
quarta  post  meridiem  aut  eocirca  sub  anno  die  mense  et  in- 
dictione  quibus  supra  presentibus  ibidem  Thoma  M'Innes 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY   115 

Alexandro  Makintagert  Alexandro  Makmertin  habitantibus 

apud  Croy  cum  diversis  aliis. 

'Et  ego  vero  Wilhelmus  Douglas  Clericus  Sancti 
Andrea  dioceseos  apostolice  auctoritate  notarius 
publicus  ac  per  Dominos  Consilii  vigore  Acti 
Parliament!  de  novo  admissus  quia  prefatarum 
terrarum  sasina,  etc.'  (Cantray  Chart.) 

Alexander  Dallas  married  Janet,  daughter  of  John  Rose 
of  Ballivat,  and  died  before  1st  March  1564-5,  when  his 
brother  Henry,  as  heir- male,  had  a  precept  of  sasine  from  the 
Bishop  of  Moray  of  the  church  lands  of  Croy.  He  left  an  only 
daughter,  Marjory  Dallas,  who  succeeded  to  her  great-grand- 
father's rights  in  Cantray  and  other  lands. 

About  this  period  we  find  the  following  entries  in  Dr. 
Cram  ond's  Records  of  Elgin  (New  Spalding  Club):  '  20th  Now. 
1581. — William  Chalmers  decerned  to  pay  William  Dollas  the 
damage  and  skaith  he  has  sustained  through  the  insufficiency 
of  "  ane  half  pund  bowkaill  seid."  Janet  Douglas,  spouse  to 
Thomas  Dallas,  is  sued  for  Slandering  David  Torre,  Magis- 
trate, on  17  July  1594.  Isabel  Dollas  is  brought  before 
the  Kirk  Session  on  23  September  1604  for  "byding  at 
hame." ' 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY 

THE  death  of  the  old  laird  of  Cantray,  preceded  as  it  was  by 
that  of  his  eldest  son,  and  followed  after  the  briefest  interval 
by  that  of  his  grandson  and  heir,  appears  to  have  brought 
the  affairs  of  the  family  into  a  condition  of  hopeless  disorder. 
As  has  been  seen,  the  lands  of  Croy  were  seized  upon  by  the 
male  heirs,  and  by  them  irredeemably  alienated,  while  the 
hold  over  Rothiemurchus,  never  very  secure,  was  entirely  lost. 
The  lands  of  the  two  Lairgs  passed  in  some  mysterious  way 
into  the  hands  of  the  Roses,  and  from  them  to  the  Mackintoshes, 
while  those  of  Loppen  Durris  passed  to  Patrick  Dallas,  and 
the  infant  heiress  appears  to  have  been  bereft  of  all  the  wide 
acres  which  had  owned  the  sway  of  her  great-grandfather, 
save  the  ancient  patrimonial  lands  of  Cantraylies  and  Cantray- 
fries.  As  far  as  can  be  judged,  her  uncle,  Henry  Dallas  of 
Croy,  was  not  inimical  to  her  interests,  though  as  heir-male  he 
did  not  scruple  to  appropriate  the  ecclesiastical  lands  of  Croy, 
while  her  grand-uncle,  John  Dallas  in  Cantray,  appears  to  have 
interested  himself  in  his  niece's  affairs,  though  his  goodwill 
did  not  prevent  him  from  making  good  his  claims  to  the  lands 
of  Drumoir  and  the  Mill  of  Cantray. 

Marjory  Dallas,  who  succeeded  her  father,  Alexander 
Dallas,  in  the  Cantray  lands,  was  born  some  time  in  the 
year  1564,  and  upon  her  father's  death  became  the  ward  of 
Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock.  Her  first  appearance  in  the  records 
is  as  a  child  of  four  years,  when  a  dispute  arose  as  to  the  custody 
of  her  person  during  her  infancy.  The  decreet  of  the  Lords 
was  given  on  15th  December  1569  in  the  following  terms  :— 

'  Anent   our   Souerane   Lordis   letteris  purchast   at   the 


116 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  117 

instance  of  Jonet  Rose  moder  of  Marjorie  Doless  dochter  and 
appeirand  air  to  umquhill  Allaster  Doless  of  Cantray  and 
Marjorie  Dunbar,  his  guid  dame,  agains  Hucheoun  Rose  of 
Kilrawok  makand  mentioun  that  quhair  the  said  Hucheoun 
alledged  him  to  be  Tutour  Dative  to  the  said  Marjorie  Doless 
dochter  and  appeirand  air  foirsaid  and  haveand  gift  of  the 
ward  and  mariage  of  the  said  Marjorie  obtenit  ane  decreit 
of  the  Lordis  of  Counsell  for  null  defense  againis  the  said 
compleneris  and  Henry  Doless  fader  brotheir  to  the  said 
Marjorie  with  letteris  thairupoun  in  all  the  four  formes  chairge- 
ing  thame  to  exhibit  and  produce  befoir  the  said  Lordis  the 
said  Marjorie  Doless  being  ane  infant  of  thrie  or  four  yearis 
of  aige  or  thairby  as  the  said  decreit  bearis  to  the  effect  that 
scho  may  be  decernit  to  be  put  in  suir  keiping  gyding  and 
governing  of  sic  qualifeit  and  unsuspect  personis  as  the  saidis 
Lordis  sail  appoynt  thairto  within  certane  space  under  diverse 
pains  and  last  under  pain  of  rebellioun  and  failyeing  thairof 
to  put  the  saidis  compleneris  to  the  horn, — quha  intendis  to 
put  thame  thairto  wranguslie  without  thay  exhibeit  the  said 
pupill  quhilk  thay  cane  nocht  nor  may  nocht  do  without 
greit  dangeir  of  her  lyffe  be  ressoun  that  the  said  Marjorie  is 
ane  infant  in  witht  four  yearis  auld,  seiklie  and  werry  tender 
quhilk  cane  nocht  be  twisit  nor  cargit  sa  attentiklie  sa  far 
distand  fra  the  burcht  of  Edinburcht  be  the  space  of  sevin 
scoir  mylis  or  thairby  without  greit  dangeir  of  hir  lyffe  be 
resoun  foirsaid  and  als  in  respect  that  the  said  Jonet  is  hir 
motheir  and  the  said  Marjorie  is  bat  thrie  or  four  yearis  auld 
as  it  grantit  in  the  said  decreit  scho  thairfoir  aucht  and  suld 
have  the  rewling  gyding  keiping  and  governing  of  hir  body 
quhill  scho  be  of  sevin  yearis  of  aige  compleit  or  thairby 
conf  orme  to  the  lawis  and  practik  of  this  realme ;  and  in 
the  meantyme  the  said  Jonnett  hes  fundin  cautioun  for  hir 
keiping  gyding  and  upbringing  of  the  said  Marjorie  quhill 
scho  be  of  sevin  yearis  aige  compleit  or  thairby  gyfi  scho 
be  nocht  preventit  be  deid  in  the  meantyme  and  als  that  the 


118  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

said  Jonnet  sail  at  the  said  Marjories  aige  of  sevin  yearis  being 
compleit  exhibeit  and  produce  hir  befoir  the  saidis  Lordis  to 
the  effect  that  scho  may  be  gevin  in  keiping  thairefter  to  sic 
personis  as  the  saidis  Lordis  sail  think  expedyent  conform  to 
the  tennour  of  the  said  decreit  in  respect  of  the  quhilk  the 
saidis  letteris  in  four  formes  and  horneing  contenit  thairintill 
aucht  and  suld  be  suspendit  simpliciter  upon  the  saidis  com- 
pleneris  and  the  said  Henry  Doless  in  tyme  cuming  for  the 
causis  foirsaidis.' 

Charge  having  been  given  to  the  said  Hucheoun  Rose  of 
Kilrawok,  and  he  compearing  by  Mr.  John  Sharp  and  Henrie 
Kinross,  his  procurators,  and  the  said  Jonet  Rose  and  Marion 
Dunbar  compearing  by  Mr.  Thomas  M'Calzean  and  Alexander 
Sym,  their  procurators,  and  parties  being  heard,  the  Lords 
find  the  said  letters  orderly  proceeded  and  ordain  that  they 
be  put  to  further  execution  notwithstanding  the  reasons  and 
causes  above  alleged.  (Acts  and  Decreets,  xlv.  fol.  76.) 

In  other  words,  the  Lords  decreed  that  the  infant  Marjory 
should  remain  in  the  custody  of  her  mother  and  grandmother 
until  attaining  the  age  of  seven  years. 

There  are  naturally  but  few  notices  of  the  youthful  heiress 
during  her  long  minority,  but  possibly  some  scheme  for  the 
consolidation  of  her  property  may  have  led  to  the  following 
transaction :  on  15th  February  1575-6  it  is  recorded  that 
John  Dolles,  son  natural  to  Hendre  Dolles,  has  interdicted 
himself  and  granted  that  for  good  and  reasonable  considera- 
tions he  will  not  sell  or  alienate  his  heritage  or  goods  but  by 
the  advice  and  consent  of  John  Dolles  in  Cantray  and  William 
Dolles  his  brother,  and  this  was  done  in  the  Tolbooth  of 
Inverness.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxii.  fol.  139.) 

In  or  before  the  year  1580,  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock 
transferred  his  right  to  the  ward  and  marriage  of  the  heiress 
to  his  son,  as  appears  by  the  following  writ : — 

'  I  William  Ros  apperand  of  Kilrawok  bindis  and  oblissis 
me  my  airis  and  assignais  to  releif  and  keip  skeithles  ane 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  119 

rycht  honorabill  man  Houchone  Ros  of  Kilrauok  at  the 
handis  of  the  auctorite  touiching  and  conserning  his  promes 
maid  the  tyme  of  his  obteining  of  the  ward  and  marriage  and 
nonentrie  of  Mariorie  Dolles  oye  and  apperand  air  of  wmquhill 
AUexr.  Dolles  of  Cantray  touartis  the  thankill  handling  of  hir 
and  dispositione  of  hir  to  a  perte  agreabill  to  hir  esteit  for  the 
weill  of  hir  and  hir  heritage  at  quhatsumeuir  handis  heifand 
or  pretendand  or  may  heif  or  pretend  entres  or  actiowne 
theirto  according  to  the  lawis  of  the  realme  and  wse  and 
practik  obseruit  and  kepit  in  sic  caisis.  Be  thir  presentis 
subscryvit  with  my  hand  at  Kilraok  the  xxiiij  day  of  December 
the  yeir  of  God  jm  vc  and  fouir  scoir  yeiris.  WM.  Ross.' 

(Kilr.,   272.) 

Whether  the  marriage  of  Marjory  Dallas  with  her  cousin 
Alexander  Dallas  was  contemplated  at  this  time  is  not  certain, 
but  it  was  at  all  events  arranged  shortly  afterwards,  and  on 
28th  January  1582-3  there  was  registered  a  contract,  dated 
at  Aberdeen,  Croy,  and  Inverness,  19th  July  and  8th  and  12th 
August  1582,  between  William  Ross,  apparent  of  Kilravock, 
as  assignee  to  the  marriage  aftermentioned,  on  the  one  part, 
and  John  Doless  in  Cantray,  Alexander  Doless,  his  son  and 
apparent  heir,  and  Marjorie  Dolese,  pronepta  and  apparent 
heir  to  the  deceased  Alexander  Doless  of  Cantray,  with 
consent  of  Patrick  Rose,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  John 
Rose,  Provost  of  Nairn,  and  William  Doless  in  Cantray 
Freische,  her  curators,  for  their  interest,  on  the  other  part ; 
whereby  the  said  William  Rose,  as  donator  of  the  marriage  of 
the  said  Marjorie  Doless,  with  her  consent,  and  also  at  her 
desire  and  that  of  her  curators  for  the  preservation  of  her 
lands  and  heritage  (to  which  she  is  to  succeed  as  heir  to  the 
said  deceased  Alexander  Doless),  to  the  surname  of  Doless, 
dispones  and  transfers  to  the  said  John  Doless  and  his  heirs 
and  assignees  the  said  marriage  of  the  said  Marjorie  Doless 
to  the  special  end  that  she  may  marry  one  of  the  sons  of  the 


120  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

said  John  Doless,  and  so  her  lands  be  preserved  in  the  name 
of  Doless ;  and  failing  of  the  said  Marjorie,  the  marriage  of 
any  other  heir  to  the  said  heritage.  He  is  also  for  further 
security  to  deliver  up  the  principal  gift  of  the  marriage  made 
by  the  Queen  to  Hew  Rose,  father  of  the  said  William,  together 
with  an  authentic  extract  of  the  disposition  thereof  by  the 
said  Hew  to  him  ;  and  he  will  also  place  in  his  hands  the  said 
Marjorie  herself  (who  for  the  present  is  in  the  keeping  of  the 
said  William),  so  that  the  said  John  may  dispose  of  her  in 
marriage  to  one  of  his  sons  or  otherwise  as  he  shall  think 
expedient.  Further,  he  is  to  deliver  up  to  him  all  charters 
and  writs  which  belonged  to  the  said  deceased  Alexander 
Doless  of  Cantray,  of  the  lands  and  mill  of  Largis  and  lands 
of  Cantray,  in  the  barony  of  Stranerne,  according  as  he  or 
his  said  father  received  them  by  inventory  from  the  good  wife 
of  Ballvell,  to  be  kept  and  made  furthcoming  to  the  behoof 
of  the  said  Marjorie  or  next  heir  of  the  said  deceased  Alexander 
Doless  of  Cantray  ;  and  he  is  to  infeft  the  said  John  Doless 
and  his  foresaids  in  these  lands  ;  and  all  before  10th  November 
next.  For  the  which  the  said  John  Doless  and  his  foresaid 
son  and  apparent  heir  are  to  pay  to  the  said  William  Ross 
3200  merks,  of  which  1400  are  to  be  paid  before  14th  August 
next,  and  if  this  be  bond,  he  is  to  take  bond  for  the  other  1800 
merks,  in  which  Alexander  Doless  of  Budzet,  John  Ross  in 
Cantradoun,  and  William  Dolace  in  Cantray  freische  are  to  be 
cautioners.  Further,  the  said  John  and  Alexander  Doless 
are  to  renounce  in  favour  of  the  said  William  Ross  the  acres, 
roods  of  land,  and  tenements  in  Nairn,  and  give  over  the  writs 
thereof  before  10th  August  next.  Moreover,  as  it  is  on  account 
of  his  goodwill  to  the  said  Marjorie  that  the  said  William  has 
at  her  earnest  desire  entered  into  this  transaction,  and  has 
disponed  her  marriage  on  easier  terms  than  otherwise  he  might 
have  done,  he  stipulates  that  neither  she  nor  they  will  ever 
alienate  the  said  lands  of  Lergs  or  Cantray  without  the  special 
consent  of  him  or  his  successors,  barons  of  Kilravock,  bearing 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY      121 

the  arms  and  surname  of  Ross  ;  and  if  they  do  that  the  same 
shall  be  null.  Further,  the  said  William  promises  that  upon 
their  making  payment  to  him  in  one  sum  of  600  merks,  or 
to  his  heirs,  they  will  renounce  all  rights  they  have  in  and  to 
the  said  lands  of  Lerigs,  with  all  bygones.  The  contract  is 
signed  by  the  said  Marjorie  Doless  and  William  Doless  in 
Cantray  freische,  John  Doless  in  Cantray,  Alexander  Doless, 
his  son  and  apparent  heir,  Alexander  Doless  of  Boydzett, 
and  John  Rose  in  Cantraydoun,  all  by  the  aid  of  notaries,  as 
they  are  unable  to  write.  (Reg.  Deeds,  xx.2  fol.  344.) 

Meanwhile,  Alexander  Dallas,  Marjory's  future  spouse, 
appears  to  have  been  setting  his  affairs  in  order.  On  2nd 
October  1582  Alexander  DoUes  of  Buddet,  John  Dolles  in 
Cantray,  and  others  were  on  an  inquest  at  Inverness  for  the 
retour  of  John  Grant  of  Corremonie  and  other  retours  of  that 
date,  and  also  for  the  service  of  Alexander  Dolles,  when  the 
jury  say  that  the  late  John  Rose,  burgess  of  Nairn,  great- 
grandfather of  Alexander  Dolles,  bearer  of  these  presents, 
died  last  vest  and  seized  at  the  peace  and  faith  of  the  mother 
of  our  supreme  lady,  the  Queen  of  Scots,  for  the  time  of  all 
and  haill  the  lands  of  Cantray  Fryser,  lying  in  the  barony  of 
Strathmarne  and  sheriffdom  of  Inverness,  and  that  the  said 
Alexander  Dolles  is  lawful  and  nearest  heir  of  the  said  John 
Ross,  burgess  of  Nairn,  his  great-grandfather,  and  is  of  lawful 
age,  and  the  said  lands  were  held  in  chief  of  the  late  Alexander 
Dolles  of  Kantrey  and  his  heirs  for  payment  of  one  rose  in 
summer  hi  name  of  blench,  and  that  these  lands  have  now 
been  in  the  hands  of  the  said  Alexander  Dolles  of  Kantrey 
and  his  heirs  for  thirty- nine  years  or  thereby  through  the  death 
of  the  said  John  Ross  who  died  in  July  1543.  (Inverness 
Sheriff  Ct.  Bee.,  i.) 

Shortly  afterwards  Marjory  was  served  heir  to  her  great- 
grandfather. On  20th  December  1582  Marjorie  Dolles,  with 
consent  of  Patric  Ross,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  John  Ross, 
Provost  of  Nairne,  and  William  Dolles  in  Cantray  Fryser, 


122  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

his  curators,  constitutes  William  Cuthbert,  burgess  of  Inverness, 
her  procurator  for  serving  her  conform  to  her  petition  and 
promisit  de  rato. 

Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddett  was  one  of  those  on  the 
assize  that  day  for  serving  her,  and  the  jury  say  that  the 
deceased  Alexander  Dolles  of  Kantray,  great-grandfather 
of  Marjorie  Dolles,  bearer  of  these  presents,  died  at  the  peace 
and  faith  of  the  mother  of  our  supreme  lady,  Mary  Queen  of 
Scots,  that  she  is  his  lawful  and  nearest  heir,  and  is  of  lawful 
age.  (Ibid.) 

Some  three  years  later,  on  23rd  March  1585-6,  Marjorie 
Dolles,  pronepotis  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantrey, 
had  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Cantralyse,  Cantrafreis,  and  Drumoyr 
on  a  precept  by  John  Campbell  of  Calder  directed  to  Henry 
Dolles  and  stating  that  Alexander  Dolles,  great-grandfather 
of  the  said  Marjorie  Dolles,  died  last  vest  in  the  lands  of 
Cantrales,  Cantrafreskyne,  and  Dolles,  in  the  lordship  of 
Strathnairn,  which  lands  are  held  of  the  grantor  as  superior, 
and  she  is  lawful  heir  of  the  said  Alexander  Dolles,  her  great- 
grandfather, and  is  of  lawful  age.  The  precept  is  dated  at 
Inverness,  22nd  March  1585-6,  one  of  the  witnesses  being 
William  Dolles,  apparent  of  Buddet,  witnesses  to  the  sasine 
being  John  Dolles  in  Cantra  and  William  Dolles.  John 
Dolles  protested  that  this  should  not  hurt  his  right  of  the  mill 
of  Cantra.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  xxxix.  fol.  110.) 

It  is  probable  that  the  marriage  of  Marjory  and  Alexander 
Dallas  took  place  about  this  time,  and  in  the  document  next 
to  be  noted  the  marriage  is  for  the  first  time  definitely  recorded. 
This  is  a  disposition  by  way  of  contract,  dated  at  Inverness, 
1st  June  1586,  whereby  William  Rose,  apparent  of  Kilrack, 
dispones  for  2900  merks  to  Lachlan  M'Intoschie  of  Dunnachtan 
the  lands  and  mill  of  Lairgis,  in  the  barony  of  Calder  and  shire 
of  Inverness,  to  be  held  by  him  of  the  Crown  in  ward  and 
relief.  It  is  agreed  that  if  M'Intosh  shall  happen  to  be  evicted 
from  these  lands  by  the  former  heretrix  thereof,  Marjory 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  123 

Delias  and  Alexander  Dallas,  her  spouse,  or  by  any  other 
person,  the  2900  merks  shall  be  repaid  ;  but  he  is  not  to  accept 
any  title  of  these  lands  from  them  without  the  consent  of 
William  Ross,  but  is  to  support  him  in  his  title  against  the 
claims  of  Marjory  Delias ;  witnesses  David  Ross  of  the 
Holme,  John  Ross,  burgess  of  Inverness,  William  M'Queen, 
Subdean  of  Ross,  and  others.  (Mackintosh  Munim.,  42.) 
On  the  same  date  William  Rose  had  granted  a  charter  to 
Lachlan  Mackintosh  of  the  lands  of  Lairgs  with  the  mill 
thereof  and  other  pertinents,  but  there  is  no  explanation  of 
the  manner  in  which  this  property  passed  from  the  possession 
of  the  young  heiress  to  William  Rose,  though  the  first  docu- 
ment cited  suggests  that  the  transfer  was  not  effected  without 
guile. 

Though  Drumoir  was  included  amongst  those  lands  of 
which  sasine  was  given  to  Marjory  Dallas  in  1585-6,  that  part 
of  the  family  property  appears  still  to  have  remained  in  the 
virtual  possession  of  William  Dallas  in  Cantrayfries,  who 
obtained  it  from  his  brother  John,  but  on  13th  February 
1587  Alexander  Dallas,  now,  in  consequence  of  his  marriage, 
laird  of  Cantray,  warned  William  Dallas  to  the  first  of  April 
next  for  the  redemption  of  the  lands  of  Drumoyr  (Prot.  Bk., 
xxxix.  fol.  116),  and  from  this  time  the  property  remained 
a  part  of  the  Cantray  estate. 

After  the  lapse  of  some  thirty  years,  there  is  a  recrudescence 
of  the  claim  of  Ellen  Rose,  widow  of  Henry  Dallas,  apparent 
of  Cantray,  to  the  profits  of  the  mill  of  Cantray,  for  on  5th 
July  1591  an  action  is  pursued  by  John  Rose,  indweller  in 
Edinburgh,  alleged  assignee  constituted  by  Helen  Ross, 
relict  of  the  deceased  John  Mackintosh,  and  John  Stuart, 
Baron  of  Kincarne,  now  her  spouse,  in  and  to  the  byrun  maills, 
farms,  profits,  and  duties  of  the  half  miln  and  miln  lands  of 
Cantray,  lying  in  the  barony  of  Cantray  and  sheriff dom  of 
Inverness,  of  all  years  and  terms  since  the  date  of  the  said 
Helen's  infeftment  and  sasine,  which  was  26th  April  1558, 


124  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

against  John  Campbell,  Marjory  Doles  of  Cantray,  and 
Alexander  Doles,  her  spouse,  tenants  to  the  said  John  Campbell, 
of  the  said  mill  and  lands,  to  make  payment  to  the  said  pursuer 
for  the  maills,  farms,  multures,  profits,  and  duties  of  the  said 
mill  and  lands  for  the  space  of  thirty-three  years  by  past. 
(Acts  and  Deer,  Ct.  of  Sess.,  cxxxii.)  The  case  had  been 
formerly  before  George,  Earl  of  Huntly,  and  was  now  con- 
tinued to  the  1st  August.  The  result  of  the  action  has  not 
been  found. 

In  the  following  year  occurs  a  disposition  by  John,  Earl 
of  Mar,  donator  of  the  ward  of  Calder  through  the  death  of 
John  Campbell  of  Calder,  for  twenty  pound,  to  Alexander 
Dolass  of  Chantray  and  Mairiorie  Dolass,  his  spouse,  of  the 
ward  and  non-entry  duties  of  the  lands  of  Chantrayleis, 
Chantrayfreis,  and  Drummore.  One  of  the  witnesses  to  this 
disposition,  which  is  dated  at  Edinburgh,  22nd  June  1592,  is 
William  Dollace,  apparent  of  Budzet.  (Cantray  Chart.) 

About  this  time  a  violent  quarrel  appears  to  have  occurred 
between  the  Dallases  and  the  Roses  of  Holme.  The  cause 
of  this  is  not  even  remotely  indicated  by  the  records,  but 
there  is  registered  a  bond  of  caution  by  Hucheoun  Ros  of 
Kilraak  and  William  Ros,  his  son  and  apparent  heir,  for  David 
Ros  of  Holme  in  £1000,  and  by  the  said  David  for  Johnne 
M'Allaster  and  James  Rossis,  his  brothers,  in  500  merks  each, 
not  to  harm  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantra.  Subscribed  at  the 
Channonrie  of  Ros,  8th  April  1593,  before  Williame  Thomesoun 
burgess  of  Rosmarky,  Andro  Gray  in  Kilraak,  Andro  Ferqu- 
harsoun  in  the  Kirktoun  of  Auchtirseir,  David  Ros,  servitor 
to  the  said  David  Ros  of  Holme,  and  Adam  Dunbar,  notary 
public  and  commissary  clerk  of  Ros,  the  last  subscribing 
for  David  Ros  of  Holme,  Johnne  M'Alexander,  and  James 
Rossis.  (Reg.  Privy  Counc.,  v.  586.) 

This  was  followed  by  a  bond  of  caution  by  William  Doles, 
apparent  of  Budyett,  for  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantra,  in  £1000, 
and  for  Johnne  Doles,  his  brother,  and  Johnne  M'Arpitar 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  125 

Doles,  his  servant,  in  500  merits  each,  not  to  harm  David 
Ros  of  Holme,  or  Johnne  and  James  Rossis,  his  brothers,  as 
by  King's  letters  under  the  Signet  at  Edinburgh,  16th  April 
last,  charging  the  said  principals  for  molesting  the  said  David 
and  his  brothers  hi  their  possession  of  the  lands  of  Holme, 
Drummurye,  Iwen,  and  Altinhous,  '  be  halding  and  pasturing 
of  thair  bestiall  and  guidis  upon  the  saidis  landis,  bigging  of 
symmer  sheillis  thairupoun  and  be  demolising  and  casting 
down  of  the  said  David,  Johnne,  and  James  Rosis  awise 
houssis  and  sheillis.  Subscribed  at  Elgin,  1st  May  1593, 
before  Johnne  Annand  of  Murrestoun,  Mr.  Thomas  Annand, 
his  son,  Mr.  Williame  Clerk,  master  of  the  school  of  Elgin, 
George  Annand,  son  of  the  said  Johnne, — Johnne  Annand, 
younger,  notary  public,  subscribing  for  the  said  William 
Doles  and  Alexander  Doles.'  (Reg.  Privy  Counc.,  v.  588.) 
These  quarrels  may  have  had  some  reference  to  the  claim  of 
Elspet  Rose,  widow  of  Henry  Dallas  of  Croy,  to  the  teind 
sheaves  of  Croy,  for  on  18th  August  1599  there  was  horning 
at  the  instance  of  David  Rose  of  Holme  against  Elspet  Rose, 
relict  of  William  M'Queen  of  Carrebroche,  and  James  Innes  of 
Reidfurd,  now  her  spouse,  for  his  interest,  and  Henry  Dollas 
in  Ballefruss,  narrating  that  the  complainer  has  all  the  teind 
sheaves  of  the  lands  of  Croy  belonging  to  the  said  Elspet  in 
liferent,  and  all  the  teind  sheaves  of  the  lands  of  Cantra 
belonging  to  the  said  [sic]  Marjorie  Dollas,  with  the  teind 
sheaves  of  the  lands  of  Ballefrusche,  having  the  tack  thereof, 
and  for  spoliation  has  put  the  said  defenders  to  the  horn  under 
the  process  whereof  they  remain  manifesting  a  '  constant 
ewill  vill  and  injurie '  against  him,  and  threatening  and 
troubling  him  and  his  servants.  Wherefore  charge  is  hereby 
given  to  them  to  find  caution  not  to  do  this  under  pain  of  horn- 
ing. In  the  execution  the  complainer  says  he  dreads  harm  of 
these  persons  and  of  Marjorie  Dollas  of  Cantra  and  Alexander 
Dollas,  her  spouse.  (Inverness  Part.  Reg.  Horn.,  etc.,  i.-ii.) 
In  1597  there  is  a  general  retour  of  service  of  Marjory 


126  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dallas  as  heir  of  her  father,  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  in 
the  following  terms  : — 

'  Hec  Inquisitio  facta  fuit  apud  burgum  de  Innernes  in 
pretoris  ejusdem  coram  honorabili  viro  Johanne  Karr  burgense 
de  Innernes  vicecomite  deputatio  vicecomitatus  de  Innernes 
honorabilis  viri  Johannis  Gordowne  de  Pitlurge,  militis, 
vicecomitis  principalis  vicecomitatus  de  Innernes  vigore 
commissionis  nobilis  et  potentis  domini  Ludovici  Ducis  de 
Levinax  Domini  Torbouttowne,  Methven  et  Obbaine  vice- 
comes  [sic]  principalis  vicecomitatus  de  Innernes  per  com- 
mrssionem  supremi  nostri  regis  vigesimo  tertio  die  mensis 
Junii  anno  Domini  Millesimo  quingentesimo  nonagesimo 
septimo  per  hos  probos  et  fideles  homines  subscriptos,  viz.  : 
Hectorem  Monro  de  Fowillis  Hugonem  Monro  de  Assin 
Gilbertum  Gray  de  Sordell  Hugonem  Monro  de  Urquhate 
Alexandrum  Bane  feoditarium  de  Logy  Hugonem  Ross 
apparentem  de  Tolle  Valterum  Ross  de  Prisehall  Angusium 
Makculloch  de  Craighous  Jacobum  Innes  apparentem  de 
Innerbraikkie  Jacobum  Corbat  portionarium  de  Airkboll 
Kyntigornum  Gollan  burgensem  de  Rosmarkie  William 
Thomesone  in  canonia  Rossense  Johannem  Monro  de 
Pitconachtie  Georgium  Monro  de  Knokochoirle  Farquhardum 
Monro  portionarium  de  Kyleis  Alexandrum  Cuithbert  burgen- 
sem de  Innernes  Vilhelmum  Cuithbert  burgensem  ibidem  Qm 
jurati  dicunt  quod  quondam  Alexander  Dolles  de  Cantray 
pater  Marjorie  Dolles  latoris  presentium  obbiit  ad  pacem 
et  fidem  supremi  domini  nostri  regis  et  quod  dicta  Marjoria 
Dolles  est  filia  legittima  et  propinquior  heres  prefati  quondam 
Alexandri  patris  sui  et  quod  est  legittime  etatis.  Datum 
et  clausum  unacum  breve  regio  huic  Inquisitioni  introcluso 
sub  sigillo  officii  vicecomitis  de  Innernes  et  sigillis  quorundam 
eorum  qui  dicti  Inquisitioni  interant  anno  die  et  loco  predictis. 

'  ITA  est  Jasperus  Cuming  Notarius  Publicus  ac  scriba 
vicecomitatus  de  Innernes  manu  propria.'  (Cantray  Chart.) 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY      127 

Two  years  later  there  is  a  precept  of  dare  constat  for 
infefting  Marjory  Dallas  in  the  lands  of  Croy,  though,  as 
has  been  seen,  these  had  long  been  in  the  hands  of  Rose  of 
Holme : — 

'Alexander  Dominus  Spynie  dominus  superior  terrarum 
subscriptarum  dilectis  meis  Joanni  Innes  de  Leuchhous 
Villilmo  Cuthbert  burgensi  de  Innernes  et  vestrum  cuilibet 
conjunctim  et  divisim  balivis  meis  in  hac  parte  specialiter 
et  irrevocabiliter  constitutis  Salutem  Quia  mihi  Clare  Constat 
et  est  notum  per  autentica  documenta  et  instrumenta  coram  me 
producta  visa  et  lecta  quod  quondam  Alexander  Doles  de 
Cantray  pater  Marjoria  Doles  latoris  presentium  obiit  ultimo 
vestitus  et  sasitus  ut  de  feodo  ad  fidem  et  pacem  supremse 
dominse  nostrae  reginse  Marise  Reginse  Scotorum  de  totis  et 
integris  terris  villa  ecclesiastic*  de  Croy  cum  pendiculis  et 
pertinentiis  suis  universis  jacentibus  infra  baroniam  de 
Ardclayth  vicecomitatum  de  Innernes  et  regalitatem  de 
Spynie  ;  et  quod  dicta  Marjoria  est  legittima  et  propinquior 
heres  dicta  quondam  Alexandri  Doles  sui  patris  de  dictis 
terris  ;  et  quod  e'st  legittime  etatis  ;  et  quod  dicte  terrse  ville 
ecclesiastic*  predict*  cum  sui  pendiculis  et  pertinentiis  pre- 
scriptis  de  me  Domino  Spynie  et  successoribus  meis  tenentur 
in  capite  tanquam  dominis  superioribus  earundem  pro  annua 
solutione  feudifirmarum  aliorum  que  annorum  redditum  et 
ceteris  in  cartis  et  evidentiis  suis  inter  Igiter  vobis  precipeo 
et  firmiter  mando  quatenus  visis  presentibus  indilate  statum 
sasinam  necnon  possessionem  hereditarium  realem  actualem 
et  corporalem  totarum  et  integrarum  dictaram  terrarum  ville 
ecclesiastice  de  Croye  cum  suis  pendiculis  et  pertinentiis  supra 
mentionatis  memoratse  Marjoria  Doles  vel  suo  certo  actornato 
vel  procuratori  eo  nomine  per  terre  et  lapidis  fundi  ejusdem 
traditionem  et  deliberationem  tradatis  et  deliberetis  secundum 
presentis  precepti  tenorem  suisque  antiquis  infeofamentis 
quse  inde  habet ;  et  hoc  nullo  modo  omitatis  ad  quod  faciendum 
vobis  et  vestrum  cuilibet  conjunctim  et  divisim  meam  pie- 


128  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

nariam  et  irrevocabilem  tenore  presentium  comitto  potestatem 
Salvo  tatem  et  reservato  mihi  et  successoribus  meis  feudi- 
firmis  annuisque  redditibus  servitiis  et  ceteris  aliis  provisio- 
nibus  conditionibus  et  clausulis  in  cartis  et  evidentiis  intert — 
ratione  non  solutionis  preteritorum  Salvo  jure  cujuslibet  ut 
moris  est  In  cujus  rei  testimonium  presentibus  scriptis  per 
Joannem  Traill  manu  mea  subscriptis,  sigillum  meum  pro- 
prium  est  appensum  Apud  Leyis  die  ultimo  mensis  Augusti 
anno  Domini  millesimo  sexcentesimo  primo  coram  his  testibus 
Domino  Waltero  Lyndesay  de  Davide  Betoun  de 

Spittelfeilds,  Magistro  Davide  Rutherfurd  de  Muirhouse  et 
Joanne  Traill  notario  publico. 

'A.  L.  SPYNIE. 
'DAVID  BETTONE  testis.  MB.   DAVID  RTJY»FURD 

witnes. 

'  S.  W.  LYNDSAY  of  Balganys       J.  TKAILL  testis  N.P.' 
testis. 

In  the  years  1600-1601  Alexander  Dallas  was  at  feud 
with  certain  Dunbars,  if  not  personally,  at  least  through  the 
actions  of  his  '  men  and  servants.'  Evidently  after  some 
previous  litigation,  the  cases  came  before  the  Privy  Council 
on  4th  July  1605. 

In  the  first  case  Robert  Dunbar  of  Burgie  complains  that 
Arpitell  Doles,  Alexander  Doles  of  Cantray's  man,  Johnne 
Glas  M'Coull  in  Little  Camlethtoun,  and  several  others,  Coline 
Campbell  of  Boith's  men,  with  Hucheun  Doles  and  Waltir 
Ros  M'Hutcheoun,  all  armed  with  bows,  darlochs,  and  two- 
handed  swords,  came  in  November  1600  to  the  pursuer's 
town  and  lands  of  Burgie,  and  there  committed  crimes  of  fire- 
raising  and  spuilzie,  and  also  slew  Alexander  Ainslie  in  Burgie 
and  George  Greve,  his  servants.  The  accused  being  '  brokin 
and  disordourit  hieland  men,'  pursuer  can  get  no  redress 
unless  their  said  masters  enter  them  before  the  Council,  and 
charge  had  been  given  to  the  said  persons,  men  and  masters, 


/.  It.   Yfadau,  r/iflafraf/ier.  Elfin. 


KIF.RAVOCK   CASTLE 


/.  r>.  I  'fadan.  Photographer,  Elgin. 


CAWDOR  CHURCH 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  129 

to  answer  under  pain  of  '  rebellioun.'  Here  the  narrative 
abruptly  ends,  there  being  a  gap  of  three  folios  in  the  Register, 
but  the  decision  of  the  Council  is  recorded  :  '  Alexander 
Doles  of  Cantray  ordained  to  be  denuncit  for  not  presenting 
Arpitell  Doles,  his  man,  tennent,  etc.,  quho  [had]  stolen  goods 
fra  Dunbar  of  Burgie.'  (Reg.  Privy  Counc.,  vii.  p.  75-6.) 

The  second  case  affords  so  admirable  an  account  of  the 
lawless  habits  of  the  times,  that  we  quote  it  in  full. 

'  Anent  our  Soveraigne  Lords  letters  raised  at  the  instance 
of  Mr.  James  Dunbar  of  Tarbet  and  James  Dunbar  of  Pennyk, 
makand  mention  that  quhair  Hutcheon  Doless  and  Henry 
Doless,  men,  tennents  and  servants  to  Alexander  Doless  of 
Cantray,  with  uthers  thair  complices,  being  all  bodin  in  feir 
of  weir,  come  upon  the  day  of  October  1601  years  to  the 

lands  of  Meikle  Pennyk  perteining  to  the  said  Jamee  Dunbar, 
and  thifteously  reft,  staw  and  away-tuike  furth  thairof  34 
heid  of  kyne  and  oxen,  worth  the  peice,  12  horse  and 

meirs  worth  the  peice,  60  heid  of  gait  and  sheep,  .  .  . 

perteining  to  the  said  James  Dunbar,  and  being  in  his  posses- 
sione  for  the  tyme  pasturand  upon  his  saids  lands,  togidder 
with  the  haill  insicht  and  plenishing  of  the  said  toun,  estimat 
worth  500  merks.  And  siclyke,  upon  the  penult  day  of 
September  1600  years,  the  saids  persons  forsaids  came  to  the 
lands  of  Sanquharr  perteining  to  the  said  Mr.  James  Dunbar, 
and  thair  treasonable  and  awfully  causit  fyre,  brunt  and 
destroyit  the  tour  and  fortalice  thairof,  togither  with  the 
haill  insicht  and  plenishing  being  thairintill,  estimat  worth 
2000  merks,  slew  24  goates  and  reft  staw  and  away-tuike  ane 
grite  number  of  horse  and  other  goods  and  gear  pertaining  to 
his  tennents  of  the  saids  lands,  estimat  worth  1000  merks. 
And  siclyke  the  saids  persons,  with  uthers  thair  complices  to 
the  number  of  300  persons,  come  upon  the  day  of  Jully 

the  year  of  God  forsaid  to  the  lands  of  Mundoill,  pertaineing 
to  the  said  Mr.  James,  and  thair  maisterfully  reft  and  away- 
tuke  400  sheep,  40  heid  of  kyne  and  oxen,  perteining  to  him 


130  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

and  his  tennents  of  the  said  lands,  togidder  with  the  haill 
insicht  and  plenishing  of  the  said  toun  and  lands,  estimate 
worth  500  merks,  and  schamfullie,  cruellie  and  unmerci- 
fullie  slew  umquhile  Thomas  Allane,  Robert  Bell  and  John 
Kitchaine,  his  tennents  and  servands.  And  siclyke  the 
persons  forsaids  come  in  the  moneth  of  May,  June  and  Jully, 
and  upon  divers  days  of  the  saids  moneths,  to  the  said  Mr. 
James  lands  in  the  Bray  of  Murray,  and  thair  treasonably 
causit  fyre,  brunt  and  destroyit  his  tour  and  fortalice  of 
Dumphaill,  togidder  with  the  haill  insicht  and  plenishing 
being  thairintill,  estimat  worth  4000  merks,  and  maist  sham- 
fullie,  cruellie  and  unmercifullie  slew  umquhill  Thomas  Smith 
alias  Clerk,  his  tennent.  As  alswa,  in  the  moneth  of  June 
the  year  of  God  forsaid,  the  saids  persons  come  to  the  said 
Mr.  James  lands  of  Glenmoir  and  Phekirk  and  thair  treasonably 
raisit  fyre,  brunt  and  destroyit  the  bigging  and  houssis  thairof 
and  insicht  and  plenishing  being  thairintill,  estimat  worth 
400  merks,  and  reft  and  away  tuke  8  heid  of  kyne  and  oxen, 
and  12  peice  of  horse  and  meirs,  40  gait  and  100  sheip  pertein- 
ing  to  the  said  Mr.  James  and  his  tennents,  and  being  in  thair 
possession  for  the  tyme  pasturand  upon  the  ground  of  the 
saids  lands,  and  maist  schamfully,  cruellie  and  unmercifully 
slew  umquhile  James  Young,  his  tennent.  And  last,  the  saids 
persons  come  againe  in  the  moneth  of  Jully  1601  years  to  the 
said  Mr.  James  lands  in  the  Bray  of  Murray,  and  thair  reft 
and  away  tuike  40  heid  of  nolt,  100  sheip,  40  gaite  and  12 
horse,  and  uthers  perteining  to  his  tennents,  and  treasonablie 
raised  fyre,  brunt  and  destroyit  the  said  Mr.  James  tennents 
houssis  of  the  saids  lands,  togidder  with  thair  insicht  and 
plenishing  thairintill,  pertaining  to  umquhill  Robertson, 

his  servant.  Quhilks  persons,  committers  of  the  particular 
reifls  and  heirschips  abonewritten,  were  broken  highlandmen, 
unanswerable  and  obedient  to  justice,  of  quhom  the  saids 
complainers  will  get  no  redres  or  order  of  law  unles  thair 
master  and  landlord  abonewrittine,  wha,  be  the  laws  of  this 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  131 

realme,  Acts  of  Parliament,  and  general  band  aucht  and 
sould  be  answerable  for  thair  entrie,  present  thaim  personallie 
befoir  the  Lords  of  Secret  Councill,  to  the  effect  order  may  be 
tane  with  them  as  apperteins.'  (Reg.  Privy  Counc.,  vii.  p.  76.) 

The  decision  was  of  course  inevitable  :  '  And  anent  the 
charge,  etc.,  given  to  the  said  Alexander  Doless  of  Cantray, 
Hutcheon  and  Henry  Doless,  his  servants,  to  have  presentit 
the  persons  forsaids,  his  men,  tennents  and  servants,  he 
failyieing  so  to  doe,  he  and  the  said  Hutcheon  and  Henry 
Doless  are  ordained  to  be  denuncit.'  (Ibid.,  78.) 

In  1602  the  Rothiemurchus  exchange  is  again  the  subject 
of  litigation,  and  on  20th  September  of  that  year  there  is 
horning  at  the  instance  of  John  Grant,  now  of  Freuquhy,  as 
heir  of  the  deceased  James  Grant,  of  Freuquhy,  his  grandchir, 
narrating  the  contract  of  23rd  April  1545  already  quoted. 
This  contract  and  the  decree  thereupon  was  by  decreet  of  the 
Lords  of  Council  on  21st  June  1594  transferred  to  the  corn- 
plainer,  John  Grant,  and  to  Marjory  Dollas  and  Alexander 
Dollas  of  Cantray,  her  spouse,  but  they  decline  to  fulfil 
the  contract  and  several  executions  follow.  (Inve.ru.  Reg. 
Hornings,  etc.,  i.) 

Marjory  Dallas  was  dead  before  23rd  July  1605,  at  which 
date  her  son  William  had  already  been  served  heir  to  her, 
but  her  husband  survived  her  some  years,  as  on  19th  March 
1613  there  is  a  registration  of  horning  by  Donald  M'Queyne, 
minister  at  Croy,  narrating  that  on  5th  January  last  Mr. 
James  Bishop,  minister  at  Inverness,  and  Andrew  Balfour, 
minister  at  Ewane,  as  Commissioners  of  the  Synodal  Assembly 
of  the  Province  of  Moray,  at  the  complainers'  humble  suit,  with 
the  express  consent  of  the  Elders  of  Croy,  namely,  David  Ros 
of  Holme,  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray  and  Hendrie  Dollas 
of  Ballafrische,  designed  a  glebe  and  manse,  namely,  two  acres 
of  land,  which  the  persons  above  written  deponed  on  their 
consciences  belonged  to  the  parson  and  vicar  formerly  (the 
boundaries  of  the  glebe  being  mentioned).  This  they  did 


132  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

with  consent  of  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray,  heritable  pro- 
prietor of  the  said  town  and  lands,  and  yet  he  and  the  said 
David  Ros,  and  Elizabeth  Ros,  liferenter  of  the  said  glebe, 
wilfully  and  violently  detain  the  same  from  him,  and  they  are 
hereby  charged  to  remove,  and  for  contempt  are  put  to  the 
horn.  (Partic.  Beg.  Homings,  vol.  iii.) 

This  is  apparently  the  latest  occurrence  of  the  name  of 
Alexander  Dallas  in  the  records,  and  he  probably  died  before 
3rd  August  1613,  when  a  commission  was  issued  by  the  Privy 
Council  to  his  son  and  successor,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray. 

Of  the  children  born  to  Marjory  and  Alexander  Dallas 
only  three  son's  can  be  definitely  identified,  William,  the  heir, 
Alexander,  and  George.  Of  the  latter,  it  can  only  be  ascertained 
that  he  was  witness  of  the  execution  of  horning  against  his 
brother,  Alexander  Delias  in  Galcantray,  23rd  July  1627, 
and  before  21st  August  1628  was  concerned  with  William 
Dollas  of  Cantray  in  oppressing  the  tenants  of  Lord  Fraser 
of  Lovat,  in  the  lands  of  Dalcross  and  others.  Alexander  Dallas 
seems  to  have  had  four  other  sons :  (4)  Patrick,  maltman ; 
(5)  Hugh,  his  servitor  ;  (6)  Henry  in  Cantradown,  and  (7) 
William,  servitor  to  James  Campbell  of  Moy. 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS,  the  second  son  of  Marjory  and 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  first  occurs  as  a  witness  to  a 
Cantray  sasine  on  3rd  July  1617,  and  as  he  is  there  styled  '  in 
Galcantray,'  he  had  probably  already  married  Margaret  Hay, 
whose  first  husband,  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  died  in  1616. 
In  a  decreet  of  horning  against  William  Dallas  of  Budgate, 
dated  12th  March  1619,  he  is  described  as  the  spouse  of 
Margaret  Hay,  conjunct  fiar  of  Galcantray,  and  as  succeeding 
in  the  place  of  the  deceased  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  hi  the 
labouring  of  the  lands  of  Galcantray  with  the  mill  thereof. 
He  is  next  mentioned  in  a  sasine,  dated  20th  July  1620,  to 
Mr.  Alexander  Ros  of  Cantrey,  on  a  precept  from  Chancery, 
dated  20th  June  1620,  directed  to  Thomas  Ros  in  Wester 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY      133 

Cantrey,  as  bailie,  in  which  it  is  narrated  that  the  King,  with 
consent,  etc.,  had  confirmed  a  charter  of  sale  and  disposition 
therein  contained  made  by  John  Grant  of  Freuchieto  Alexander 
Ros  of  Cantrey  and  his  heirs-male  and  assignees  whomsoever 
of  the  lands  of  Cantraydown,  Delligrauche,  and  Drumtennell, 
with  pertinents,  lying  in  the  barony  of  Clavalg  and  shire  of 
Nairn,  also  the  superiority  of  the  towns  of  Clavalg,  Delcroy, 
Drumoir,  and  Easter  Urquhill,  with  the  pertinents  and  feu 
farms  thereof,  extending  to  £21,  5s.  Scots;  and  the  King 
further  unites  and  erects  the  above  lands  into  the  barony  of 
Clava.  The  witnesses  to  the  sasine  are  Alexander  Dolles  in 
Galcantrey,  Hugh  Gray,  servitor  to  Hugh  Ros  of  Kilravocks, 
James  Hay  in  Woods  of  Kilravocks,  Donald  M'Mairrich  in 
Crossinteycht,  Henry  Dolles  in  Cantreydown,  William  Ros, 
there,  John  M'Gowin  in  Lochsloy,  John  Ros,  servitor  of  the 
said  Alexander  Ros  of  Cantrey,  George  Ros  in  Cantrey,  and 
George  Dolles  in  Toureoch,  the  notary  being  John  Donaldson. 
(Reg.  Sasines,  Elgin  and  Nairn,  i.  fol.  210.)  The  lands  here 
referred  to  are  those  which  were  to  have  been  exchanged 
by  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray  for  the  barony  of  Rothie- 
murchus  in  1545 :  they  appear  to  have  been  retained  by 
Grant  notwithstanding  the  failure  of  Dallas  to  retain  pos- 
session of  Rothiemurchus. 

On  15th  September  .1627  there  is  a  registration  of  horning 
by  William  Ross  in  Cantradown  against  Alexander  Dollas  in 
Galchantray,  who  by  bond  dated  12th  July  of  the  same  year 
is  due  to  him  £80.  George  Dollas,  brother  german  to  the  said 
Alexander  Dollas,  who  was  personally  present,  was  a  witness 
to  the  execution  of  the  horning.  (Reg.  Homings,  Inverness,  i.) 

It  would  appear  that  he  married,  as  his  second  wife,  Jean 
Sutherland,  a  daughter  of  Sutherland  of  Kinsterie  (thereafter 
of  Greenhal),  as  she  is  mentioned  as  executrix  confirmed  to 
him  in  a  summons  issued  by  his  son.  Jean  Sutherland  after- 
wards became  the  wife  of  John  Rose  of  Blackhills,  who  died 
in  1673.  (Kilr.,  525.)  He  was  living  in  June  1662,  when  he 


134  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

took  a  bond  from  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  his  uncle, 
for  2000  merks,  but  did  not  long  survive  that  date.  Besides 
a  daughter,  Janet,  he  had  (probably  with  other  issue)  an 
eldest  son,  John  Dallas,  who  is  known  as  burgess  of  Nairn, 
and  is  first  mentioned  in  Cantray' s  bond  to  his  father,  19th 
and  30th  June  1662.  His  name  occurs  in  the  Nairn  Burgh 
Register  of  Sasines  from  the  year  1670  as  one  of  the 
bailies  of  the  burgh,  and  he  appears  to  have  held  that 
office  until  his  death,  except  during  the  period  from  20th 
September  1670  to  1674,  when  he  was  annually  elected 
treasurer  of  the  burgh.  On  21st  March  1670  he  had  a 
bond  from  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  for  100  merks, 
written  by  Hugh  Dallas,  notary  public,  and  signed  at  Calder, 
the  witnesses  being  Alexander  Dollas  younger  of  Cantra, 
the  said  Hugh  Dallas,  and  Hugh  Dollas,  merchant  at  Chanorie. 
(Nairn  Burgh  Reg.  of  Deeds.)  There  is  also  another  bond  to 
him  for  £56,  13s.  4d.  by  Robert  Dollar  younger,  merchant  in 
Fortrose,  Robert  Dollas  elder,  merchant  in  Fortrose,  being 
cautioner,  recorded  at  Nairn,  3rd  October  1672  (Ibid.),  and 
a  bond  to  him  for  £42,  by  Robert  Barbour,  merchant  in 
Inverness,  is  witnessed  by  William  Dollas,  his  servitor,  and 
not  improbably  his  son.  (Ibid.)  Some  time  before  4th  May 
1675  he  obtained  a  decree  with  reference  to  a  bond  granted 
by  Evan  MTherson  of  Alichitie,  12th  June  1667,  to  which 
Robert  Dollas,  merchant,  burgess  of  Inverness,  claims  right 
by  assignation,  but  there  is  nothing  to  show  a  common 
interest  between  the  two.  (Reg.  Hornings,  Inverness- 
shire,  viii.) 

.  On  29th  July  1675  a  summons  was  issued  at  the  instance 
of  John  Dollas,  merchant  in  Nairn,  as  assignee,  against  Jean 
Sutherland,  relict  of  John  Rose,  sometime  of  Blackhills,  who 
was  executor  confirmed  [and  apparently  widow]  to  the  deceased 
Alexander  Dollas,  sometime  in  Galcantray,  for  payment  of 
£309,  8s.  Scots,  left  in  legacy  by  the  said  deceased  Alexander 
Dollas  to  Janet  Dollas,  his  lawful  daughter,  and  assigned  by 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  135 

her  to  the  said  John  Dollas,  2nd  October  1674.  The  record  is 
followed  on  the  same  day  by  an  exoneration  and  discharge  to 
Jean  Sutherland,  in  which  John  Dollas  is  stated  to  be  brother 
of  Janet.  (Reg.  Decreets,  Moray,  ii. ) 

Just  previously,  on  8th  June  1675,  John  Dollas,  burgess  of 
Nairn  (in  what  capacity  is  not  clear),  gives  sasine  of  the  town 
and  lands  of  Auchindoune  and  Auchnayme  to  John  Campbell 
of  Auchindoune,  son  and  heir  of  William  Campbell  of  Auchin- 
doune, his  father,  granted  by  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Calder, 
and  subscribed  by  Hugh  Dollas,  notary.  (Reg.  Sasines,  Elgin 
and  Nairn. ) 

In  1683  he  acts  as  procurator  for  the  recording  of  deeds  in 
the  Sheriff  Court  of  Nairn,  and  his  name  so  appears  until  1691. 
On  21st  July  1683  he  records  a  bond  by  John  Hay  of  Lochloy 
to  Jean  Sutherland,  relict  of  John  Rose  of  Blackhills,  for  400 
merks,  in  behoof  of  his  only  son  John  Rose,  a  pupil  or  minor. 
The  bond  was  written  by  Hugh  Rose,  minister  of  Nairn,  and 
signed  at  Insheoch,  2nd  July  1683,  before  the  said  Hugh  Rose 
and  William  Tulloch,  bailie  of  Nairn.  (Sheriff  Court  Records, 
Nairn ;  Deeds.)  On  19th  December  1691  he  is  designed 
Sheriff-depute  of  Nairn,  and  continued  to  hold  that  office 
until  6th  April  1694,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  John  Laing, 
the  deputes  apparently  being  changed  with  a  change  of  sheriff. 
(Ibid.) 

On  14th  October  1692  he  and  others  are  pursued  by  John 
Sinclair  of  Stircock  for  a  debt  contained  in  a  bond  for  £502, 
granted  by  them  on  29th  September  1691,  to  Mr.  Robert 
Dunbar  of  Ankergill,  who  assigned  it  to  the  pursuer ;  upon 
which  an  inhibition  was  used.  (Reg.  Inhib.,  Elgin,  Torres,  and 
Nairn,  vii.)  Whether  this  indicates  that  he  was  in  financial 
difficulties  at  this  time  it  is  impossible  to  decide,  but  at  his 
death  in  1708  his  testament-dative  was  given  up  (recorded  1st 
July  1709)  by  William  Falconer,  executor  qua  creditor,  in 
respect  of  a  bond  dated  7th  November  1698,  when  his  effects 
were  stated  to  be :  seven  oxen  at  £10  Scots :  two  cows  at 


136  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

£10  Scots  ;  a  young  coyack  at  7  merks  ;  household  furniture 
valued  at  £30,  Is.  8d. — a  not  very  extensive  property  for  a 
bailie  and  sheriff- depute. 

Moreover,  on  24th  September  1704,  John  Dallas  had 
disponed  certain  lands  to  his  wife,  Marie  Urquhart,  and  of 
these  lands  sasine  was  given  on  20th  December  1708,  pre- 
sumably after  his  death,  to  Colin  Campbell  of  Delnies, 
Alexander  Dallas  being  bailie.  (Reg.  Sasines,  Nairn 
Burgh,  ii.) 

It  seems  certain  that  John  Dallas  was  twice  married, 
though  the  name  of  his  first  wife  has  not  transpired.  By  his 
second  wife,  Mary  Urquhart,  he  had  a  daughter,  Ann,  born 
and  baptized  25th  January  1706,  two  of  the  witnesses  being 
John  Rose  of  Newton  and  Alexander  Dallas,  bailie  of  Nairn ; 
and  a  son,  George,  baptized  23rd  April  1708,  the  witnesses 
including  George  Munro,  '  Laird  of  Cubrain,'  Mr.  George 
Dunbar,  minister  of  Nairn,  William  Rose,  '  Clava's  brother,' 
Elizabeth  Baily,  Hugh  Rose's  wife,  Elizabeth  Leslie,  the 
minister's  wife,  and  '  Elizabeth  Rose,  David  Rose  in  Flines 
his  daughter.'  (Par.  Reg.,  Nairn.)  Of  these  children  nothing 
further  is  known. 

The  eldest  son  and  heir  of  John  Dallas,  presumably  by  a 
former  wife,  was 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS,  who  was  admitted  a  burgess  of  Nairn 
in  1687  or  1688,  having  served  his  time  with  a  litster  in  the 
burgh.  On  28th  April  1703  both  he  and  his  father,  as 
witnesses,  are  described  as  bailies  of  Nairn,  but  his  name 
ceases  to  appear  amongst  the  bailies  about  February  1706. 
(Reg.  Deeds,  Nairn  Burgh,  1672-1715.)  He  was  concerned  in 
various  bond  transactions,  hi  one  of  which,  dated  24th 
December  1700,  he  is  described  as  '  litster  and  bailie  of 
Nairn.'  (Ibid.) 

That  misfortune  overtook  both  him  and  his  father  is 
evident  from  a  sasine,  recorded  19th  May  1712,  in  favour  of 
John  Gumming,  Kirk  Treasurer,  of  the  lands  of  the  deceased 


MARJORY  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY      137 

John  Delias,  proceeding  upon  an  adjudication  by  the  Lords 
of  Council  and  Session,  dated  9th  November  1711,  against 
Alexander  Dollas,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  John 
Dollas,  bailie  of  Nairn :  the  lands  are  called  the  Milnbank, 
and  are  described  as  lying  between  the  lands  of  Hugh  Rose  of 
Clava  on  the  east,  of  Calder's  lands  on  the  west,  and  the  lands 
of  Kildrimmie  and  the  Gallowgate  on  the  north.  ( Reg.  Sasines, 
Nairn  Burgh,  ii.)  Another  record,  undated,  But  probably 
of  about  the  same  period,  bears  that  Alexander  Dollas,  litster 
and  bailie  of  Nairn,  having  granted  a  bond,  dated  24th 
December  1700,  in  favour  of  Alexander  Falconer  of  Blackhills 
for  £153  Scots,  and  having  granted  a  bond  for  £80,  13s.  4d. 
to  Alexander  Ore,  bailie  of  Nairn,  on  which  latter  bond  horn- 
ing, caption,  etc.,  had  proceeded,  now,  in  consequence  of 
Falconer  having  paid  Ore's  debt  and  obtained  a  conveyance 
of  it,  grants  a  disposition  in  favour  of  the  former  of  his  lead 
caldron,  press  for  pressing  cloathes,  shearing  board  and  shears 
and  all  his  other  effects.  (Reg.  Deeds,  Nairn  Burgh,  1672- 
1715.)  He  is  subsequently  mentioned,  now  styled  'late 
bailie,'  on  22nd  May  1713  (Ibid.),  after  which  he  disappears 
from  the  records  of  Nairn. 

There  are  but  few  Dallas  entries  in  the  Nairn  parish 
register,  and  none,  save  the  two  already  mentioned,  which  can 
be  identified  as  descendants  of  Bailie  John  Dallas.  Two 
of  these  entries  may,  however,  be  mentioned:  (1)  John  Dallas 
at  the  Mill  of  Nairn  was  matrimonially  contracted  with 
Elspet  Mack  Kercher  in  Nairn,  2nd  November,  and  married 
4th  December  1711  :  they  appear  to  have  had  no  issue  ;  (2) 
John  Dallas  contracted  with  Janet  Fraser,  24th  January  1718  : 
he  was  evidently  '  in  Ballavlarie,'  and  had  a  son  James  baptized 
16th  February  1719,  another  son,  Mordache,  baptized  16th 
July  1721,  and  a  daughter,  Janet,  baptized  22nd  December 
1723.  It  seems  not  improbable  that  these  were  sons  re- 
spectively of  John  and  Alexander  Dallas,  the  Nairn  bailies. 


138  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

GEORGE  DALLAS  IN  TURBIOCH 

George  Dallas  in  Turrioch  was  probably  the  third  son  of 
Marjorie  Dallas  of  Cantray  and  Alexander  Dallas. 

In  addition  to  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  and  Alexander 
Dallas  in  Galcantray,  his  brothers  seem  to  have  been 

(4)  Patrick  Dallas,  maltman  ; 

(5)  Hugh  Dallas,  his  servitor  ; 

(6)  Henry  Dallas  in  Cantradown  ; 

(7)  William  Dallas,  servitor  to  James  Campbell  of  Moy, 
as  before  stated,  but  we  have  not  traced  their  descendants. 

John  Dallas,  Bailie  of  Nairn  (p.  136),  had  probably  a 
third  child,  Jean,  to  whom  he  granted  a  bond  for  £133,  6s.  8d. 
on  29th  April  1699,  to  be  paid  to  her  within  a  year  of  her 
marriage  (Mackenzie,  ii.  p.  138).  A  witness  to  this  deed  is 
William  Dallas,  Student  in  Nairn.  The  amount  is  evidently 
one-third  of  £400,  probably  indicating  that  there  were  three 
children  thus  provided  for. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY 

WILLIAM  DALLAS,  the  son  and  successor  of  Marjory  and 
Alexander  Dallas,  was  probably  born  about  the  year  1590. 
From  a  decreet  of  the  Lords  of  Session  it  appears  that  he  was 
served  heir  to  his  mother,  23rd  July  1605,  but  until  after  the 
death  of  his  father  he  has  not  been  found  as  '  of  Cantray.' 

He  first  appears  in  a  public  capacity  on  3rd  August  1613, 
when  he  and  others  were  included  in  a  commission  issued 
by  the  Privy  Council,  to  apprehend  and  exhibit  before  the 
Council  Johne  Calder  and  Donald  Calder,  sons  of  Thomas 
Calder  in  Delnie,  and  five  others,  who  were  put  to  the  horn 
on  13th  July  last,  at  the  instance  of  Coline  Campbell  of  Clunes, 
for  not  finding  caution  to  appear  before  the  Justices  on  5th 
November  next,  for  fire-raising  on  the  lands  of  Clunes  and 
mutilating  and  slaying  three  mares  and  a  horse  belonging  to 
the  said  Coline  Campbell.  (Reg.  Priv.  Counc.,  x.  132.) 

As  has  been  recorded,  the  episcopal  lands  acquired  in  1542 
passed  from  the  possession  of  the  Cantray  line  on  the  death  of 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray  in  1565,  but  on  '  26th  May  1617, 
Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder  sold  to  Williame  Dolles  of  Cantray 
for  3000  merks,  the  lands  of  Croy,  which  he  had  acquired  of 
Holme,  to  be  held  of  the  Bishop,  the  liferent  reserved  of 
Agnes  Ros,  and  afterwards  of  Jonnet  Campbell,  spouse  of  the 
said  Williame  Dolles.  She  was  the  natural  daughter  of  the 
Thane's  father.'  (Innes  in  Thanes  of  Cawdor,  241.)  Careless 
genealogists  have  made  this  Agnes  Rose  the  first  wife  of 
William  Dallas :  she  was,  in  fact,  the  relict  of  David  Rose  of 
Holme,  brother  of  John  Rose  of  Holme,  from  whom  Sir  John 
Campbell  purchased  Croy,  16th  June  1608.  She  was  at  the 


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140  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

time  wife  of  Mr.  William  Campbell  of  Braicklie.  The  sale 
of  Croy  to  William  Dallas  was  confirmed  in  a  charter  by 
Alexander,  Bishop  of  Murray,  dated  at  Canongate,  24th  June 
1617,  granting  to  Janet  Campbell,  spouse  of  William  Dallas 
of  Cantray  in  liferent,  and  to  Alexander  Dallas,  their  eldest 
lawful  son,  and  his  heirs-male  in  fee,  the  church  lands  of  Croy, 
and  contains  a  special  clause  of  dispensation  with  all  defects 
in  previous  infeftments  of  these  lands  as  granted  by  the 
Bishop's  predecessors  to  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  John 
Ross  of  Holm,  David  Ross  of  Holm,  or  their  predecessors  or 
authors  from  the  earliest  date  to  the  present.  (Cantray 
Charters.)  This  was  followed,  3rd  July  1617,  by  the  giving 
of  sasine  of  these  lands  to  Janet  Campbell  in  person,  and  to 
Hugh  Dallas  in  Cantray  as  procurator  for  her  son  Alexander 
Dallas,  the  witnesses  being  Alexander  Dollas  in  Galcantray  and 
William  Dollas,  son  to  the  deceased  John  Dallas  formerly  in 
Cantray.  (Ibid.)  Previously  to  this  a  tack  of  the  teinds  of 
Croy  had  been  granted  by  Mr.  James  Vaus,  parson  of  Croy, 
to  William  Dollas  of  Cantray  (who  himself  wrote  out  the 
document),  and  Janet  Campbell,  his  spouse,  and  their  heirs- 
male  for  the  yearly  duty  of  £6,  13s.  4d.,  and  £1,  2s.  2d.  of 
augmentation,  dated  15th  March  1617.  (Ibid.) 

It  has  been  explained  that  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder, 
having  become  possessed  of  an  opulent  estate  by  1610,  did 
through  either  ambition  or  desire  to  purchase  his  native 
county,  meditate  the  conquest  of  the  Island  of  Islay,  and 
to  find  money  to  undertake  the  reduction  of  Islay,  sold  Croy 
to  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  and  other  lands  to  various 
neighbours.  (Macphail's  Highland  Papers,  vol.  i.  p.  132.) 

Three  years  later  the  laird  is  found  in  collision  with  the 
law,  the  King's  Advocate  making  complaint  before  the  Privy 
Council,  on  15th  July  1620,  that  numbers  of  '  vagaboundis, 
soirnairis,  counterfute  thevis  and  lymmarrs,  callit  Egiptianis ' 
have  been  reset  and  entertained  '  upoun  the  ground,  land  and 
possessiounis,  iand  within  the  houssis  of  William  Dollas  of 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  141 

Cantra  and  Alexander  Ros  in  Cantrabrow,  of  thair  speciall 
knawledge,  consent  and  permissioun  at  the  least  be  thair 
connivance  ; '  but,  the  parties  appearing  personally,  the  Lords 
assoilzie  defenders,  as  in  default  of  probation,  they  by  their 
oath  of  verity  have  denied  the  charge.  (Reg.  Priv.  Counc., 
xii.  292.) 

Though  William  Dallas  was  only  one  of  many  to  whom 
the  duty  was  assigned  of  bringing  to  order  the  turbulent  Clan 
Cameron  and  its  chief,  the  details  as  to  the  conditions  of  life 
prevailing  in  the  Highlands  at  the  time  which  are  set  forth 
in  the  Commission  issued  to  this  end  are  so  instructive  that  no 
excuse  is  needed  for  recording  them  at  length.  The  writ 
issued  by  the  Privy  Council  on  18th  June  1622  sets  forth 
that : — 

'  Forsamekle  as  the  Kingis  Majestie  haveing  now  by  the 
force  of  his  royall  pouer  and  auctoritie  and  by  his  most  prudent 
and  wyse  governament  reducit  the  who[le]  His  and  Heylandis 
of  this  kmgdome  to  obedience,  and  establisheit  pace,  justice 
and  quietnes  within  the  same,  to  the  comforte  of  all  his 
Majesteis  goode  subjecteis  within  the  His  and  continent  nixt 
adjacent,  thair  is  onlie  ane  limmer,  to  witt  Allane  Cameron 
of  Lochyell,  that  lyis  out  and  refuisis  to  gif  his  obedience  ; 
who  being  unworthie  of  his  Majesteis  favour  formarlie  schawne 
unto  him  quhen  he  stode  in  danger  of  the  lawis,  and  haveing 
maid  schipwrak  of  his  faith  and  promeist  obedience,  and 
schaken  of  all  feir  of  God,  reverence  of  his  Majestie  and  of  his 
auctoritie,  and  regaird  of  justice,  and  being  diverse  tymes 
rebell  and  at  the  home  for  crewell  and  detestable  murthour 
and  otheris  insolenceis  committit  be  him,  he  now  hes  associat 
a  nomber  of  otheris  thevis,  tratouris  and  lymmaris,  by  whom 
he  intendis  to  interteney  ane  oppin  rebellioun,  and  to  disturb 
and  disquiet  his  Majesties  pace  in  the  heighlandis  quhilkis 
his  Majestie  with  so  grite  panes  and  travellis  and  expenssis 
has  satled  in  obedience  ;  and  quhairas  it  is  a  matter  tuitching 
his  Majestie  verie  heigle  in  honnour  that  suche  ane  onworthie 


142  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

cative  sail  so  long  stand  out  as  yf  he  war  nather  subject  to 
king,  law,  nor  justice ;  and  his  Majestic  understanding  the 
goode  affectioun  of  his  traist  cousigne  Colline,  Lord  Kintaill, 
and  of  his  trustie  and  weilbelovittis  Sir  Lauchlane  M'Intoshe 
of  Dunauchtane,  Sir  Rorie  M'Claud  of  Herries,  Johne  Grant 
of  Freuquhie,  Sir  Johne  Campbell  of  Calder,  [Sir  Dougal] 
Campbell  of  Auchinbrek,  Sir  Colline  Campbell  of  Ardkinles, 
Johne  M'Donnald  M'Allane  VcEane  of  Ilantyrum,  Capitane  of 
the  Clan  Rannald,  Sir  Donnald  Gorme  of  Slaitt,  [Alexander] 
Campbell  of  Lochinyell,  Sir  Rorie  M'Kenzie  of  Coygathe,  Sir 
John  Grant,  apperand  of  Freuquhie,  Johne  Grant  of  Glen- 
moristoun,  [William]  Sutherland  of  Duffus,  and  Sir  Mungo 
Murray  of  Drumcairne,  Donnald  M'Angus  of  Glengarrie, 
[Walter]  M'Farlane,  apperand  of  Arroquhair,  Johne  Grant  of 
Ballundallache,  David  Ross  of  Hollme,  Robert  Campbell  of 
Glenfallach,  William  [Dollas]  of  Cantra,  Andrew  M'Fersane 
of  Clunie,  Duncane  M'Intoshe  of  Abirdour,  Malcolme 
M'Intosche  of  Brome,  and  Patrik  Grant  of  Ballindallache,  to 
do  his  Majestie  service,  and  how  that  they  wilbe  cairfull  and 
willing  to  undergo  quhatsomever  panes  and  travel  in  his 
Majesteis  service  that  salbe  concredite  unto  thame  :  Thairfoir 
his  Majestie,  with  advyse  of  the  Lordis  of  his  Secreit  Counsaill, 
ordanes  commissiouns  to  be  past  and  exped  under  his  Majesteis 
signeitt,  makand  and  constitutand  the  persones  abone  wrettin 
and  every  one  of  thame,  conjunctlie  and  severallie,  his  Majesteis 
justiceis  and  commissioneris  in  that  pairt  to  the  effect  under- 
wrettin,  gevand,  grantand  and  committand  to  thame  con- 
junctlie and  severellie  full  pouer  and  commissioun,  expres 
bidding  and  chairge,  to  convocat  his  Majesteis  liegeis  in  armes, 
and  to  pas,  serche,  seik,  hunt,  follow,  and  persew  with  fyre 
and  sword,  the  said  Allane  quhairevir  he  may  be  apprehendit, 
and  to  keep,  hold,  and  detene  him  in  suir  firmance  and 
captivetie  ay  and  quhill  they  may  convenientlie  exhibite  him 
befoir  his  Majesteis  Counsell  to  the  effect  ordour  and  directioun 
may  be  gevin  for  his  punishment  as  accordis.  And,  yf  it 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  143 

salhappin  the  said  Allane  for  eschewing  of  apprehensioune  to 
flee  to  strenthis  and  houssis  [here  follow  the  usual  powers  hi 
such  cases  given  to  the  Commissioners,  with  the  usual  in- 
demnity for  any  violent  accidents ;  with  powers  also  to  use 
hagbuts  and  pistols  in  the  actual  service].  Chairging  heirby 
all  his  Majesteis  liegeis  and  subjectis  to  reverence,  acknaw- 
ledge,  and  obey,  ryse,  concur,  fortifie  and  assist  the  saidis 
commissioneris  conjunctlie  and  severellie  in  all  thingis  tending 
to  the  executioun  of  this  commissioun,  and  to  do  nor  attempt 
nothing  to  thair  hinder  or  prejudice,  as  they  and  ilk  ane  of 
thame  will  ansueir  to  his  Majestic  and  his  Counsaill  upon  thair 
obedience  at  thair  heighest  chairge  and  perrell.  This  com- 
missioun untill  the  feast  of  Alhallomes  in  the  yeir  of  God 
jmvjcxxiij  yeiris,  but  revocatioun,  to  indure.  Sic  subscribitur  : 
Mar,  Sanctandrous,  Mortoun,  Glasgow,  Wigtoun,  Lothiane, 
Roxburgh,  Melros.' 

This  is  followed  by  a  proclamation  for  the  arming  of  all  the 
Clan  Chattan  for  concurrence  with  the  Commission.  The 
preamble  and  list  of  Commissioners  are  almost  identical  with 
those  in  the  Commission,  and  the  document  then  proceeds : 
'  in  the  executioun  of  the  quhilk  commissioun  necessair  it  is 
that  the  said  commissioneris  be  assistit  with  some  ressonable 
forceis  of  his  Majesteis  goode  subjectis :  For  quhilk  purpois 
the  saidis  Lordis  ordanes  letteris  to  be  direct  chairging  all  and 
sindrie  persones  of  the  Clan  Chattane  betuix  saxtie  and  saxtene 
yeiris  and  otheris  fensible  persones  as  well  to  brugh  as  to  land 
of  the  said  clan,  quhairever  they  duell,  and  all  and  sindrie 
landit  gentlemen  and  substantious  yeemen  within  the  boundis 
of  Moydert,  Glengarrie,  Morrell,  Stratharrik,  Athol,  and 
Rannoche,  be  oppen  proclematioun  at  the  mercat  croce  of  the 
brugh  of  Invernes  and  otheris  placeis  neidfull,  that  they  and 
everie  one  of  thame,  weill  bodine  hi  feir  of  weir  hi  thair  most 
substantious  and  weirlyk  maner,  ryse,  concur,  fortefe,  and 
assist  the  saidis  commissioners  conjunctlie  and  severallie  hi 


144  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

the  executioun  of  this  commissioun,  and  for  this  effect  to  con- 
vene and  meete  with  thame  at  suche  dayes,  tymes,  and  placeis, 
and  with  sua  many  dayis  victuallis  and  provisioun  as  they 
salbe  adverteist  be  the  saidis  commissioneris,  and  to  follow 
thair  directioun  in  all  thingis  towtching  the  persute  of  the  said 
Allane,  under  the  pane  of  tinsall  of  lyffe,  landis,  and  goodis, 
And  siclyk  to  command,  chairge,  and  inhibit  all  and  sindrie 
his  Majesteis  liegeis  and  subjectis  that  nane  of  thame  presome 
nor  tak  upon  hand  to  ressett,  supple,  nor  intercommoun  with 
the  said  Allane,  his  wyffe  nor  barnes,  furneis  thame  meit, 
drink,  housse,  nor  harborie,  nor  no  other  thing  confortable 
and  necessair  unto  thame,  nor  haif  intelligence  with  thame 
privatle  nor  publictle  be  worde,  wrete,  nor  message,  nor  to 
sell  or  furneis  unto  thame  victuall,  armour,  poulder,  or  bullett, 
nor  to  tak  thair  goodis  and  geir  in  keiping,  nor  to  hyde,  horde, 
or  conceale  the  same,  nor  to  minister  unto  thame  ony  kynd  of 
conforte,  supple,  or  maintenance,  under  quhatsomever  cullor 
or  pretext,  under  the  pane  to  be  repute,  haldin  and  estemit  as 
favouraris,  assistaris,  and  partakeris  with  thame  in  all  thair 
tressonable  and  wicked  deidis,  and  to  be  callit,  persewit  and 
punist  thairfoir  with  all  rigour  and  extremetie.  And  yf  ony 
of  his  Majesteis  subjectis  do  stand  under  bandis  of  freindschip 
with  the  said  Allane,  that  they  immediatle  upon  the  publica- 
tioun  heirof  renunce  and  discharge  the  saidis  bandis,  and  keip 
no  longer  freindschip  with  him,  bot  to  reput  and  hald  him 
as  ane  rebell  and  tratour  to  God,  his  prince,  and  countrey. 
Sic  subscribitur :  Mar,  Sanctandrouis,  Mortoun,  Glasgow, 
Lotheane,  Wigtoun,  Koxbrugh,  Melros.' 

Then  follows : — 

'  His  Majesteis  missive  letter  for  warrand  of  the  Actis 
abonewrittin : — 

'  Right  trustie  and  right  weilbelovit  cosines  and  coun- 
sellouris,  and  right  trustie  and  weilbelovit  counsellouris,  we 
greete  yow  weele. — Whereas  Allane  M'Eanduy,  in  contempt 
of  us  and  our  governament,  standeth  out  in  his  rebellioun, 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  145 

oppressing  his  nightbouris  and  behaveing  him  self  as  yf  thair 
wer  nouther  king  nor  law  in  that  cure  kingdome,  it  is  our 
pleasour  that  yow  ratifie  quhatsoevir  actis  yow  haif  heirtof oir 
made  aganis  him,  and  forder  that  yow  expeid  a  commissioun 
in  dew  forme  to  Sir  Lauchlane  M'Intoshe,  the  Lord  Kintaill, 
the  Laird  of  Grant,  and  suche  otheris  as  the  said  Sir  Lauchlane 
sail  nominat,  to  prosequute  the  said  Allane  with  fyre  and 
swerd  till  they  haif  apprehendit  or  at  least  mak  thame  ansuerable 
to  our  lawis,  and  that  yow  direct  strait  chargeis  to  all  these  of 
the  Clan  Chattane,  whersoevir  inhabiting  to  follow  the  said 
Sir  Lauchlane  in  that  service ;  as  also  that  yow  charge  the 
Marques  of  Huntlie  and  the  Lord  Gordoun,  as  sheriffis  of 
Innernes,  to  be  ayding  and  assisting  to  our  saidis  commis- 
sioneris.  Morover  that  chargeis  be  directit  to  the  freindis 
of  the  Earle  of  Argyll  and  all  otheris  nixt  adjacent  to 
the  said  Allane  in  na  wise  to  assist  him,  with  certificatioun 
that  whosoevir  sail  ayde,  assist,  releve,  or  intercommoun 
with  him  salbe  accompted  pairttakar  of  his  rebellioun,  and 
be  punist  accordinglie. — Gevin  at  Quhytehall  the  saxt  of 
May  1622.' 

This  missive  letter  was  obtained  by  Sir  Lachlan  Mackintosh 
in  London,  and  was  carried  by  him  to  Edinburgh,  where  he 
obtained  the  Commission  authorising  his  pursuit  of  his  enemy, 
Lochiel,  but  on  his  way  north  he  died  at  Gartenbeg  in 
Strathspey,  on  26th  June,  and  many  years  afterwards,  on  18th 
March  1634,  William  Dallas  was  one  of  the  jury  for  the  retour 
of  his  son  and  heir,  William  Mackintosh  of  Torchastell,  who 
was  an  infant  at  the  time  of  his  father's  premature  death. 

For  good  reasons,  no  doubt,  the  old  law  of  Scotland  pro- 
hibited the  promiscuous  carrying  of  fire-arms  by  the  lieges, 
and  with  this  law  the  laird  came  in  conflict,  for  in  or  before 
October  1623  the  King's  Advocate  complains  before  the  Privy 
Council  that  William  Dollas  of  Cantra,  Alexander  Gordoun 
Adamesone,  David  Rose  of  Madat  and  John  Sutherland  of 
Clyne,  have,  during  the  years  1617,  1618,  1619,  1620,  1621, 

K 


146  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1622  and  1623,  borne  hagbuts  and  pistolets,  and  sometimes 
shot  wild-fowl  and  venison.  As  the  defenders  did  not  appear 
to  answer  the  charge  the  Lords  order  them  to  be  denounced 
rebels  (Reg.  Priv.  Counc.,  xiii.  p.  252),  without,  apparently, 
any  serious  result  to  the  delinquents. 

With  the  accession  of  a  new  laird  the  dispute  as  to  the  old 
Rothiemurchus  excambion  again  emerges.  On  8th  July  1623 
the  Lords  of  Council  give  decreet  transferring  a  decreet 
of  21st  June  1594,  by  which  the  cause  was  transferred  to 
John  Grant,  now  of  Freuchie,  '  pronevoy '  and  heir  of  the 
said  James  Grant,  his  '  guidschir,'  and  to  Marjorie  Dollas, 
daughter  of  the  deceased  '  Hendrie  Dollas,'  apparent  of 
Cantray,  '  pronevoy '  and  heir  of  the  said  Alexander  Dollas, 
'  his  guidschir,'  and  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray,  her  spouse, 
for  his  interest,  and  mention  is  made  of  the  production  of  an 
extract  from  the  Sheriff  Court  Books  of  Inverness,  dated 
28th  January  1582,  under  the  signatureof  William  Cunningham, 
notary  public,  bearing  that  Marjorie  Dollas  was  served  nearest 
and  lawful  heir  to  the  said  deceased  Alexander  Dollas,  '  her 
guidschir.'  (Acts  and  Deer.  Lords  of  Counc.  and  Sess.) 

Either  the  writer  or  the  scribe  has  made  havoc  of  the 
names  and  relationships.  Marjory's  father  was,  of  course, 
Alexander,  and  her  grandfather  Henry,  while  Henry  was  the 
son,  not  the  grandson,  of  Alexander  Dallas,  who  entered  into 
the  agreement  with  Grant  in  1545. 

This  decreet  was  followed  by  an  action  brought  by  Sir 
John  Grant,  '  now  of  Frewchie,'  in  the  Court  at  Inverness,  in 
which  the  particulars  of  the  agreement  of  1545  are  recapitu- 
lated, and  the  record  states  that  the  contract  is  registered 
*  in  the  Officiall  or  Commissaris  Bookes  of  Murray  and  his 
decreit  interponit  thairto '  upon  the  said  23rd  day  of  April 
1545,  and  thereafter  transferred  by  a  Decreet  of  the  Lords  of 
Council  pronounced  on  21st  June  1594,  '  in  the  said  umquhill 
Johne  Grant  of  Frewchie,  the  saidis  complaineris  father  as 
pronevoy  and  air  of  the  said  umquhill  James  Grant  of  Freuchie 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  IL  OF  CANTRAY           147 

active  and  in  Marjorie  Delias  dochtar  to  umquhill  Henrie 
Delias,  appeirand  of  Cantray,  pronevoy  and  air  to  the  said 
umquhill  Alexander  Delias  of  Cantray  his  guidchir  and 
umquhill  Alexander  Delias  of  Cantray  hir  spouse  for  his 
entres  passive,'  and  which  was  thereafter  transferred  by  the 
said  Lords'  decreet  pronounced  7th  November  1621,  '  in 
William  Dollas  of  Cantray,  sone  and  air  to  the  said  umquhill 
Marjorie  Dollas  quha  wes  dochter  to  the  said  umquhill  Hendrie 
Dollas  appeirand  of  Cantray  pronevoy  and  air  of  the  said 
umquhill  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray  hir  guidschir,  procreat 
betwix  hir  and  the  said  umquhill  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray 
hir  spous  passive,  and  which  is  since  transferred  by  the  said 
Lords'  decreet  on  8th  July  last  in  the  said  complainer,'  as  heir 
to  the  said  John  Grant  of  Freuchie.  This  contract  the  said 
William  Dollas  now  of  Cantray  has  not  yet  observed  and  will 
not  unless  compelled,  but  intends  to  sell  and  dispone  upon  the 
said  lands.  Whereupon  inhibition  isused,dated  10th  February 
1624,  and  execution  made  on  3rd  April  1624,  at  the  place  of 
Cantrey,  where  William  Dollas  now  of  Cantrey  dwells  and 
makes  his  residence  and  where  '  his  wyff,  bairns  and  servantis 
wes  for  the  present.'  The  messenger,  it  is  added,  '  knockit 
nyne  severall  knockis.'  (Reg.  Horn,  and  Irihib.,  Inverness,  v.) 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  Rothiemurchus  had  for  many  years 
been  in  the  actual  possession  of  the  Grants,  and  that  Easter 
Urquhart,  Cantraydoun,  Dalgramich  and  the  barony  of 
Clovag  or  Clava  was  securely  held  by  the  Roses  of  Clava,  it 
is  difficult  to  understand  the  persistence  of  the  Grants  of 
Freuquhy  in  demanding  performance  of  this  contract,  but 
that  the  Dallases'  right  to  Rothiemurchus  was  recognised  is 
proved  by  the  issue  of  Crown  precepts,  dated  at  Edinburgh, 
30th  August  1626,  directing  Sir  John  Grant  of  Freuchy  and 
'  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantrey,  baron  of  Rathamurchus,'  as 
superiors,  to  give  sasine  to  Maria  and  Christina  Bayne,  two 
of  the  three  granddaughters  of  the  deceased  Andrew  Bayne 
M'Kinnauch  of  Kennapoill,  in  their  respective  thirds  of 


148  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Kennapoill,   in  the  barony  of  Rathamurchus.     (Mackintosh 
Mun.,  82.) 

On  18th  September  1634,  William  Dallas  was  chosen, 
among  others,  to  act  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  sheriffdom 
of  Nairn,  his  neighbour  the  Baron  of  Kilraack  being  nominated 
convener.  (Reg.  Priv.  Counc.,  2  ser.,  v.  p.  388.) 

On  28th  March  1636,  John  Campbell,  fiar  of  Calder,  granted 
a  charter  of  alienation  and  confirmation  (registered  25th 
May  following)  to  William  Dollas  of  Cantray,  in  favour  of 
himself  in  liferent  and  fee,  and  to  Alexander  Dollas,  his  eldest 
son  procreat  betwix  him  and  Jonet  Campbell,  his  spouse, 
and  to  the  heirs-male  lawfully  to  be  procreated  of  his  body, 
whom  failing,  to  the  heirs- male  whomsoever  lawfully  procreate 
or  to  be  procreated  betwixt  the  said  William  Dollas  and  his 
said  spouse  heritably,  whom  failing,  to  the  heirs- male  lawfully 
procreate  or  to  be  procreated  of  the  body  of  the  said  William 
Dollas,  whom  all  failing  to  the  lawful  and  nearest  heirs-male 
and  assignees  whomsoever  of  the  said  William  Dollas  bearing 
the  surname  and  arms  of  Dollas,  of  the  lands  of  Cantray  Leis 
with  manor  place,  tower,  etc.,  and  mill  and  mill  lands  thereof, 
and  also  of  the  lands  of  Cantray  Freis  and  Drummin,  with 
houses,  etc.,  in  the  barony  of  Strathnairn  in  the  shire  of 
Inverness.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  315.) 

In  the  two  following  years  William  Dallas  acquired  two 
small  properties  by  purchase.  On  llth  May  1637  sasine  was 
given  on  charter  by  William  Ross  of  Teirfogreine  in  favour  of 
William  Dollas  of  Cantray  in  liferent,  and  to  John  Dollas,  his 
second  lawful  son  heritably,  of  the  lands  of  Terfogrein  with 
pertinents,  together  with  the  salmon  fishing  called  Poile 
Dowy  upon  the  water  of  Findhorne  in  the  thanage  of  Calder 
and  shire  of  Nairn.  The  precept  is  subscribed  at  Calder,  14th 
June  1636,  by  the  said  William  Ross,  Jonet  Neyne  Donachie, 
his  spouse,  and  by  Shiak  Dollas  '  for  his  interest,'  in  presence 
of  Colin  Campbell  of  Breachlie  and  others.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin 
and  Nairn,  iii.  fol.  130.)  Shiak  or  Shaw  Dollas  must  have  been 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY          149 

a  near  relative,  but  unfortunately  cannot  be  identified.  Then 
on  2nd  February  1638  there  is  sasine  on  charter,  dated  at 
Inverness,  23rd  January  1638,  by  John  M'Quein  in  Coull, 
with  consent  of  Agnes  Campbell,  his  spouse,  in  favour  of 
William  Dollas  of  Cantray  in  liferent,  and  to  John  Dollas  his 
lawful  son  heritably  and  his  successors  whomsoever,  of  the 
lands  of  Little  Conlachan,  with  houses,  parts,  pendicles,  and 
pertinents  thereof  and  salmon  fishings  on  the  water  of 
Findhorn.  William  Dollas,  servitor  to  William  Dollas  of 
Cantray,  is  one  of  the  witnesses.  (Ibid.,  fol.  161.)  These 
lands  were,  however,  afterwards  settled  upon  the  second  wife 
of  the  Laird. 

At  this  time,  and  for  some  years  afterwards,  Dallas  was 
much  occupied  with  the  affairs  of  his  neighbours  at  Cawdor. 
On  the  marriage  of  his  son  John,  thereafter  styled  '  the  Fiar,' 
Sir  John  Campbell  resigned  the  fee  of  his  estate  to  him,  but 
on  19th  September  1639  the  young  thane  was  cognosced  a 
lunatic,  and  his  affairs  fell  into  the  hands  of  his  tutors,  first,  his 
brother  Colin,  who  died  in  1642,  and  secondly,  his  brother 
George,  who  continued  to  act  as  tutor  until  the  death  of  John 
'  the  Fiar '  without  male  issue  in  1654.  What  Dallas' s  legal 
status  may  have  been  has  not  transpired,  but  he  was  probably 
one  of  the  curators  of  the  thane,  as  he  was  later  of  Hugh 
Campbell  of  Cawdor,  his  nephew  and  successor.  Thus,  in  one 
of  the  tutor's  discharges  for  the  year  1639,  he  records  that  he 
had  '  depursit  quhilk  was  spent  be  Dolles  of  Cantra  out  of  the 
rentis  of  Ardroseir  in  Murray,  quhilk  pertenit  to  me  the  said 
Coleine,  quhilk  Dollas  spent  into  the  Lairdis  effaires  in  supplie- 
ing  of  the  Lairdis  place  at  all  meitingis  quher  he  was  requyreit 
be  the  Committies  in  the  northe,  and  for  goeing  as  heidis  man 
with  the  lairdis  men  to  all  thair  convocatiounes  quhilk  the 
publick  had  aganis  the  ante  covenantaris  bothe  in  the 
shirradome  of  Aberden  Banff  Elgeine  Forres  Name  and 
Inuernes  1638,  1639,  1640  £433,  6s.  8d.'  Whether  the  sum 
of  £37  '  given  out  till  beare  John  Dollas  his  charges  and  the 


150  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

tua  men  that  went  about  from  Glasgow  with  the  munitioun 
to  Ilia,'  was  paid  to  Dallas's  second  son  or  to  some  other 
John  Dallas  is  impossible  to  determine.  (Gawd.,  297-8.) 
Following  on  the  death  of  Colin,  tutor  of  Cawdor,  Sir  Donald 
Campbell  of  Ardnamorchyn  and  three  other  Campbells, 
friends  of  the  house  of  Cawdor,  wrote  to  Dallas  from  Coulna- 
dallich,  30th  September  1642 :  '  Right  worthie  and  lowing 
freind — Seing  we  ar  inf ormit  that  the  umquhill  tutor  of  Calder 
knawing  himself  diseasit  withdrew  himselfi  to  your  hous  as  he 
aucht  of  deutye,  and  left  with  yow  the  keyis  of  the  trunkes 
quherin  the  richtis  of  the  estait  of  Calder  and  his  awin  lyes, 
it  is  expedient  that  ye  preserwe  weill  these  keis  and  give  thame 
to  no  man  as  ye  tender  the  standing  of  the  hous  and  the  weill 
of  the  orphanes  that  he  left  behind  him  untill  the  tyme  with 
consent  of  the  speciall  freindis  ye  delywer  thame  to  these 
quha  hes  best  entres  therto,  quhilk  we  ar  confident  ye  will  do, 
knawing  yow  weill  sett  for  the  standing  of  the  hous  and 
orphanes.'  (Cawd.,  289.)  That  the  tutor  '  aucht  of  deutye  ' 
to  retire  to  the  house  of  Cantray  indicates  the  intimate  re- 
lations existing  between  Cawdor  and  Cantray.  The  orphans 
were  the  children  of  the  tutor  Colin,  the  son,  Hugh,  afterwards 
succeeding  to  Cawdor.  Another  letter  on  the  affairs  of 
Cawdor,  dated  from  Ardchattan,  17th  October  1642,  is  from 
Archibald  Campbell  of  Leragis,  Dallas's  brother-in-law,  and 
is  wholly  devoted  to  the  state  of  things  produced  by  the  death 
of  the  tutor.  It  concludes  '  in  heast  with  my  best  wissis  ever 
rememberit  to  all  weill  affectit  freindis  thair,  especially  my 
sweit  sister  your  bedfellow,'  and  is  superscribed  '  For  my 
verie  worthie  and  loveing  brother  William  Dolles  of  Cantra.' 

While  thus  engaged  in  the  affairs  of  his  neighbour  he  was 
not  neglectful  of  his  own,  for  it  must  have  been  at  this  time 
that  he  rebuilt  Cantray  house.  Who  was  its  architect  and 
what  its  aspect  there  is  now  nothing  to  tell,  but  when,  some 
two  hundred  years  later,  it  was  demolished  to  make  room  for 
the  present  mansion,  two  carved  stones  were  preserved,  on 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  151 

one  of  which  was  the  monogram  of  Dallas  and  his  wife,  and  on 
the  other  a  shield  bearing  the  fess  and  three  stars  of  Dallas, 
and  the  date  1641.  These  stones  were  given  to  Miss  Elizabeth 


Jane  Dallas,  who  placed  them  on  the  front  of  her  house,  12 
Church  Street,  Nairn,  and  on  her  death  passed  to  Mr.  Thomas 
Yorke  Dallas-  Yorke  of  Walmsgate.  The  mason  who  removed 
the  blocks  stated  that  there  was  a  third  stone,  on  which  were 
represented  '  ships  and  other  pictures,'  but  as  it  was  broken 
it  was  not  preserved  :  these  figures  must  have  represented 
the  arms  of  Campbell  of  Cawdor,  placed  there  to  commemo- 
rate Dallas's  marriage  with  Janet  Campbell. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Scottish  Parliament  held  15th  August 
1643,  it  was  resolved  to  grant  a  sum  of  twelve  hundred  thousand 
merks  Scots,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  ten  thousand  men, 
as  the  late  Parliament,  '  taking  to  thair  consideratioune  the 
rebellioun  in  Ireland  and  danger  upon  that  occasioun  threatned 
against  the  protestant  religioune  Did  theirupon  and  out  of 
thair  affectione  to  the  Kingdome  of  Ingland  '  recommend. 
For  the  collection  of  this  subvention  eight  sub-collectors  were 
appointed  for  the  sheriffdom  of  Nairn,  George  Campbell, 
brother  to  the  laird  of  Caddell,  and  William  Dollace  of  Contra 
being  named  '  conveineres  for  the  first  meiting  and  thairefter 
the  rest  of  the  shyre  to  mak  choyse  of  thair  awin.'  (Acts 
Parl.  ScotL,  VL  i.  p.  26.) 

As  one  of  the  curators  of  the  youthful  Thane  of  Cawdor, 
Dallas  was  the  first  of  six  signatories  of  a  letter  dated  at 
Calder,  22nd  April  1650,  setting  forth  that  '  the  freindis  of  the 
hous  of  Calder  .  .  .  fyndis  it  necessar  that  ther  be  sex  sojoris 
with  the  present  porter  and  watch,  be  brought  in  for  main- 
teining  the  hous  off  Calder  dureing  the  present  and  apareand 
trublis'  (Gawd.,  291)  ;  and  a  month  later  the  tutor  of  Cawdor 
writes  to  Mr.  Alexander  Delias  of  Galcantray  :  '  Quhen  the 


152  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Laird  [of  Cawdor]  his  tyme  runes  with  you  I  have  given 
ordoris  to  Cantray  and  his  sone  to  convoy  him  to  Lome  .  .  ., 
and  quhen  ye  have  delyvered  the  Laird  to  Cantray  and  his 
sone,  faill  not  to  give  young  Cantray  suche  furnishing  as  heirin 
specifeit  viz.  tuo  feather  bedis  tuo  bolsteris  tuo  coveringis  2 
guid  whyte  plaidis  2  stand  of  curtines  with  their  pandis  3 
paire  of  sheitis  2  pair  of  codis.  And  stent  horse  of  the  countrie 
people  to  carye  thir  thingis  to  Innerlochie,  and  let  Cantray 
and  his  sone  with  yow  stent  as  maney  of  the  Lairdis  tennentis 
and  vassalis  to  convoy  him  as  Cantray  thinkis  expedient.' 
(Cawdor,  293.)  The  '  trublis  '  here  alluded  to  are,  of  course, 
those  following  the  execution  of  King  Charles  L  and  the 
establishment  of  the  Commonwealth  in  England :  a  journey 
from  Strathnairn  to  Lorn  with  a  little  boy  only  eleven 
years  of  age  must  have  been  one  of  no  small  danger  and 
difficulty. 

At  this  time  the  Laird  made  a  small  purchase  of  property. 
James  Cuthbert,  who  succeeded  the  deceased  Colin  Campbell 
as  Sheriff-depute  of  Nairn,  on  3rd  August  1650  disponed  in 
favour  of  William  Dollas  of  Cantray,  the  half  davach  lands  of 
Braichlies  called  Calder's  Braichlie,  with  the  pendicle  thereof 
called  Bellalaggan,  in  the  thanage  of  Calder,  which  he  had 
acquired  of  John  Campbell  of  Calder  with  consent  of  George 
Campbell,  his  brother  german,  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the 
disposition  being  Alexander  Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantray :  sasine 
was  given  the  same  day.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn,  30th 
Sept.  1650 ;  Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  49.) 

The  intolerable  persecution  to  which  the  members  of  the 
Church  were  often  subjected  under  the  specious  forms  of 
kirk  discipline  has  been  frequently  referred  to  by  writers  on 
Scottish  manners,  and  no  better  example  could  be  found 
than  a  case  against  the  laird  of  Cantray,  which  is  recorded  in 
great  detail  in  the  Session  Records  of  Croy. 

On  12th  August  1649  '  the  session  did  nominat  William 
Dolas  of  Cantrey  and  Alexander  Ros  in  Cantredoune  as  rouling 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  153 

elderie,'  and  on  the  21st  July  following  appears  the  following 
entry : — 

'Convenit  minister  and  elders. 

'  Having  incallit  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

'  The  quiche  day  the  minister  being  inf  ormeit  of  ane  scandall 
upon  William  Dolas  of  Cantray  quhe  being  sitting  in  sessione 
as  ane  elder  is  removit  to  have  no  place  thair  till  he  be  free  of 
the  said  scandall.  .  .  . 

'28  July.  The  quiche  day  William  Dolles  of  Cantray 
being  cittit  and  compearit  being  askit  concerning  the  former 
scandell  with  Agnis  Morisone  his  miller's  wife  answerit  that  he 
was  willing  and  desyrent  that  the  minister  and  elders  use  all 
kand  of  tryall  they  could  and  withall  defyeing  them  to  the 
uttermoist  to  prouve  anie  presumptione  and  withall  yet  com- 
pleines  upon  minister  and  elders  that  upon  ane  simple  repoirt 
to  rese  aine  citation  against  him.  .  .  . 

'11  August.  The  minister  and  aldaris  having  advysit 
concerning  the  scandell  reporttit  upon  William  Dolas  of 
Cantrey  hes  thought  it  expedient  to  wairnet  such  personis 
as  ar  neirest  dwelling  at  Dolas  houss  to  be  cittit  to  the  nixt 
sessione  daye.  .  .  .' 

On  18th  August,  John  M'Farquar,  John  Flach,  and  Arthur 
Tulloch,  all  sworn  and  examined,  stated  that  they  had  seen 
no  hanting  between  Dolas  and  Agnis  Morrison,  and  had  never 
seen  her  go  into  Dolas' s  house  except  with  her  husband. 
Alexander  M'Phail,  Milware,  Morrison's  husband,  was  also 
examined,  but  declared  he  had  seen  nothing  and  had  no 
suspicions.  He  admitted  a  story  about  some  one  coming  to 
his  bed  at  night,  and  that  he  had  pursued  the  person  and 
another  man  with  his  sword,  but  he  could  not  swear  it  was 
Dolas  of  Cantray. 

'3  September.  .  .  .  The  quiche  daye  the  alderie  being 
askit  qut  tryall  thai  had  maid  concerning  th*  scandall  laid 
gams  William  Dolas  of  Cantrey  answerit  thai  have  serchit 
al  the  wayes  thaii  could  but  could  find  na  foder  y^oir  thaii 


154  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

to  be  advysit  againe  the  nixt  sessione  daye  and  so  that  he  may 
be  reponent  againe  as  ane  elder  ais  befoir.  .  .  . 

*  15  September.  .  .  .  The  quich  daye  the  minister  having 
askit  the  elderie  according  to  the  aith  of  fidelity  in  thr  chairge 
to  declare  qut  thai  did  knawe  or  heir  concerning  William 
Dolas  of  Cantrey  in  that  scandel  lad  againe  him  giffe  thai  did 
try  any  privat  hanting  betwix  the  said  William  Dolas  and  his 
milwars  wyffe  thai  being  severallie  askit  be  thr  namis  Declairis 
that  thai  could  not  heir  nor  find  ani  privat  hant  betwix  thaie 
persons  but  onlie  the  vulgar  report  and  thaii  had  na  fudder  to 
saye  in  that  bissinis. 

'The  minister  to  advise. the  presbytery  that  they  had  no 
further  process,  etc.' 

Thus  for  two  weary  months  was  the  victim  of  'vulgar 
report '  subjected  to  the  ignominy  of  an  examination  more 
trying  than  that  of  any  court  of  law,  subject  to  the  lying 
testimony  of  enemies  and  protected  by  no  rules  of  procedure. 
In  many  cases,  of  course,  where  the  victims  of  '  delation ' 
were  a  young  man  and  maiden,  the  results  of  the  system  were 
still  more  cruel,  as  in  the  case  of  Alexander  Dallas  in  the  Brae 
of  Cantray  and  Margaret  Law,  who  were  delated  at  Croy 
on  28th  February  1647,  and  appearing  before  the  Session  on 
7th  March,  '  did  declair  them  selffies  upon  yr  oith  that  thai 
war  frie  of  the  alledgit  scandall.'  They  were  apparently 
exonerated,  and  were  married  at  Inverness,  29th  May  1649. 
It  may  be  added  that  Alexander  Dallas  died  in  January  1678, 
his  testament  being  given  up  by  the  widow.  By  his  will  he 
left  his  property  to  his  wife,  Margaret  Law,  and  his  daughter 
Margaret  Dallas,  and  a  legacy  to  John  Dallas,  his  brother's 
son ;  the  witnesses  to  his  will  were  Hugh  Delias  in  Cantray, 
John  Dollas  there,  and  William  M'Intosh  in  Dalkroce.  These 
Dallases  were  probably  relatives  of  Cantray,  but  their  con- 
nection with  the  family  has  not  been  ascertained. 

On  12th  September  1651,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  and 
Alexander  Dallas,  his  eldest  son,  executed  a  procuratory 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  155 

for  resigning  the  lands  of  Cantraylees,  extending  to  three 
merk  land  of  old  extent,  and  the  lands  of  Cantrayfres  and 
Drummore,  extending  to  a  twenty  shilling  land  of  old  extent, 
in  favour  and  for  new  infeftment  of  the  same  to  the  said 
William  Dallas  in  liferent,  and  Alexander  Dallas  in  fee. 
(Cantray  Charters.)  An  instrument  of  resignation  followed 
(Ibid.),  and  on  the  same  day  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor  granted 
a  charter  of  resignation  and  confirmation  with  a  de  novo 
damns  of  these  lands,  together  with  the  miln  and  miln  lands 
thereof,  to  the  same  persons  (Ibid.),  and  the  instrument  of 
sasine  thereon  is  dated  23rd  February  1651-2.  (Ibid.) 

Of  the  death  of  Janet  Campbell,  the  Laird's  first  wife, 
there  is  no  record,  but  in  1651  he  is  found  marrying  again. 
The  marriage  contract  is  dated  at  Cantray  and  Suddie,  8th 
and  21st  January  1651-2,  between  William  Dallas  of  Cantray 
and  Alexander  Dunbar  of  Bennetsfield,  as  taking  burden  on 
himself  for  Christian  Dunbar,  his  lawful  sister.  Dallas 
undertakes  to  invest  her,  '  his  future  spouse,'  in  liferent,  and 
the  children  of  the  marriage  in  fee,  hi  the  lands  of  Teirphogreine, 
Little  Conlachane,  and  salmon  fishings  on  the  Findhorn,  and 
in  Calder's  Bracklie  and  Bellalagan,  and  she  and  her  brother 
oblige  themselves  to  convey  what  estate  she  may  derive  from 
her  late  father,  John  Dunbar  of  Bennetsfield.  The  contract 
is  signed  by  William  Dallas  at  Cantray,  8th  January  1651, 
before  Colin  Dunbar,  brother  german  to  the  said  Alexander 
Dunbar,  and  James  Anderson,  Sheriff  Clerk  of  Nairn,  and  by 
Alexander  Dunbar  and  Christian  Dunbar  at  Suddie,  21st 
January  1651,  before  George  Dunbar,  brother  german  to  the 
said  Alexander  Dunbar  and  William  Dunbar  in  Lochloy.  (Tain 
Records,  vol.  ii.  7  Sept.  1671.)  Sasine  was  given  3rd  March 
1651,  Colin  Dunbar,  the  bride's  brother,  acting  as  her  attorney, 
and  in  the  record  the  fishings  of  Terphograine  are  stated  to  be 
'  called  Poldowie.'  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn,  iv.  fol.  55.) 

On  3rd  May  1656,  John  Campbell,  '  now  of  Auchindoun,' 
resigned  the  lands  of  Carnoche  and  Drynachan  to  Hutcheone 


156  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Campbell,  with  consent  of  Alexander  Dolles,  fiar  of  Cantrey, 
one  of  his  curators,  one  witness  being  James  Dolles  in  Budgett, 
and  on  the  22nd  May  following  sasine  of  these  lands  was 
given  to  John  Campbell  of  Auchindoun,  as  nearest  heir  to 
James  Campbell  of  Auchindoun,  his  grandfather,  on  a  precept 
of  entry,  dated  2nd  May  1656,  by  Hutcheon  Campbell  of 
Calder,  with  consent  of  his  curators,  one  of  whom  is  William 
Dallas  of  Cantrey.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn.) 

For  some  unexplained  reason  the  Laird  had  neglected  to 
enter  his  son  as  heir  of  the  lands  of  Croy,  and  accordingly  in 
the  Court  of  the  Eegality  sitting  9th  October  1660  he  appears 
as  one  of  those  fined  for  the  non-entry  of  the  righteous  heirs 
to  their  lands,  and  the  lands  are  decerned  in  the  superiors' 
hands.  Two  years  later,  however,  on  9th  October  1662,  in 
the  same  Court,  '  Alexander  Dolace  of  Cantrae  producit  his 
seasing  under  the  hand  off  Alexander  Dunbar  notar  publict 
off  the  dait  the  second  off  July  1628  registrat  in  the  Register 
of  the  seasings  off  Invernes  at  Chanonrie  by  William  Lauder 
Clerk  on  the  second  July  1628  and  seit  rollit.'  (Court  Book, 
Regality  of  Spynie.) 

A  trial  for  witchcraft  held  at  Aulderne,  13th  April  1662,  in 
which  Issobell  Gowdie,  spouse  to  John  Gilbert,  in  Lochloy, 
makes  an  interesting  confession,  which  is  too  long  for  re- 
production here,  shows  that  at  this  time  the  Laird  was  filling 
the  office  of  Sheriff-depute  of  the  sheriffdom  of  Nairn  (Pitcairn, 
Grim.  Trials),  and  he  is  so  described  on  29th  October  of  the 
same  year  when,  as  bailie,  he  gives  sasine  of  the  lands  of 
Kilravok  to  Hugh  Ros  of  Kilravok  as  nearest  heir  of  Hugh 
Ros  of  Kilravok,  his  father.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn.) 

On  15th  June  1664  suspension  of  horning  was  granted 
at  the  instance  of  William  Dollas  of  Cantrey,  against  Elizabeth 
Campbell,  relict  of  Donald  Campbell,  lawful  son  to  the  de- 
ceased John  Campbell,  of  Inchgeddell,  by  whom  he  has  been 
charged  to  wair  and  employ  a  sum  of  600  merks,  on  land  to  be 
forthcoming  to  her  in  liferent,  and  that  by  advice  of  Colin 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY  157 

Campbell  of  Dunolidad  (?)  and  Mr.  David  Campbell,  minister 
at  Carristowie,  in  terms  of  the  contract  of  marriage  made 
between  John  Campbell,  portioner  of  Stedobreys,  for  himself 
and  the  said  charger  and  the  said  Donald  Campbell  as  principal 
with  the  complainer,  and  Mr.  James  Campbell,  of  Moy,  as  his 
cautioner,  dated  6th  and  27th  April  1636.  The  suspension 
is  granted  on  the  plea  that  the  time  had  not  yet  come,  as  it 
was  only  to  be  when  the  tocher  of  500  merks  was  paid.  (Reg. 
Homings,  Inverness,  vi.)  The  widow  failed  to  get  satisfaction, 
and  assigned  her  right  to  one  who  transferred  it  to  William 
Dallas,  son  to  the  deceased  John  Dallas,  sometime  in  Islay, 
and  he,  as  assignee  of  a  sum  now  of  800  merks,  sues  Campbell 
of  Moy  for  the  amount.  (Decreets,  Court  of  Sess.,  Dairy mple 
Office.)  The  relationship  of  these  two  Dallases  to  the  Laird 
cannot,  unfortunately,  be  traced.  [Unless  John  Dallas  who 
went  to  Islay  was  the  second  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray. 
The  fact  that  his  son  was  called  William  Dallas  supports  this 
view. — ED.] 

On  8th  April  1667  the  Laird  signed  a  charter  of  the  lands 
of  Budgate,  cited  elsewhere,  as  one  of  the  curators  of  Sir  Hugh 
Campbell  of  Cawdor,  and  this  is  the  latest  notice  of  him 
which  has  occurred.  His  death  is  recorded  in  the  '  Diary  of 
Alexander  Brodie,'  on  24th  October  1671  :  '  I  heard  of  the 
death  of  old  Cantra,  and  desires  to  be  instructed,  and  was 
cald  to  his  burial  against  the  26.' 

Although  twice  married,  only  three  sons  of  William  Dallas 
are  mentioned  in  the  records — Alexander,  his  heir,  John,  and 
(by  the  second  marriage)  Hugh,  afterwards  of  Brackley. 

JOHN  DALLAS,  the  second  son,  has  already  been  mentioned 
as  having  a  heritable  interest  in  his  father's  purchases  of 
Terfogrein  and  Little  Conlachan.  His  name  first  occurs  on 
10th  August  1636  in  a  registration  of  horning  by  '  John 
Dollas  second  lawful  son  to  William  Dollas  of  Cantray,'  and 
the  said  William  Dallas  as  '  lawful  administrator  '  to  him, 


158  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

against  Alexander  Montgomerie  of  Little  Orkney,  who  by 
bond,  dated  6th  November  1634,  is  due  440  merks  which  he 
borrowed  from  the  said  John  Dallas,  besides  interest.  (Reg. 
Homings,  Inverness,  vol.  ix.  fol.  74.)  On  8th  June  1643, 
John  Dallas  was  a  witness  to  the  sasine  of  William  Campbell 
of  Auchindoun  as  son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  James  Campbell 
of  Auchindoun,  in  which  his  father  acted  as  bailie.  (Reg. 
Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn,  iii.  fol.  315) ;  and  he  was  also  witness 
to  a  precept  of  dare  constat,  dated  at  Calder,  30th  August 
1648,  by  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  in  favour  of  James  M'Intosh, 
son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  Mr.  Angus  M'Intosh,  prior  of 
Kingussie,  of  the  lands  of  Drumdich  in  the  barony  of  Dun-is. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn,  vii.  fol.  94.)  Finally,  he  is 
found  as  a  witness  of  his  father's  procuratory  of  resignation  of 
12th  September  1651.  After  this  he  cannot  be  identified,  and 
as  the  lands  of  Terf  ogrein  and  Little  Conlachan,  to  which  he  had 
a  heritable  right,  were  shortly  afterwards  settled  upon  his 
father's  second  spouse,  the  possibility  is  that  he  died  between 
September  1651  and  February  1652,  though  there  is  a  tempta- 
tion to  identify  him  with  a  John  Dallas,  styled  '  of  Cantra,' 
who  occurs  as  an  elder  of  Croy,  15th  May  1682,  and  whose 
damaged  tombstone  in  the  kirkyard  of  Croy  still  records : 
'  Here  lies  ane  honest  man  John  Dallas  .  .  .  his  spouse  and 
their  posteritie  1688.'  The  editor  is  inclined  to  favour  the 
view  that  he  went  to  Islay  and  became  the  progenitor  of  the 
family  found  there. 

The  third  son,  HUGH  DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE,  obtained  a 
wadset  of  these  lands  on  23rd  March  1681.  He,  however,  con- 
veyed them  to  his  eldest  brother,  Alexander  of  Cantray,  on 
17th  October  1684.  (Great  Seal,  19th  December  1694.)  He  is 
described  late  of  Bracklie  on  7th  November  1696.  (Inverness 
Sasines,  vi.  89.)  He  married  Christian,  second  daughter  of 
Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall,  in  1684.  (Elgin  Sasines, 
iii.  178, 1st  July  1684. )  He  had  two  children  at  least — William 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  CANTRAY 


159 


Dallas  in  Balmachree  and  a  younger  brother  John  Dallas  in 
Dalziel.  William  Dallas  married  Grishald  M'Intosh,  daughter 
of  John  M'Intosh  of  Dalmigivie,  on  13th  August  1709  and 
had  the  following  children :  (1)  Hugh,  baptized  10th 
September  1710;  (2)  Christian,  baptized  24th  July  1712; 

(3)  John,    baptized    22nd    December    1716 ;     (4)    Marjorie, 
baptized  12th  March  1719 ;   (5)  Ann,  baptized  2nd  September 
1720.     (Petty  Par.  Reg.)     (Balmachree   means  Town  of  my 
Heart.) 

John  Dallas  in  Dalziel  married  Marjorie  M'Intosh  (pro- 
claimed 19th  August  1712)  (Petty  Par.  Reg.),  granddaughter 
of  John  M'Intosh  there,  and  had  the  following  children  : 
(1)  Donald,  baptized  10th  May  1714  ;  (2)  Lachlan,  baptized 
25th  March  1716  ;  (3)  Margaret,  baptized  15th  March  1718  ; 

(4)  William,    baptized   27th   December   1719;    (5)    Isabella, 
baptized  22nd  December  1724;    (6)  a  child,  baptized   20th 
January  1726 ;  (7)  John,  baptized  26th  July  1727 ;  (8)  Janet, 
baptized  19th  January  1729  ;  (9)  John,  baptized  30th  March 
1731.     (Petty  Par.  Reg.) 

BRACKLIE 

Hugh  Dallas,  third  son  of = Christian,  second  daughter 


William  Dallas  of  Can- 
tray,  and  eldest  son  of 
second  marriage.  Had 
wadsetof  Bracklie,22nd 
March  1681.  Married 
1684. 


of  Alexander  Urquhart 
of  Newhall. 


1 

William     Dallas     iu  = 
Balmachree.    Mar- 
ried   13th   August 
1709. 

=Grishald     M'Intosh, 
daughter  of  John 
M'Intosh   of    Dal- 
migivie. 

1 
John    Dallas    in= 
Dalziel. 

=  Marjorie  M'Intosh. 

I       I       I    ^1~    II         I        I      I      I  I      I  I 

Hugh,  Chris-    John,  Mar-     Ann,    Donald,      Lach-  Mar-  Wm.,  Isa-  ?  John,  Janet,  John, 

bap.        tian,      bap.     jorie,   bap.        bap.           Ian,  garet,  bap.  bella,  bap.  bap.  bap.  bap. 

10th         bap.  bap.  27th  bap.  20th  26th  19th  30th 

May         25th  15th  Dec.  22nd  Jany.  July  Jany.  Mar. 

Mar.  Mar.  1719.  Deo.  1726.  1727.  1729.  1731. 

1716.  1718.  1724. 


10th      bap.  22nd  bap.  2nd 

Sep.       24th  Deo.  12th  Sep. 

1710.      July  1716.  Mar.  1720.      1714. 

1712.  1719. 


See  page  431  for  continuation  of  the  history  of  this  family. 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY,  the  eldest  son  and  successor 
of  William  Dallas,  appears  to  have  been  born  in  1617,  and 
was  inf eft  in  certain  of  his  father's  lands  in  his  infancy.  While 
still  an  infant  he  appears  to  have  become  '  fiar '  of  Croy, 
for  in  a  charter,  dated  at  Elgin  7th  May  1628,  John  Bishop  of 
Moray  granted  to  Jonet  Campbell,  spouse  of  William  Delias 
of  Cantra  in  liferent,  and  Alexander,  their  eldest  son,  and 
his  heirs-male  bearing  the  name  and  arms  of  Dallas,  and 
his  assignees  heritably,  the  lands  of  Croy  in  the  barony  of 
Ardclache.  Sasine  was  given  on  2nd  July  1628,  Patrick 
Dollas,  servant  to  the  said  William  Dollas,  being  procurator 
for  Alexander  (Part.  Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  89),  and 
when,  many  years  later,  a  question  of  ownership  was  raised  in 
the  Regality  Court  of  Spynie,  this  sasine  was  produced  in 
evidence  on  9th  October  1662,  as  already  related. 

On  2nd  May  1642  a  charter  was  granted  by  Alexander 
Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantray,  with  consent  of  his  father  and  mother, 
in  favour  of  Christian  Dunbar,  eldest  lawful  daughter  of  Ninian 
Dunbar  of  Granghill,  in  liferent,  in  implement  of  a  contract 
of  marriage,  of  the  town  and  lands  of  Croy,  with  the  kill  and 
croft  thereof.  Amongst  the  witnesses  were  Robert  Dunbar, 
apparent  of  Granghill,  and  William  Dollas  of  Budzett.  To 
the  sasine,  given  on  the  same  day,  the  fiar  is  himself  a  witness. 
(Part.  Beg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vi.  fol.  44.)  And  on  the  same 
date  he  granted  another  charter  in  favour  of  Christian  Dunbar, 
his  future  spouse,  of  the  town  and  lands  of  Cantray  Frische, 
the  sasine  being  witnessed  by  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas,  apparent 
of  Budzett,  Patrick  Dollas,  maltman  in  Dollas  Cantray,  Hugh 

160 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY   161 

Delias,  his  servitor,  and  William  Delias,  servitor  to  Mr. 
James  Campbell  of  Moy,  while  to  the  precept  William  Dollas 
of  Budzett  is  a  witness.  (Ibid.,  415.) 

On  a  charter,  dated  at  Boith,  21st  September  1640,  by 
Patrick  Paipley  and  Bessie  Dunbar,  his  spouse,  sasine  was 
given  to  Alexander  Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantray,  and  Christian 
Dunbar,  '  now  '  his  spouse,  on  31st  July  1646,  of  that  part  of 
the  lands  of  Meikle  Geddes  now  called  the  lands  of  Brounehill, 
in  the  shire  of  Nairn  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elgin  and  Nairn,  iii.  fol.  367), 
but  this  was  merely  a  wadset,  which  was  subsequently  re- 
deemed. 

Like  his  father,  the  fiar  became  an  elder  in  his  parish 
kirk  of  Croy,  his  first  appearance  in  that  capacity  being  on 
26th  August  1648,  when  he,  as  '  ane  ruling  Elder  is  nominat 
to  go  in  to  the  presbetrie  '  (Sess.  Minute  Book,  Croy),  and  on 
14th  October  following  he  and  Mr.  Alexander  Dolas  of  Galla 
Ca'trezie  are  included  in  the  list  of  '  honest  personis '  whom 
the  minister  had  required  to  be  '  choissine  and  nominat  as 
elderie.'  (Ibid.)  Again,  on  31st  March  1650,  '  according  to 
the  order  of  or  kirk  William  Rose  of  Clava  put  hi  leitt 
with  Alexander  Dolas  fiar  of  Cantreye  to  be  votit  to  go 
to  Elgin  to  the  provincial  Assemblie  being  the  2  of 
Apryll '  (Ibid. ),  but  the  record  does  not  disclose  the  success- 
ful candidate. 

A  bond  and  disposition  dated  at  Cantray,  12th  February 
1653-4,  and  witnessed  by  Robert  Dunbar  hi  Dalchouse  and 
John  Carlyle  in  Calliecantray  [sic],  the  writer  of  the  deed, 
sets  forth  that :  David  Ross  of  Home  for  as  much  as  the 
deceased  John  Ross  of  Holme,  by  disposition  dated  at  Elgin 
22nd  May  1608,  sold  to  the  deceased  Sir  John  Campbell  of 
Calder  the  town  and  lands  of  Croy,  with  the  brewhouse  and 
brewhouse  croft  thereof  and  pertinents  in  the  barony  of 
Ardclach,  to  be  holden  upon  the  conditions  and  provisions 
contained  in  the  securities  made  thereupon,  the  said  deceased 
Sir  John  Campbell  did  sell  and  dispone  to  Alexander  Dollas 


162  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

fiar  of  Cantray,  his  heirs-male  and  assignees  '  to  be  holden 
upon  the  conditions  reservations  provisions  and  for  payment 
as  is  contained  in  the  security  made  thereupon 

•  ••••••• 

and  for  certain  onerous  causes  and  for  and  in  corroboration 
and  strengthening  to  the  foresaid  disposition  of  the  lands  with 
the  pertinents  thereof  lyand  as  said  is  Witt  ye  me  the  said 
David  Ross  to  have  renounced  quitclaimed  and  simpliciter 
discharged  the  said  David  Ross  [sic]  likeas  I  by  thir  presents 
quitclaim  and  simpliciter  discharge  analzie  and  dispone  of 
and  from  me  and  my  heirs  and  successors  to  and  in  favours 
of  the  said  Alexander  Dollas  his  heirs  and  foresaids  all  and 
haul  whatsomever  right  title  and  interest  action  petitor  and 
possessor,  property  and  possession  whilks  I  my  deceased 
father  predecessors  and  authors  had  have  or  any  manner  of 
way  whatsomever  may  claim  or  pretend  in  and  to  the  foresaid 
town  and  lands  of  Croy,'  and  he  accordingly  promises  never 
to  acclaim  any  right  thereto.  (Registered  5th  January  1728  in 
Beg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie,  cxliii.) 

The  lands  of  Galcantray  were  purchased  with  Budgate 
from  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  in  1623  by  John  Campbell  of 
Cawdor.  They  were  bestowed  upon  Colin  Campbell,  the 
'  tutor '  of  Cawdor,  and  passed  to  his  son  Hugh  Campbell, 
who  afterwards  succeeded  to  the  '  thanedom '  of  Cawdor. 
By  him  they  were  feued  to  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas,  apparent 
of  Budgate,  from  whose  heirs  they  were  adjudged  by  two 
decrees  of  adjudication  in  1652  and  1653.  These  apprisings 
were  purchased  by  the  fiar  of  Cantray,  who  then  charged  Sir 
Hugh  Campbell,  now  of  Cawdor,  and  superior  of  these  lands, 
with  horning  to  enter  him  as  their  owner.  There  followed 
a  charter  by  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Calder  in  favour  of 
Alexander  Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantray,  of  the  town  and  lands  of 
Nether  Galcantray  with  the  miln  and  miln  lands  thereof, 
multures,  sequels,  and  pertinents  of  the  same,  and  the  town 
and  lands  of  Over  Galcantray  with  houses,  biggings,  etc., 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY   163 

also  of  the  salmon  fishings  on  the  river  of  Nairn,  which  on 
18th  August  1652  Mr.  John  Dollas,  preacher  at  Tain,  apprised 
from  John  Dallas,  now  deceased,  the  son  and  lawful  heir  in 
special  of  the  deceased  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas  of  Galcantray. 
This  charter,  which  also  confirms  certain  rights  and  titles  of 
the  lands  of  Cantraylees,  Cantrayfries,  and  Drummore,  is  dated 
23rd  February  1664.  (Cantray  Chart.)  Sasine,  dated  13th 
March  1665,  was  given  to  Alexander  Stewart  in  Croy,  as 
attorney  for  the  fiar,  Hugh  Dollas  in  Cantray  acting  as  bailie. 
(Ibid.) 

On  29th  July  1665  an  action  was  brought  by  Alexander 
Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantra,  against  Alexander  Ross  of  Holme  and 
others  his  tenants,  for  molesting  him  and  his  tenants  in  their 
use  of  the  moors  and  mosses  of  the  lands  of  Drumurney,  and 
as  the  defenders  did  not  appear,  the  Lords  of  Council  and 
Session  granted  a  decree  for  citing  witnesses  to  prove  the 
pursuer's  case.  (Decreets,  Court  of  Sess.,  Mackenzie's  Office, 
p.  125,  No.  18.) 

It  would  appear  that  the  fiar  was  not  without  financial 
troubles,  and  had  been  forced  to  borrow  money,  for  on  25th 
July  1671  there  is  horning  at  the  instance  of  James  Ross, 
brother  german  to  Mr.  Hugh  Ross,  minister  at  Nairn,  narrat- 
ing that  Alexander  Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantrey,  as  principal  and 
Hugh  Campbell  of  Little  Budzeit  and  the  deceased  James 
Adamson  then  in  Budzeit,  by  bond  dated  19th  and  30th  June 
1662,  obliged  themselves  to  pay  to  the  deceased  Alexander 
Dollas  hi  Galcantray  and  John  Dollas,  burgess  of  Nairn,  his 
son,  at  Whitsunday  1663  a  sum  of  2000  rnerks  with  other 
500  merks  of  expenses  in  case  of  failure,  and  due  interest 
thereof,  which  bond  is  registered  in  the  Sheriff  Court  Books  of 
Nairn  10th  April  1671,  and  decree  upon  which  charge  was 
given  to  the  said  Alexander  Dollas  and  Hugh  Campbell  to  pay 
the  same,  the  said  John  Dollas  having  assigned  on  8th  April 
1671  to  the  said  James  Ross.  (Beg.  Decreets,  Commiss. 
Moray,  N.S.,  vii.)  Notwithstanding  this  decreet,  the  debt 


164  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

was  not  paid,  and,  as  will  be  presently  seen,  the  fiar's  son  was 
pursued  upon  the  same  bond. 

Immediately  on  his  father's  death  Alexander  Dallas,  now 
of  Cantray,  made  provision  for  his  younger  children.  By 
bond  dated  at  Meikle  Geddes  16th  November  1671  he  pro- 
vided a  sum  of  3000  merks  amongst  them,  Hugh,  John, 
Elizabeth,  Marjorie,  and  Christian,  namely,  the  said  two  boys 
to  the  sum  of  £1000  proportionally,  and  the  said  three  lasses 
to  the  sum  of  £1000  proportionally,  as  their  patrimony  and 
bairns'  part,  in  security  whereof  he  infefts  them  in  the  wester 
half  of  the  lands  of  Calcantra  with  the  mill  and  pertinents 
in  the  parish  of  Croy,  reserving  to  Christian  Dunbar,  his 
spouse,  her  liferent  thereof.  Sasine  was  given  on  27th 
December  following.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  120, 
v.  fol.  200.) 

Alexander  Dallas  was  in  possession  of  the  estates  for  little 
more  than  a  year,  and  his  death  is  recorded  in  the  '  Diary  of 
Alexander  Brodie  '  on  20th  December  1672  :  '  I  heard  of  the 
death  of  yong  Cantra,  and  desired  to  be  affected  with  it,  so 
soon  after  his  father.  .  .  .  He  is  as  yong  as  I  am  or 
thereby.  Shal  I  not  tak  warning  ?  '  Brodie  was  born 

25th  July  1617. 

By  his  wife,  Christian,  eldest  daughter  of  Ninian  Dunbar  of 
Grangehill,  he  had  issue  :  Alexander,  his  successor  ;  Hugh, 
ancestor  of  DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  ;  John,  ancestor  of  DALLAS  OF 
INVERNESS  or  EDINBURGH;  and  three  daughters,  Elizabeth, 
Marjorie,  and  Christian,  all  mentioned  in  their  father's  bond 
of  provision. 

ELIZABETH,  or  ELSPET,  appears  to  be  identical  with  Eliza- 
beth Dallace  who  in  December  1674  was  contracted  with  James 
Mackqueene,  eldest  son  to  Duncan  Mackqueene  of  Baackmore 
(Sess.  Book,  Petty),  and  is  mentioned  in  Eraser-Mackintosh's 
account  of  the  Macqueens  in  his  Minor  Septs  of  Clan  Chattan 
(p.  78). 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY   165 

MARJOEIE  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Dunbar,  merchant  in 
Forres,  before  25th  February  1684,  when  their  daughter 
Margaret  was  baptized.  (Par.  Reg.,  Forres.)  She,  with 
consent  of  Thomas  Dunbar,  her  husband,  on  ...  appointed 
her  mother  and  her  heirs  to  her  share  of  500  merks,  derived 
from  her  father's  provision.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol. 
394.)  Thomas  Dunbar,  her  husband,  died  before  15th 
February  1691,  when  their  two  posthumous  sons,  David  (or 
Alexander :  Par.  Reg.,  Forres)  and  Thomas,  were  baptized. 
(Par.  Reg.,  Rafford.)  The  date  of  her  death  is  not  known. 

CHRISTIAN  was  married  to  Ludovick  Tulloch.  There  is  a 
discharge  and  renunciation  by  Christian  Dallas,  lawful  daugh- 
ter to  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantra,  and  spouse  of 
Ludovick  Tulloch,  brother  german  to  Alexander  Tulloch  of 
Tanachie,  and  he  consenting,  narrating  her  father's  bond  of 
provision,  and  referring  to  her  own  contract  of  marriage, 
which  was  made  with  consent  of  Alexander  Dallas,  now  of 
Cantra,  her  eldest  brother,  who  bound  himself  to  pay  to  her 
and  her  said  husband  500  merks,  and  this  having  now  been 
paid  by  him,  they  discharge  him  thereof.  The  discharge, 
which  is  written  by  John  Dallas,  lawful  son  to  Hugh  Dallas, 
Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  is  dated  at  Fortrose,  15th  January 
1683,  and  as  the  lady  cannot  write,  she  signs  by  a  notary. 
{Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  200.) 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY,  who  succeeded  his  father  hi 
1672,  was  probably  born  about  1645.  He  appears  to  have 
been  early  involved  hi  financial  troubles,  and  hi  1682  is  found 
parting  with  the  lands  of  Galcantray,  which  had  been  acquired 
by  his  father.  There  is  recorded  on  4th  September  1682, 
registration  by  Mr.  William  Dollas,  writer  in  Edinburgh, 
of  sasine,  dated  12th  August  1682,  by  Alexander  Dollas  hi 
Budzett,  as  bailie  of  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantra,  to  Hugh 
Dollas  of  Budzeat  on  a  contract  between  them  dated  '  30th 
August  last,'  whereby  Alexander  Dollas  disponed  to  Hugh 
Dollas  the  lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Galcantra  as  these 
had  been  formerly  possessed  by  the  said  Hugh's  deceased 
father  and  brethren  and  their  predecessors.  Mr.  John  Dollas, 
Dean  of  Ross,  is  a  witness  to  the  disposition,  and  sasine  is 
given  hi  presence  of  Charles  Dollas,  lawful  son  to  Mr.  John 
Dollas,  Dean  of  Ross,  John  Dollas,  writer  in  Fortrose,  and 
others.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  Edin.,  xlvii.  fol.  290.) 

Further  light  is  thrown  upon  these  transactions  by  a 
summons  of  7th  November  1682  at  the  instance  of  Hugh 
Dollas,  commissary  clerk  of  Ross,  narrating  that  Alexander 
Dallas,  now  of  Cantray,  by  his  bond  of  corroboration,  dated 
15th  October  1678,  confirmed  a  bond  granted  by  his  deceased 
father  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray  as  principal,  with  Hugh 
Campbell  of  Little  Budzet  and  James  Adamson  hi  Budzet 
as  cautioners,  dated  19th  and  30th  June  1662,  wherein  they 
are  obliged  to  pay  2000  merks  to  the  deceased  Alexander 
Dollas  therein  designed  his  uncle  and  John  Dollas  his  son. 
This  John  Dollas  on  2nd  February  1672,  when  he  is  designed 


166 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY   167 

merchant  in  Nairn,  with  consent  of  his  trustee  James  Rose, 
brother  german  to  Mr.  Hugh  Rose,  minister  at  Nairn,  assigns 
the  said  bond  to  the  pursuer.  Moreover,  the  said  deceased 
Alexander  Dollas  on  17th  October  1671  granted  bond  for  900 
merks  to  William  Campbell  in  Budzet  and  Rachael  Campbell, 
his  spouse,  and  this,  with  some  other  bonds,  are  likewise 
assigned.  But  the  said  Alexander  Dollas,  now  of  Cantray, 
refuses  payment. 

Now  his  father  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  possessed  of  the 
lands  of  Croy  held  from  Colin,  Bishop  of  Moray,  and  of  the 
lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Galcantray,  Cantrayfries  and 
Cantrayleis,  and  Drummoir,  held  of  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of 
Calder.  In  these  defender  might  have  been  infeft  as  heir  of  his 
father,  but  he  delays  entry.  The  sums  addebted,  besides 
interest  and  penalties,  amount  to  £2024,  and  the  defender  is 
ordained  to  produce  his  titles,  so  that,  according  to  law,  such  a 
portion  of  his  lands  may  be  set  aside  as  shall  meet  the  said  debt. 

This  is  followed  by  an  order,  dated  16th  January  1683, 
to  the  Bishop  of  Moray  and  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Calder  to 
infeft  Hew  Dollas,  commissary  clerk  of  Ross,  in  the  lands  of 
Over  and  Nether  Galcantry,  Cantrafries,  Cantraleis,  Drummore, 
and  Croy,  with  the  pertinents,  adjudged  from  Alexander  Dollas, 
now  of  Cantray  [written  Calder],  as  charged  to  enter  heir  to  the 
deceased  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray  [written  Calder],  his 
father,  for  a  debt  of  £2909,  14s.  8d.,  dated  20th  December 
1682.  (Gen.  Reg.  Adjudic.,  xxvii.) 

"She  claim  on  the  old  Cantray  lands  appears  to  have  been 
abandoned  on  3rd  March  1683.  There  is  a  disposition  by 
Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray,  eldest  lawful  son  and  heir  of 
the  deceased  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray,  whereby  he  ac- 
knowledges himself  to  be  addebted  to  Hugh  Dollas,  com- 
missary clerk  of  Ross,  in  the  sum  of  £2024,  for  which  he  has 
wadset  to  him  his  lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Galcantra,  and 
that  now  having  further  received  what  makes  up  the  full 
value  of  these  lands,  he  dispones  them  to  the  said  Hugh  Dollas 


168  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

irredeemably.  The  disposition,  which  is  dated  at  Ardersier, 
mentions  that  these  lands  were  formerly  in  the  hands  of  the 
deceased  William  Delias  of  Budzet,  father  of  Hugh  Dollas, 
and  of  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas  and  Mr.  John  Dollas,  his  elder 
brothers,  and  is  witnessed  by  Mr.  John  Dollas,  Dean  of  Ross, 
Hugh  Dollas  of  Breachley,  and  John  Dollas,  lawful  son  of  the 
said  Hugh  Dollas.  (Cantray  Chart.)  Apparently  the  sub- 
sequent sasine  of  these  lands  was  given  in  order  to  facilitate 
the  making  up  of  the  title.  It  is  a  sasine,  dated  21st  May 
1683,  given  by  Alexander  Dollas  in  Budzett  as  bailie  to  John 
Dollas  in  Newtoune  as  attorney  of  Alexander  Dollas,  now  of 
Cantra,  proceeding  upon  a  precept  of  clare  constat  by  Sir  Hugh 
Campbell  of  Calder  in  favour  of  the  said  Alexander  Dollas 
as  son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantra 
in  the  lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Galcantra,  which  lands  were 
held  of  the  said  superior  in  feu  for  the  annual  payment  of 
24  merks  with  duplication  at  the  entry  of  heirs.  The  precept 
is  dated  at  Calder,  19th  May  1683,  one  of  the  witnesses  being 
Hugh  Dollas  of  Breachley,  who,  together  with  Mr.  Hugh 
Dollas,  lawful  son  of  Mr.  John  Dollas,  Dean  of  Ross,  is  also  a 
witness  to  the  sasine.  (Beg.  Sets.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  214.) 

As  a  set-off  to  the  loss  of  Galcantray  is  a  discharge  and 
renunciation,  dated  at  Ardersier  27th  January  1683,  by 
Duncan  M'Pherson,  alias  Mackturich,  now  in  Cantra,  formerly 
in  Dalnoce,  narrating  that  on  10th  June  1671,  Alexander 
Dollas  of  Cantra,  now  deceased,  wadset  to  him  for  2000  merks 
his  lands  of  Cantrafris,  and  also  that  piece  of  land  called  the 
Toungue,  and  moss  and  muir  thereof,  which  formerly  pertained 
to  Galcantra,  and  who  was  infeft  therein  on  17th  June  1671, 
and  now  Alexander  Dollas,  now  of  Cantra,  his  son  and  heir, 
having  paid  the  said  sum,  he  discharges  him  thereof  and 
renounces  the  said  lands  in  his  favour.  Among  the  witnesses 
are  Hugh  Dollas  of  Breachley  and  John  Dollas,  lawful  son  to 
Hugh  Dollas,  commissary  clerk  of  Ross.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness, 
v.  fol.  201.) 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY   169 

In  the  following  year,  doubtless  in  anticipation  of  his 
marriage,  we  find  the  laird  consolidating  his  rights  by  Crown 
charter.  On  19th  December  1684,  there  is  a  charter  by  King 
Charles  n.  confirming  a  charter  dated  at  Edinburgh,  28th 
March  1636,  by  John  Campbell,  fiar  of  Calder,  to  the  deceased 
William  Dollas  of  Cantray,  grandfather  of  the  said  Alexander 
Dollas,  now  of  Cantray,  in  liferent,  and  to  the  deceased 
Alexander  Dollas  of  Cantray,  father  of  the  said  Alexander, 
his  eldest  lawful  son  procreat  betwixt  him  and  the  deceased 
Janet  Campbell,  his  spouse,  in  fee  of  the  lands  of  Cantrayfries 
and  Drummoir,  etc.,  in  the  barony  of  Strathnairn  and  shire 
of  Inverness ;  and  confirming  also  a  charter,  dated  12th 
September  1651,  by  the  deceased  John  Campbell  of  Calder 
as  superior,  with  consent  of  George  Campbell,  his  brother,  and 
tutor  to  the  said  William  Dollas,  in  liferent,  and  the  said 
deceased  Alexander  Dollas,  his  eldest  son,  in  fee  of  the  lands 
above-mentioned  ;  as  also  a  charter  of  confirmation  thereof 
by  Sir  Hugh  Campbell,  now  of  Calder,  to  the  said  deceased 
Alexander  Dollas  and  his  '  heirs  and  assignees  therein  specified,' 
dated  23rd  February  1664  ;  and  confirming  also  a  contract  of 
wadset  by  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Calder  to  Hugh  Dallas, 
lawful  son  of  the  said  deceased  William  Dollas  of  Cantray, 
dated  23rd  March  1681,  whereby,  for  the  sum  of  4000  merks, 
he  disponed  to  him  the  lands  of  Bracklay,  commonly  called 
Calder' s  Bracklay,  with  the  pendicle  called  Bellilaggan  ;  and 
a  disposition  thereof  by  the  said  Hugh  Dollas  to  the  said 
Alexander  Dollas,  now  of  Cantray,  dated  17th  October  '  last.' 
(Cantray  Chart,) 

It  is  impossible  to  resist  the  conclusion  that  the  laird's 
somewhat  tardy  marriage  was  influenced  by  his  financial 
obligations  to  this  future  father-in-law.  Of  his  marriage 
contract  it  seems  interesting  to  give  somewhat  full  details, 
though  much  of  the  verbiage  is  purely  formal.  It  is  dated  at 
Fortress,  29th  December  1684,  and  is  between  Alexander 
Dollas  of  Cantray  and  Christian  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  daughter 


170  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate,  with  consent  of  the  latter,  whereby 
Alexander  Dallas  binds  himself  and  his  heirs  to  infeft  and 
sease  by  liferent  charter  and  sasine  the  said  Christian  Dallas 
during  all  the  days  of  her  life  in  all  and  haul  his  town  and  kirk 
lands  of  Croy,  with  the  alehouse  and  alehouse  croft  thereof, 
haul  houses,  biggings,  parts,  pendicles,  pertinents,  etc.,  of  the 
same.  Also  in  all  and  haul  the  town  and  lands  of  Cantrafreish, 
etc.,  together  with  the  teinds  great  and  small,  parsonage  and 
vicarage  of  both  Croy  and  Cantrafreish  included,  with  stock, 
and  not  to  separate  therefrom  during  the  said  space,  and  all 
at  the  fee  and  effectual  rent  of  five  chalders  of  victual.  He 
further  binds  himself  and  his  heirs  to  make  the  principal 
dwelling-house  of  Cantrafreish  and  the  small  office  house 
adjacent  thereto  sufficiently  habitable  for  his  aforesaid 
affidate  spouse  to  enter  and  dwell  therein  in  case  she  should  be 
the  longest  liver,  and  because  these  lands  were  then  held  in 
liferent  by  Christian  Dunbar,  his  mother,  he  binds  himself 
and  his  heirs  to  pay  to  Christian  Dallas,  should  she  outlive 
him,  during  the  lifetime  of  Christian  Dunbar,  fourscore  bolls 
of  victual,  '  twa  pairts  bear  merchants  wair  and  third  pairt 
good  oat  ferm  meal,'  yearly  ;  and  it  is  not  to  be  in  the  power 
of  Christian  Dallas  to  resign  any  part  of  the  said  liferent  to 
her  husband  or  any  other  person  without  the  consent  of  Hugh 
Dallas,  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  failing  whom  by  death 
without  consent  in  writing  of  Hugh  Dallas's  two  eldest  sons 
for  the  time  being.  The  eldest  son  and  heir  of  the  marriage  is 
to  be  infeft  in  the  lands  of  Cantrafreish,  Cantraleish,  Drumoir 
and  Croy,  with  their  respective  towers,  fortalices,  etc.  If 
there  be  an  only  daughter  of  the  marriage,  she  is  to  be  provided 
for  in  3500  merks  ;  if  two,  three,  or  more,  the  sum  of  5000 
merks  is  to  be  divided  between  them.  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budget 
gives  as  tocher  3500  merks  with  the  said  Christian  in  full 
satisfaction  of  all  other  portion  she  can  pretend  right  to 
through  the  death  of  the  said  Hugh  Dallas  or  of  Christian 
Lauder,  his  spouse.  And  it  is  declared  and  agreed  upon  that 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY   171 

all  execution  necessary  shall  pass  hereupon  at  the  instance  of 
the  said  Hugh  Dallas,  Mr.  William,  John,  and  Mr.  Robert 
Dallas,  his  sons,  Mr.  John  and  William  Dallas,  sons  to  the 
Dean  of  Ross,  the  said  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  and  James 
Dallas,  his  son.  The  contract,  written  by  Thomas  Gair  in 
Fortross,  is  witnessed  by  William  Dallas,  merchant  in 
Inverness,  Hugh  Dallas  of  Breachlay,  Alex'r  Macra  and 
Donald  Rioch  in  Fortross  and  the  said  Thomas  Gair  and 
Ludovick  Tulloch,  brother  of  Tanuachy.  (Rose  Coll.)  Sasine 
was  given  24th  June  1685,  by  Mr.  Hugh  Dallas,  student  of 
divinity,  lawful  son  of  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  as 
bailie  to  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budzeat,  as  attorney  for  Christian 
Dallas,  and  is  witnessed  by  John  Dallas.  (Cantray  Chart.) 

The  laird  must  at  this  time  have  been  sorely  troubled  to 
find  the  '  bairns'  parts  '  provided  by  his  father  for  his  younger 
children.  There  are  two  discharges  with  reference  to  these, 
dated  at  Cantra,  8th  December  1686,  and  witnessed  by  John 
Dallas,  notary  public  in  Fortrose,  and  John  Dallas,  son  of  John 
Dallas  M'Phadrick  in  Cantra.  One  by  Hugh  Dallas,  '  second 
lawful  son '  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
narrates  that  his  sister  Marjorie,  with  consent  of  her  husband, 
Thomas  Dunbar,  had  appointed  her  mother,  Christian  Dunbar, 
to  her  share  of  500  merks,  and  that  the  said  Christian  Dunbar 
on  ...  168  ...  assigned  the  said  sum  to  her  son  Hugh, 
whereby  he  has  right  not  only  to  his  own  portion,  but  also 
to  that  of  his  sister  Marjorie.  And  now  seeing  Alexander 
Dallas,  now  of  Cantra,  '  my  elder  brother  and  sone  and  aire 
of  our  said  deceist  father,'  has  paid  to  him  1250  merks,  he 
grants  discharge  thereof  and  renounces  the  lands  assigned  as 
security.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  394.)  The  other,  by 
Elspet  Dallas,  acknowledges  the  payment  of  her  share  of  500 
merks  and  grants  a  similar  discharge.  (Ibid.,  395.) 

Next  year,  15th  January  1687,  the  laird  was  one  of  the 
witnesses  of  the  marriage  contract  of  his  wife's  niece  Mary, 
daughter  of  James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael  (Rec.  Sheriff  Court, 


172  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Nairn,  28th  Jan.  1687) ;  and  in  the  account  of  '  Valued  Rent  of 
Inverness-shire,  14th  May  1691,'  the  lands  of  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Cantray  and  of  his  mother,  in  the  parish  of  Croy, 
are  valued  at  £448  Scots.  (C.  Fraser-Mackintosh.) 

Alexander  Dallas  died  in  June  1693  (Cantray  Chart.,  28), 
leaving  a  family  of  (at  least)  five  young  children :  William, 
his  heir,  John,  Alexander,  Christian,  and  Lilias.  His  widow 
became  the  second  wife  of  Lachlan  Mackintosh  of  Strone. 

JOHN  DALLAS,  the  second  son,  appears  in  a  deed  recorded 
at  Inverness,  14th  November  1734,  as  follows  : — 

'  Be  it  kend  to  all  men  be  thir  present  Letters,  me  John 
Dallas  second  lawful  son  procreate  betwixt  the  deceased 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantra  and  Christian  Dallas  his  spouse  and 
my  mother,  and  me  brother  german  to  William  Dallas  now  of 
Cantra  to  have  (at  the  term  of  Whitsunday  last  now  be 
it  of  this  date)  received  from  the  said  William  Dallas  of  Cantra 
all  and  heall  the  sum  of  500  merks  Scots  money  in  name  of 
portion  natural  and  bairns  pairt  of  gear  furth  off  (and  without 
any  destination  premonition  or  appointment  be  my  said 
father)  his  heretable  and  moveable  goods,  gear  interests 
voluntarily  given  and  bestowed  be  the  said  William  Dallas 
in  his  naturall  affection  and  good  will  to  me,  holding  me  there- 
with well  content  and  satisfied  renouncing  the  exceptions  of 
not  numerat  money  oath  of  party  and  all  other  exceptions 
and  objections  of  the  Laws,  etc.  In  witness  whereof  I  have 
subscribed  thir  presents  written  be  John  Dallas  of  Bannance 
my  uncle  att  Cantra  the  third  day  of  October  1713  years 
before  these  witnesses ;  Mr.  Hugh  Dallas  schoolmaster  in 
Bellafreishe  and  John  Dallas  in  Galcantra.  Sic  subr  John 
Dallas.  Hu.  Dallas  witness.  Jo.  Dallas  witness.'  (Sheriff 
Court  Deeds,  Inverness.) 

This  John  is  probably  identical  with  John  Dallas  in  the 
parish  of  Calder  who,  on  17th  November  1725,  was  regularly 
married  to  Mary  Campbell  of  the  same  parish,  the  witnesses 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY       173 

being  Sir  Archibald  Campbell  of  Clunes  and  William  Dallas 
of  Cantray.  To  them  a  son  was  born  on  the  14th  September 
and  baptized  by  the  name  of  Archibald  on  16th  September 
1726  at  Cawdor,  Sir  Archibald  Campbell  of  Clunes  and  Lachlan 
Mackintosh  of  Strone  being  witnesses.  (Par  Reg.,  Cawdor.) 
They  have  not,  however,  been  traced  further. 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS,  the  third  (?)  son,  appears  somewhat 
discreditably  in  the  records  of  the  kirk  session  of  Croy,  yet, 
as  affording  some  intimate  evidence  of  the  life  of  the  times, 
the  particulars  may  be  admitted  here.  On  7th  March  1719, 
Catherine  Fraser  in  Croy  is  delated  with  Alexander  Dallas, 
brother  german  to  Cantra,  and  on  14th  March,  '  Compeared 
Katherin  Fraser  and  confessed  herself  guilty  with  Alexr 
Dallas  Brother  german  to  Cantray  :  the  Session  finding  this 
to  be  her  trelapse  did  refer  her  to  the  Presbytery  of  Inverness 
for  censure.'  Alexander  Dallas  also  compeared  and  confessed, 
and  was  ordered  to  appear  next  Lord's  Day  before  Congrega- 
tion. 

On  31st  May  Alexander  Dallas  gives  his  bill  for  his  penalty 
to  the  session  clerk  (Sess.  Eec.,  Croy),  but  the  money  was  not 
paid,  and  on  17th  June  1720  Alexander  Rose,  schoolmaster 
of  Croy,  sues  him  for  £8,  the  amount  of  his  bill.  (Sheriff 
Court  Bks.,  Inverness.)  Another  year  passed,  and  on  4th 
June  1721,  '  the  Minister  represents  that  he  caused  protest 
and  registrate  Alexr  Dallas  brother  german  to  Cantray  his 
Bill  for  his  Penalty  containing  £8  Scots  for  which  he  paid 
half-a-crown.'  The  matter  dragged  on  from  year  to  year, 
and  on  26th  October  1730  the  minister  reported  having  paid 
£20,  16s.  Scots  for  the  protestation  and  registration  of 
Daltulich,  Culmony,  and  Alexr  Dallas  Cantray's  brother  their 
bills.  Finally,  on  21st  December  1746,  we  have  :  'To  received 
as  Alexr  Dallas  Fine  £9,'  so  that  for  twenty-eight  years  the 
penalty  was  hanging  over  the  culprit's  head — a  sure  sign, 
apparently,  that  he  remained  unmarried.  In  the  Sheriff 


174  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Court  record  already  cited  he  is  styled  '  glover  in  Croy,'  and 
nothing  further  is  known  of  him. 

CHRISTIAN  DALLAS,  the  eldest  daughter,  was  married  to 
John  M'Lean  of  Dochgarroch,  on  6th  January  1710.  (Inverness 
Parish  Register. )  The  marriage  contract,  dated  at  Cantray, 
13th  January  1710,  between  John  M'Lean  of  Davochgarrioch 
and  Christian  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  daughter  of  the  deceased 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  with  consent  of  William  Dallas, 
now  of  Cantray,  her  brother  german,  provides  a  tocher  of  2000 
merks  to  be  paid  by  the  said  William  Dallas  and  his  heirs, 
and  the  said  John  M'Lean  obliges  himself  to  provide  a  sum  of 
£3000  Scots  in  liferent  to  his  '  promised  spouse,'  secured  over 
his  town  and  lands  of  Davochnalurgan  and  mill  thereof 
commonly  called  the  mill  of  Davochgarrioch.  In  the  event  of 
there  being  no  heir-male,  provision  is  made  for  the  daughters 
of  the  marriage,  and  a  sum  of  3000  merks  is  to  be  divided 
amongst  them,  by  the  advice  of  Alexander  and  Donald 
M'Leans,  brethren  german  to  the  said  John,  on  his  side,  and 
William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  John  Dallas  of  Bannans,  and  Mr. 
William  Dallas  of  Budzett  as  friends  on  Christian's  side. 
The  contract  is  written  by  Thomas  Fraser,  writer  in  Inverness, 
and  witnessed  by  Lachlan  Mackintosh  of  Stroan,  Collin 
Campbell,  younger  of  Delnies,  John  M'Lean,  John,  son, 
burgess  of  Inverness,  Alexander  M'Lean,  writer  there,  John 
Dallas  in  Gallcantray,  and  the  said  Thomas  Fraser.  This 
John  M'Lean  was  son  of  John  M'Lean  who  fought  at  Killie- 
crankie,  and,  following  his  father's  example,  took  an  active 
part  on  behalf  of  the  Stuarts  in  1715,  serving  as  captain  in 
the  Clan  Chattan  regiment.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Charles  Maclean,  for  some  time  an  officer  in  the  '  Black 
Watch.' 

LILIAS  DALLAS,  the  second  daughter,  is  so  described  in 
her  discharge  to  William  Dallas,  her  brother  german,  who  has 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY   175 

'  of  mere  favour  to  me  and  in  compassion  of  my  circumstances 
having  been  destitute  of  any  provision  or  sustenance  by  my 
father,  who  by  reason  of  the  debts  he  stood  engaged  in,  was  not 
in  the  condition  to  provide  his  younger  children,  granted  a 
Bond  of  me  of  the  date  of  these  presents  for  the  sum  of  500 
merks  Scots  money  payable  at  Martinmas  next  with  100 
merks  of  penalty  and  annual  Rent  from  Martinmas  last.' 
The  discharge  is  dated  at  Edinburgh,  8th  January  1728. 
(Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie's  Office,  vol.  cxliii.)  The  fate  of  this 
lady  has  not  transpired,  but  the  burial  of  a  Lilias  Dallas,  aged 
sixty  or  thereby,  is  recorded  in  the  Canongate  burial  register 
on  9th  February  1738. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  cannot  have  been  more  than 
seven  years  of  age  when  he  succeeded  his  father  in  June  1693. 
He  first  appears  in  1700,  when  he  is  recorded  as  a  student  of 
Marischal  College,  where  he  must  have  remained  a  considerable 
time,  for  in  1707  there  is  a  discharge  from  which  the  following 
brief  extracts  are  taken : — 

'  I  William  Dallas,  minor,  of  Cantray  ...  to  John  Dallas 
of  Bannans  my  uncle  and  curator  for  Seven  libs,  threteen 
shillings  Scots  as  pryce  of  four  elnes  and  ane  quarter  of  cloathe 
reed,  by  me  .  .  .  item  £30  .  .  .  given  be  Robert  Rose, 
Sackie,  Baillie  of  Inverness,  when  I  was  going  to  Aberdeen 
College  .  .  .  and  £8  14sh.  he  sent  me  to  Aberdeen  ...  I 
got  ...  in  sumer  ...  10  bolls  .  .  .  for  some  Colledge  and 
regent  dues  ther  ...  8  bolls  2  firlots  .  .  .  for  my  main- 
tenance before  my  going  to  ye  Colledge  ...  10  merks  5  sh. 
payed  to  me  in  my  south  going  to  Edinr  for  my  furder  educa- 
tion ...  35  bolls  ferme  victual  ...  for  education  and 
subsistance  at  Edr  .  .  .  half  boll  to  ye  taylor.  .  .  .  Written 
be  William  Dallas  son  to  Hugh  Dallas  of  Breacklie.'  (Macgill, 
Old  Ross-shire,  155.) 

Another  paper  gives  the  fiars'  price  for  1706  at  £2,  so  that 
the  whole  works  out  at  close  on  £200  Scots  for  a  young  laird's 
year,  of  which  education  takes  £20  at  Aberdeen,  and  some  of 
the  £70  in  Edinburgh.  (Ibid.)  Whether  he  proceeded  to  a 
degree  does  not  appear. 

In  1712  the  young  laird  married  Isobel  Dallas,  eldest 
lawful  daughter  to  Mr.  James  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  of  the 
deceased  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  with  her  said  father's 

176 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY          177 

consent,  the  contract  being  dated  22nd  September  1712;  and 
on  4th  November  1718  he  was  retoured  as  heir-male  special 
to  his  father  in  the  lands  of  Croy. 

In  the  session  minutes  of  Croy  there  is  a  most  interesting 
account  of  the  partition  of  the  floor  of  the  parish  kirk  amongst 
the  heritors.  On  29th  October  1720,  there  compeared  the 
Laird  of  Kilraick,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  William  Eraser 
of  Daltulich,  and  Hugh  Eraser  younger  of  Daltulich,  Bailie 
John  Rose  of  Newton,  commissioned  by  Hugh  Rose  of  Clava, 
and  Bailie  John  Shaw,  commissioned  by  the  Laird  of 
Mackintosh,  and  these  '  signified  their  willingness  to  have  the 
church  divided  among  the  several  heritors  according  to  their 
real  rents.'  The  record  is  far  too  long  for  quotation  here, 
but  amongst  other  things  they  agreed  '  that  said  Cantray 
should  have  for  his  proportion  that  part  of  the  church  which 
lyes  between  the  pend  of  the  Isle  of  his  burial  and  the  seat 
of  the  Communion  Table  and  forms  opposite  the  pulpit,  with 
power  to  him  to  put  seats  in  the  place  of  the  Communion 
table,  leaving  a  sufficient  passage,  but  to  remove  them  in  the 
time  of  the  administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper.'  (Sess.  Rec., 
Croy,  vol.  ii.)  Needless  to  say,  no  signs  now  remain  in  the 
church  of  the  burial  place  here  mentioned. 

A  precept  of  dare  consiat,  dated  at  Edinburgh,  16th 
November  1723,  was  granted  by  Sir  James  Campbell  of 
Auchinbreck  and  others  as  commissioners  of  John  Campbell 
of  Calder,  in  favour  of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  as  nearest 
heir-male  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantrey,  his 
grandfather,  in  the  lands  of  Cantrayleis  and  Drummoir 
(Cantray  Chart.),  and  to  the  sasine  following  on  5th  December 
1723,  James  Dallas  in  Galcantra  is  a  witness,  Mr.  Hugh 
Dallas  being  notary.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  viii.  fol.  161.) 
There  is  recorded  another  sasine  dated  17th  August  1724, 
in  terms  of  a  precept  from  Chancery  dated  at  Edinburgh, 
3rd  July  1724,  which  states  that  the  late  Alexander  Dallas 
of  Cantra,  father  of  William  Dallas,  now  of  Cantra,  bearer 

M 


178  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

of  these  presents,  died  last  vest  and  seased  in  the  lands  of 
Croy  :  one  of  the  witnesses  is  James  Dallas,  indweller  in 
Galcantray.  (Cantray  Chart.) 

The  laird  had  for  many  years  neglected  to  make  provision 
for  his  wife,  as  contemplated  in  his  contract  of  marriage, 
but  on  12th  September  1724  sasine  was  given  to  Isobel  Dallas, 
spouse  to  William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  in  terms  of  a  disposition 
by  him  to  her  in  fulfilment  of  their  contract  of  marriage, 
whereby  he  dispones  to  her  in  liferent  the  lands  of  Cantrey, 
Ballafreis,  Croy,  and  Drummoir,  which  is  to  be  void  if  she 
marry  again  after  his  death.  Reservation  is  also  made  of  the 
liferent  of  Christian  Dallas,  his  mother.  The  disposition 
is  dated  at  Cantray  also  on  12th  September  1724,  and  is 
witnessed  by  John  Dallas,  son  to  Bessie  Dallas  in  Galcantra, 
James  Dallas  there,  and  Hugh  Dallas,  Town  Clerk  of  Fortrose, 
while  to  the  sasine  the  same  John  and  James  Dallas,  and 
William  Dallas  of  Cantray  himself,  are  witnesses.  (Reg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  viii.  fol.  196.) 

Between  the  years  1714  and  1725  there  are  a  large  number 
of  protests  and  inhibitions  against  the  laird,  always  with 
relation  to  small  sums.  One,  of  30th  July  1714,  is  interesting 
as  being  at  the  instance  of  William  Duff  of  Dipple,  the  amount 
in  question  being  the  trifling  sum  of  £27, 15s.  7d.  ;  and  another, 
dated  10th  July  1723,  by  Angus  M'Intosh  of  Culilachy,  is  for 
'  quantity  of  fifty  boals  good  and  sufficient  well  winewed  and 
dight  bear  of  the  growth  of  the  lands  of  Cantray.'  But 
generally  the  proceedings  are  entirely  wanting  in  interest. 

The  latest  notice  of  the  laird  which  has  been  met  with  is 
4th  March  1736,  when  he  was  one  of  the  witnesses  of  the 
baptism  of  a  child  of  Robert  Mackintosh,  son  (by  a  first 
marriage)  of  Lachlan  Mackintosh  of  Strone,  whose  second 
wife  was  Christian  Dallas,  the  laird's  mother. 

From  the  retour  of  service  of  his  son,  it  appears  that 
William  Dallas  died  hi  December  1737.  By  Isobel  Dallas, 
his  wife,  he  had,  probably  with  other  issue,  three  sons — James 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  III.  OF  CANTRAY          179 

his  heir  ;  William,  who  is  mentioned,  in  conjunction  with  his 
elder  brother  James,  La  a  '  decreet  arbitral '  of  1st  May  1738, 
of  whom  nothing  further  is  known ;  and  Walter  ;  and  two 
daughters — Anne,  spouse  of  Duncan  Mackintosh  of  Castle 
Leather,  ancestor  of  The  Mackintosh  ;  and  Isobel,  married  to 
Angus  Shaw  of  Tordarroch,  ancestor  of  Alexander  Mackintosh 
Mackintosh  (ne  Shaw),  the  talented  historian  of  Clan  Chattan. 

WALTER  DALLAS,  the  youngest  son,  has  not  been  discovered 
in  any  original  records  as  the  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
and  his  identification  rests  upon  a  written  statement  of  the  late 
Charles  Fraser-Mackintosh  of  Drummond,  to  the  effect  that 
he  possessed  documentary  evidence  of  his  parentage.  He 
was  born  about  the  year  1719,  and  on  17th  November  1759, 
when  he  is  described  as  weaver  in  Nairn,  he  was  contracted 
with  Jean  Dallas  '  in  Delnies,'  daughter  of  Alexander  Dallas 
in  Forres  (see  DALLAS  or  PETSAL),  who,  after  '  having  been 
thrice  proclaimed,  were  married  '  at  Nairn.  On  21st  September 
1767  there  is  recorded  a  disposition  to  Walter  Dallas,  manu- 
facturer and  stamp  master  in  Nairn,  and  Jean  Dallas,  his 
spouse,  by  Hugh  Falconer,  merchant  in  Nairn,  of  certain 
land  for  which  a  ground  annual  of  ten  shillings  is  to  be  paid, 
and  in  consideration  of  this  conveyance  Walter  Dallas  binds 
himself  to  erect  a  dwelling-house  upon  the  land  ;  the  witnesses 
are  Alexander  Rose,  cooper  in  Nairn,  and  James  Smith,  mason 
in  Lethen.  (Reg.  Sas.,  vol.  iii.)  During  the  years  1773  to  1775 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Town  Council  of  Nairn.  His  death  took 
place  there  on  20th  August  1804,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five 
years :  he  is  described  as  for  '  many  years  Stamp-master  of  that 
county  ;  a  man  of  a  most  pious  and  exemplary  life,  and  who 
truly  merited  the  character  of  a  "  Nathaniel  without  guile." 
(Times,  28th  Aug.  1804.)  He  had  the  following  children  : — 

1.  William,  baptized  at  Nairn,  1st  September  1761,  William 
Dallas  of  Cantray  being  one  of  the  witnesses.  He  died 
in  Jamaica,  without  issue. 


180  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

2.  Alexander,  baptized  at  Nairn,   13th  December   1762, 
Miss  Bell  Dallas  being  one  of  the  witnesses.     He  was 
for  a  time  a  merchant  in  Great  Tower  Hill,  London, 
and  in  the  London  Directory  of  1799,  1800,  he  is  styled 
'  merchant,  Wapping.'     He  married  Ophelia  Cordelia, 
daughter   of   John   Phipps   of   Great   Marlow,   Bucks, 
solicitor,  and  retiring  on  very  limited  means,  he  died 
at  Nairn  on  9th  January  1849,  leaving  an  only  daughter, 

Elizabeth  Jane  Dallas,  who  was  born  about  1805, 
and  died  at  12  Church  Street,  Nairn,  probably  in  the 
house  built  by  her  grandfather  on  the  land  acquired 
in  1767,  on  2nd  November  1890,  and  was  buried  at 
Croy.  '  For  some  years  back  the  deceased  lady  had 
been  afflicted  with  blindness  and  great  weakness,  and 
had  ceased  to  occupy  the  prominent  position  which  she 
once  did  in  Nairn.  .  .  .  On  settling  in  Nairn,  both  her 
father  and  she  took  a  leading  part  in  this  district  at  the 
time  of  the  Disruption,  and  were  on  intimate  terms  with 
Dr.  Chalmers,  Dr.  Candlish,  and  other  leaders  of  the 
Free  Church.  .  .  .  She  was  held  in  very  high  respect 
hi  Nairn.  A  gentlewoman  of  great  intelligence  and 
wonderful  memory,  she  was  the  great  authority  on  all 
matters  of  family  history  and  traditions  in  the  district 
in  which  she  lived,  and  will  long  be  remembered  as  a 
quaint,  interesting  personage  in  Nairn.'  (Nairnsh. 
Telegr.,  5th  Nov.  1890.) 

3.  John,  born   27th,  baptized   29th  November   1765,  at 
Nairn,  Isabel  Dallas  being  one  of  the  witnesses.    He 
died  abroad,  without  issue. 

4.  James,  born  10th,  baptized  12th  August  1768.    He  died 
at  Nairn,  without  issue. 


JAMES  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY 

JAMES  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  was,  it  may  be  fairly  assumed, 
his  father's  eldest  son,  named  after  his  maternal  grandfather, 
and  was  probably  born  about  the  year  1715.  He  was  as  a 
youth,  26th  January  1730,  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  baptism, 
at  Inverness,  of  James,  the  infant  son  of  Lachlan  Dallas  in 
Inverness ;  and  in  1737  he  succeeded  to  the  paternal  estates. 
On  llth  November  1738,  John  Hay,  W.S.,  as  commissioner 
for  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  issued  a  precept  of  clare  constat 
for  infefting  him  in  the  lands  of  Cantray,  as  heir  of  William 
Dallas,  his  father,  sasine  following  on  21st  June  1739  (Cantray 
Chart.),  and  his  retour  as  heir- male  special  to  his  father  in  the 
lands  of  Croy  is  dated  14th  August  1739.  (Ibid.) 

Disputes  as  to  marches  having  arisen  between  Cantray 
and  Clava,  there  is  recorded,  13th  September  1739,  by 
Alexander  Clark,  writer,  for  James  Dallas  of  Cantray,  and  by 
John  M'Bean,  writer,  for  Evan  Baillie  and  Alexander  Munro, 
arbiters,  submission  and  decreet  arbitral  between  Hugh 
Rose  younger  of  Clava  for  himself  and  Lachlan  Forbes,  son  to 
William  Forbes  in  Dalegramich  on  one  part,  and  James  Dallas 
of  Cantray  for  himself  and  as  burden-taker  for  William  Dallas, 
his  brother  german,  and  John  Dallas,  shoemaker  in  Cantray, 
as  to  the  marches  and  boundaries  of  their  respective  lands  and 
properties  within  the  shires  of  Inverness  and  Nairn,  and  also 
the  criminal  indictment  returned  in  the  Porteous  Roll  of  the 
said  shire  of  Inverness  at  the  instance  of  His  Majesty's  Advocate 
and  the  said  Lachlan  Forbes  and  the  said  William  Dallas. 
After  certain  findings  as  to  the  marches,  the  arbiters  adjudge 
James  Dallas  liable  in  £196  Scots  of  expenses  to  Hugh  Rose, 


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182  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

but  though  the  decreet  covers  the  criminal  charge,  there  is 
unfortunately  no  light  thrown  upon  its  nature.  (Rec., 
Inverness.) 

The  lands  of  Galcantray,  anciently  a  part  of  the  patrimony 
of  the  Dallases  of  Budgate,  had,  as  has  heen  shown,  been  held 
for  a  few  years  by  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  who  in  1683 
disponed  them  to  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate.  They  were  now 
again  by  disposition,  dated  26th- 29th  June  1743,  conveyed  to 
James  Dallas  of  Cantray  by  Hugh  Dallas  of  Bannans,  the 
grandson  of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate  ;  this  disposition  will  be 
referred  to  more  fully  later.  It  was  followed  on  28th  July 
1744  by  a  charter  by  the  commissioners  of  John  Campbell  of 
Cawdor  in  favour  of  James  Dallas  of  Cantray,  proceeding  upon 
a  decreet  of  adjudication  obtained  by  Hugh  Dallas  of  Bannans 
against  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  as  lawfully  charged  to  enter 
heir  to  his  father,  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate.  The  acquisition 
of  these  lands  led  to  difficulties  with  the  Laird  of  Cawdor, 
'  the  over-lord  and  superior,'  for  no  sooner  had  he  been  put  hi 
possession  than  he  began  to  make  encroachments  upon  the 
moorland  between  Galcantray  and  Budgate,  the  latter  being 
held  in  wadset  by  Sir  Archibald  Campbell  of  Clunes.  He 
convened  the  tenant  of  Galcantray,  Hector  M'Intosh,  in  a 
process  of  molestation,  intrusion,  and  damages,  at  Nairn  hi 
February  1744,  and  cited  seven  witnesses,  of  whom  two  were 
John  M'Bain  in  Dallaschyle,  aged  fifty-eight,  and  Alexander 
M'Gilavrey,  '  Waterside,'  aged  between  fifty  and  sixty,  who 
was  born  in  Budgate ;  and  their  evidence  was  to  the  effect 
that  the  moor  had  to  be  used  as  common  property  by  the 
tenants  of  Budgate  and  Galcantray.  Decree  was  accordingly 
obtained  against  Hector  M'Intosh,  the  tenant.  A  letter 
addressed  by  James  Dallas  to  Cawdor's  factor  is  perhaps 
worth  quotation,  as  an  indication  of  his  intentions  with  regard 
to  the  moor  ;  it  is  dated  24th  April  1744  : — 

'  SIB, — As  I  had  always  reason  to  believe  you  my  friend 


JAMES  DALLAS  OF  CANTRAY  183 

whenever  I  stood  in  need,  besides  a  relation,  I  now  propose 
to  sow  the  Burntlands,  and  I  hope  you  will  not  interfere  so  as  to 
prejudice  my  interest.  The  tenants  of  Budgate,  although 
this  be  sown,  if  they  keep  from  the  spot,  cannot  lose  anything 
as  the  muirs  will  not  be  stopped  them  more  than  ever.  And 
although  the  wadsetters'  representatives  should  incline  to 
trouble  I  'd  rather  have  to  do  with  them  in  a  law  plea  than  my 
cousin  and  Calder's  factor.  The  note  of  the  charter  is  not  the 
same  with  the  copy  I  have,  as  you  '11  see  at  meeting.  Your 
answer  is  expected  by,  dear  Cousin, — Yours  affectionately, 

'JAMES  DALLAS.' 

Unfortunately  the  factor's  name  does  not  transpire. 

There  is  but  little  more  to  be  recorded  of  James  Dallas. 
It  may  be  supposed  that  he  had  in  view  his  service  with 
the  young  Chevalier  when,  on  9th  November  1745,  he  gave  a 
bond,  dated  at  Breachly,  for  £30,  his  cautioner  being  Hugh 
Dallas,  tacksman  of  Croy.  (Commis.  Crt.  Deed,  Inverness.) 
But  he  did  not  at  once  take  part  in  the  Rebellion,  and  certainly 
did  not  accompany  the  young  Prince  to  Edinburgh  and  the 
south.  He  attached  himself  to  the  Mackintosh  Clan  Regi- 
ment, being  appointed  one  of  the  six  captains,  his  cousin 
Donald  Dallas  acting  as  his  lieutenant.  He  probably  took 
up  arms  at  the  end  of  1745,  and  was  one  of  the  700  or  800 
gallant  recruits  who  welcomed  the  Prince's  return  in  January 
1746,  but  there  is  no  record  of  his  occupation  until  the  eventful 
day  of  Culloden,  when  he  led  his  company  against  the  forces 
of  the  Duke  of  Cumberland.  It  is  needless  here  to  give  any 
circumstantial  account  of  the  engagement.  '  The  brunt  of 
the  battle,'  wrote  John  Hossack,  ex-Provost  of  Inverness, 
'  fell  on  Clan  Chattan,'  and  at  its  close  only  five  of  the  twenty- 
one  officers  of  the  regiment  survived  to  tell  the  tale.  James 
Dallas  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  first  to  fall,  and  he 
appears  to  have  been  buried  on  the  field,  though  his  body  was 
afterwards  disinterred  hi  order  to  give  it  Christian  burial. 


184  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

In  the  Jacobite  Memoirs  occurs  a  list  of  questions  addressed 
to  the  Rev.  Mr.  James  Hay,  a  Jacobite  minister  in  Inverness, 
one  of  which  runs  thus :  '  Can  you  give  me  the  name  of  that 
man  whose  body  was  taken  up  twenty  days  after  being 
covered,  and  the  name  of  that  man  whose  body  was  taken  up 
twenty-eight  days  after  being  covered,  both  which  bodies 
were  without  any  corruption  or  smell  in  the  least  ?  '  To  which 
Mr.  Hay  made  reply  :  '  The  gentleman  whose  body  was  taken 
up  after  it  was  covered  with  a  little  earth  was  James  Dallas 
of  Cantray,  a  loyall,  kind,  brave  young  man,  who  rais'd  his 
company  at  a  great  expense  to  serve  his  royall  master.  .  .  . 
The  other  was  Alexander  M'Gillevry  of  Dunmaglass,  who  was 
more  than  six  weeks  unburied,  and  without  smell.  .  .  .  Had 
all  acted  the  part  that  these  two  gallant  young  gentlemen  did 
with  Gallish  M'Bain,  major,  Angus  M'Intosh  of  Far,  Alexander 
M'Gillevry,  and  Robert  M'Gillevry,  all  three  captains  (who 
fell  upon  the  field),  the  rest  of  that  clan  with  some  others, 
that  day  would  have  brought  forth  other  things  than  it  did.' 
(The  Lyon  in  Mourning  (Scottish  History  Society),  iii.  53,  55.) 

His  testament  dative,  which  records  that  he  died  16th 
April  1746,  was  given  up  by  Margaret  Hamilton,  his  relict, 
and  executrix  dative  decerned  to  him.  The  amount  of  the 
inventory  is  not  given,  but  a  debt  of  120  merks  is  mentioned 
as  contained  in  a  bill  drawn  by  James  Dallas  and  accepted 
by  Alexander  M'Gilliwray  of  Dunmaglas,  payable  at  Mar- 
tinmas 1745.  The  testament  was  confirmed  13th  August 
1747,  Donald  Dallas  at  Cantray  being  cautioner.  (Commis. 
Inverness,  Test.,  v.  p.  164.) 

The  parentage  of  his  wife,  Margaret  Hamilton,  who  was 
still  living  1st  April  1768,  is  not  known.  By  her  he  had  issue  : 
(1)  William,  his  heir;  (1)  Isabel,  living  1st  April  1768;  (2) 
Ann,  living  1st  April  1768  ;  (3)  Katherine,  living  1st  April 
1768;  (4)  Margaret,  living  1st  April  1768. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY 

WILLIAM  DALLAS,  '  last  of  Cantray,'  was  born  5th,  and  baptized 
at  Croy  5th  March  1739,  the  witnesses  being  Angus  Shaw  of 
Tordaroch  and  William  Shaw  of  Craigfield.  He  was  therefore 
but  a  child  of  seven  when  he  inherited  the  estates.  Only 
three  years  later,  27th  September  1749,  he  and  William 
Dallas  in  Termitt  were  witnesses  to  the  baptism  of  William, 
the  eldest  child  of  Donald  Dallas  in  Cantray,  and  on  10th 
October  1754  he  again  witnessed  the  baptism  of  one  of  Donald's 
sons. 

In  his  youth  he  had  the  misfortune  to  incur  the  censure 
of  the  Church,  and  as  the  proceedings  recorded  in  the  Croy 
Session  Record  throw  some  light  upon  the  customs  of  the 
time,  they  may,  though  somewhat  detrimental  to  the  young 
laird's  character,  be  briefly  recapitulated  here : — 

'  28th  December  1759. — Delated  Katherine  M'Kenzie  in 
Cantray  as  having  brought  forth  a  child  to  William  Dollas 
of  Cantray. 

'  10th  January  1760. — Katherine  M'Kenzie  appeared  and 
confessed,  but  William  Dollas  did  not  appear. 

<  9th  March  1760.— William  Dollas  of  Cantray,  after  the 
Moderator  had  writ  him  twice  on  the  subject  of  his  delinquency, 
submitted  cheerfully  to  Church  discipline,  paid  £20  Scots 
for  his  fine  and  made  public  profession  of  his  repentance 
before  the  congregation  in  which  he  was  absolved. 

'Katherine  M'Kenzie,  his  partner  in  guilt,  having  fully 
satisfy 'd  discipline,  was  likewise  absolved.' 

The  young  laird  came  of  age  in  1761,  and  on  llth  August 
of  that  year  he  was  served  heir-male  special  to  his  father  in 


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186  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

the  lands  of  Croy  with  the  alehouse  and  croft.  (Cantray  Chart.) 
There  is  also  an  extract  retour  of  special  service  in  his  favour, 
dated  2nd  September  1761,  in  which  mention  is  made  of  writs 
granted  to  Alexander  Dallas,  his  great-grandfather  (proavi), 
to  William  Dallas,  his  grandfather  (aw),  and  to  James  Dallas, 
his  father,  for  infeftment  in  the  lands  of  Croy.  (Ibid.)  The 
retour  of  his  general  service  as  heir  to  his  father  is  dated  29th 
August  1761  (Ibid.),  and  on  22nd  October  he  had  sasine  of 
the  lands  of  Galcantray.  (Min.  BL,  Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  ccxl. 
206.) 

In  the  year  1756,  the  laird  being  a  minor,  his  mother  and 
curators  recommenced  the  so-called  encroachments  on  the 
large  tract  of  moor  and  hilly  ground  lying  east  and  south  of 
Galcantray  which  had  been  interrupted  during  his  father's 
lifetime.  They  continued  to  improve  the  moor  by  ploughing 
and  sowing  until  1761,  when  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor,  as 
proprietor  of  the  lands  of  Budzet,  claimed  a  common  right 
to  the  moor,  and  suspended  the  improvements  by  an  order 
of  the  Court  of  Session  obtained  in  August  1761 — that  is,  as  soon 
as  possible  after  the  coming  of  age  of  the  young  heir.  Against 
this  order  William  Dallas  petitioned  the  Court  on  21st  January 
1762,  Campbell's  '  Answers  '  being  dated  1st  February  follow- 
ing, but  the  result  of  the  petition  has  not  been  ascertained. 

There  is  but  little  further  to  be  recorded  of  WUliam 
Dallas.  On  6th  January  1761  he  granted  a  tack  of  the 
easter  part  of  Drummore  to  James  Dallas,  in  whose  possession 
it  already  was  (Commis.  Court  Deeds,  Inverness) ;  on  24th 
March  1764  he  gave  a  tack  of  certain  lands  to  Pryce  Macarthur, 
'  presently  residing  in  Galcantray  '  ;  and  on  10th  August 
following  he  granted  another  tack  of  the  lands  of  Wester 
Galcantray  to  Captain  Thomas  Dunbar  of  General  Holmes' 
Regiment.  (Sheriff  Court  Bks.,  Inverness.) 

In  1763  he  was  in  Edinburgh,  probably  studying  at  the 
University,  and  perhaps  domiciled  with  Hugh  Eose,  younger 
of  Kilravock,  who  was  then  engaged  upon  his  thesis  for  the 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY  187 

Scottish  Bar.  In  a  letter  to  his  brother  John,  dated  12th 
July  of  that  year,  Hugh  Rose  mentions  his  hesitation  '  to 
engage  with  packing  up  this  [letter],  as  Cantray  threatens  to 
reinforce  the  frank  with  some  production  of  his,'  and  says, 
'  I  hear  Cantray's  pen  scratching  in  the  next  room,  so  that  for 
fear  of  surfeiting  you,  I  shall  conclude,'  etc.  (Kilr.,  438-9.) 
On  19th  November  1766  he  was  admitted  to  membership  of 
the  Speculative  Society  of  Edinburgh,  an  association  of 
members  of  the  University,  and  to  this  he  contributed  an 
essay  entitled  '  Advantages  and  Study  of  Knowledge,'  but  he 
resigned  on  4th  November  1767,  no  doubt  on  account  of  his 
accumulating  financial  difficulties.  (Hist.  Spec.  Soc.  Edin. 
(1845),  82.) 

About  this  time  the  new  church,  said  by  Hugh  Scott  to 
have  been  erected  hi  1767  by  the  exertions  of  Rev.  James 
Calder,  the  minister,  must  have  been  completed,  for  on  5th 
February  1765  the  Session  Records  of  Croy  give  particulars 
of  the  division  of  the  '  new  kirk '  among  the  heritors. 
'  Kilraick,'  the  principal  heritor  and  patron  of  the  parish, 
had  35  feet  7  inches  measurement,  and  Cantray  follows  with 
15  feet  1  inch,  while  in  the  division  of  the  Loft  Kilraick  again 
comes  first  and  Cantray  second.  To  Mr.  Bailly,  Sir  Ludovic 
Grant,  and  '  Castlehills '  proportions  are  assigned,  but  it  is 
stated  that  these  belong  to  the  Session  of  Croy,  and  are  to  be 
set  apart  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor. 

On  16th  December  1765  he  made  a  liferent  disposition  hi 
favour  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Hamilton,  his  loving  and  affectionate 
mother,  of  forty  bolls  farm  bear  out  of  the  lands  of  Easter 
Galcantry,  '  presently  possessed  by  her  and  Alexander  Dallas  ' 
(Sheriff  Court  Deeds,  Inverness),  but  the  relationship  of  this 
Alexander  is  not  disclosed. 

Financial  troubles  appear  now  to  be  pressing  severely, 
and  on  7th  February  1767  he  executed  a  deed  of  factory  in 
favour  of  Mr.  Colin  Campbell  for  managing  his  affairs  during 
his  absence,  he  having  determined  to  go  abroad.  One  of  the 


188  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

witnesses  to  this  deed  is  Mr.  Walter  Dallas,  manufacturer 
in  Nairn.  (Ibid.)  Whether  the  laird  did  in  fact  go  abroad 
at  this  time  there  is  nothing  to  show,  but  on  29th  July  follow- 
ing he  must  have  been  in  Britain,  for  he  then  entered  into  a 
contract  to  sell  the  lands  of  Croy,  Cantray,  Cantralees,  and 
Cantrafrees,  Drummore  and  Over  and  Nether  Galcantray 
and  fishings  on  the  water  of  Nairn  for  £5250  sterling  to  Mr. 
David  Davidson,  merchant  or  broker  in  London.  (Cantray 
Chart.)  The  disposition  followed  on  2nd  February  1768, 
and  was  accompanied  by  an  inventory  of  writs  closed  by  the 
following  docket :  '  What  is  wrote  upon  the  Twelve  preceeding 
pages  of  the  foregoing  Inventory  contains  an  Inventory  of 
the  Tittle  Deeds  and  progress  of  the  Lands  and  Estate  of  Croy, 
Lands  and  Estate  of  Cantralees,  Cantrayfrees  and  Drummoir 
and  of  the  Lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Galcantray,  miln  and 
miln  lands,  multures  and  sequels  thereof  and  of  the  Salmon- 
fishings  on  the  Water  of  Nairn  belonging  to  the  said  lands 
referred  to  in  a  disposition  of  the  foresaid  lands  and  others 
granted  by  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  to  and  in  favours  of 
David  Davidson,  merchant  or  broker  in  London,  and  all  which 
writes  and  tittle  deeds  are  delivered  up  by  the  said  William 
Dallas  to  the  foresaid  David  Davidson  along  with  the  said 
disposition  and  of  which  writes  the  said  David  Davidson 
hereby  acknowledges  the  receipt  and  Binds  and  obliges  him, 
his  heirs  and  successors,  to  make  the  same  forthcoming  to  the 
said  William  Dallas  and  his  heirs  and  successors  in  defence  of 
any  action  of  Eviction  that  may  be  brought  of  the  said  lands 
and  other  subjects  or  any  part  thereof  which  may  affect  the 
said  William  Dallas  or  his  foresaids  directly  or  consequentially 
upon  a  receipt  for  the  same  and  obligement  for  presentation 
and  redelivery  thereof  within  a  competent  time  and  under  a 
suitable  penalty.'  The  inventory  (of  the  same  date  as  the 
disposition)  was  executed  and  witnessed  in  London,  and 
is  thus  quoted  at  length  to  refute  the  persistent  state- 
ment that  the  laird  reserved  a  power  of  redemption  :  the 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  CANTRAY  189 

sale  was  absolute  and  unconditional,  as  this  formal  docket 
shows  conclusively. 

One  further  step  in  the  alienation  of  the  estate  is  disclosed 
by  the  renunciation  by  Margaret  Hamilton,  relict  of  James 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  and  Isabell,  Ann,  Katherine,  and  Margaret 
Dallas,  lawful  daughters  procreat  betwixt  her  and  the  said 
deceased  James  Dallas,  narrating  that  William  Dallas  of 
Cantray,  by  a  deed  or  liferent  settlement  dated  28th  October 
1766,  pledged  himself  to  infeft  them  in  liferent  in  the  lands  of 
Galcantray  and  pertinents,  he  having  the  liberty  of  enjoying 
the  lands  for  the  annual  payment  of  £50  sterling  while  the 
mother  and  daughters  remained  in  family  together,  and  upon 
which  they  were  duly  infeft  on  30th  October,  their  sasine 
being  recorded  on  19th  November,  both  in  1766  ;  now  the 
said  William  Dallas  has  sold  the  lands  and  is  obliged  to  clear 
the  same  of  encumbrances,  and  having  paid  to  them  an 
equivalent,  they  hereby  renounce.  The  deed  is  dated  at 
Aberdeen,  10th  March  1768,  the  witnesses  being  Aberdeen 
lawyers.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  cclxviii.  320.) 

Of  the  subsequent  career  of  the  last  laird  of  Cantray 
nothing  is  known  with  certainty.  In  a  brief  biography 
written  in  1845  it  is  stated  that  '  he  sold  the  estate  .  .  .  re- 
serving, however,  a  power  of  redemption,  and  went  to  India. 
After  residing  there  for  some  years,  and  amassing  considerable 
wealth,  he  sailed  for  this  country  with  the  intention  of  re- 
deeming the  property,  but  he  never  reached  home,  the  vessel 
having  been  lost  on  the  passage.'  That  no  'power  of  re- 
demption '  was  reserved  has  already  been  shown,  and  Miss 
Elizabeth  Jane  Dallas,  writing  from  Nairn  on  llth  March 
1870,  said,  '  From  the  loss  of  old  family  papers  and  documents 
in  China  I  fear  little  that  is  satisfactory  can  be  made  out,'  with 
regard  to  the  later  pedigree  of  the  family.  From  this  it  appears 
probable  that  it  was  to  China,  not  to  India,  that  William 
Dallas  proceeded  in  search  of  fortune,  which,  however,  in  spite 
of  the  statement  above,  he  does  not  seem  to  have  achieved. 


190  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

On  15th  December  1778  the  testament  dative  of  William 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  who  died  abroad  in  177-,  was  given 

up  by  Stewart  Dallas,  only  child  of  the  defunct  and  executrix 
dative.  There  was  due  to  the  deceased  a  sum  of  £10  sterling 
as  part  of  the  sum  of  £166,  13s.  4d.  sterling  contained  in  the 
contract  of  marriage  entered  into  between  the  said  William 
Dallas  and  Stewart  Mackenzie,  his  spouse,  third  daughter  of 
Sir  Alexander  Mackenzie  of  Coul,  dated  10th  May  1765,  and 
which  sum  was  payable  on  the  death  of  Sir  Alexander 
Mackenzie.  The  biography  already  quoted  states  that  Dallas 
died  hi  '  1773-4,'  which  is  probably  correct ;  his  wife  must 
have  predeceased  him,  or  at  least  have  been  dead  before  15th 
December  1778.  His  only  child, 

STEWART  DALLAS  must  have  been  but  twelve  years  of  age 
when  she  thus  gave  up  her  father's  testament,  and  can  have 
been  none  other  than  the  '  little  girl '  mentioned  in  1773  in 
Boswell's  Tour.  '  My  cousin,  Miss  Dallas,  formerly  of 
Inverness,'  writes  Boswell,  '  was  married  to  Mr.  Riddoch,  one 
of  the  ministers  of  the  English  chapel  here  [i.e.  Aberdeen]. 
He  was  ill,  and  confined  to  his  room  ;  but  she  sent  us  a  kind 
invitation  to  tea,  which  we  all  accepted.  She  was  the  same 
lively,  sensible,  cheerful  woman  as  ever.  Dr.  Johnson  here 
threw  out  some  jokes  against  Scotland.  .  .  .  And  he  laid  hold 
of  a  little  girl,  Stuart  Dallas,  niece  to  Mrs.  Riddoch,  and  re- 
presenting himself  as  a  giant,  said,  he  would  take  her  with 
him  !  telling  her,  hi  a  hollow  voice,  that  he  lived  in  a  cave, 
and  had  a  bed  in  the  rock,  and  she  should  have  a  little  bed  cut 
opposite  to  it ! '  Whether  the  little  orphan  ever  reached 
womanhood  or  married  there  is  nothing  to  show.  As,  however, 
she  was  unknown  to  Miss  E.  J.  Dallas,  her  second  cousin, 
she  probably  died  hi  her  youth. 


DALLASES  IN  THE  BRAE  OF  CANTRAY 

THERE  has  been  a  branch  of  the  Dallas  family  for  many 
generations  in  the  Brae  of  Cantray  whose  genealogy  is  not 
quite  clear,  though  the  editor  is  of  opinion  that  they  were 
closely  related  to  the  Cantray  family. 

William  Dallas,  born  27th  December  1719,  and  who 
occupied  Tomluncart  from  1745  to  1764,  seems  to  have  been 
the  third  son  of  John  Dallas  and  Margaret  M'Intosh  in  Dalziel 
and  grandson  of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Bracklie  (now  spelt  Brackley), 
eldest  son  by  the  second  marriage  of  William  Dallas  of  Can- 
tray and  Christian  Dunbar. 

From  1764  to  1767  he  occupied  Cantray,  and  appears  to 
have  been  the  last  Dallas  tenant  of  those  lands  before  they 
passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Davidson  family.  In  1768  he 
appears  in  the  Brae  of  Cantray,  which  has  been  continuously 
occupied  by  his  descendants  till  the  present  time  (1921). 

His  name  frequently  occurs  in  the  Croy  Parish  Records. 
He  is  mentioned  as  a  witness  on  20th  February  1768  to  the 
baptism  of  John,  son  of  William  Dallas  and  Lillias  Lessly  in 
Cantradown,  and  for  the  last  time  on  15th  December  1778  in 
conjunction  with  Donald  Dallas,  when  they  appear  as  witnesses 
to  the  baptism  of  Beatrice,  daughter  of  John  Dallas,  son  of 
Donald  Dallas  and  Janet  M'Lean  in  Brae  of  Balfreish. 

He  married  Ann  Man,  daughter  of  James  Man,  Lochend  of 
Clans,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and  eight  daughters  :— 

I.  JAMES,  6.  at  Croy,  21st  August  1754,  married  Janet 
Rose,  b.  Cawdor,  26th  August  1778,  daughter  of  Hugh  Rose, 
Dalcross,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  four  daughters:— 

I.  William,  Brae  of  Cantray,  b.  at  Croy,  15th  April  1806 ; 
ra.  29th  May  1857,  Catherine  Primrose,  6.  at  Croy, 


191 


192  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

10th  December  1832,  daughter  of  David  Primrose, 
Edinburgh,  by  Anne  Munro,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Munro,  parish  of  Croy,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons 
and  two  daughters:— 

1.  James,  Brae  of  Cantray,  b.  Croy,  18th  May 
1858,  married  at  Edinburgh,  24th  December  1909, 
Isabel,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Forbes,  Teanassie, 
Beauly,  Inverness-shire. 

2.  David,  solicitor,  Glasgow,  b.  Croy,  16th  August 
1859 ;  m.  at  Inverness,  7th  September  1903,  Janet  Julia 
Fraser,  eldest  daughter  of  Simon  Fraser,  merchant, 
Inverness,  by  Helen,  youngest  daughter  of  John  Allen, 
Mid  Coul,  in  the  parish  of  Petty,  Inverness-shire. 

3.  William,  6.  at  Croy,  7th  March  1861,  now  of 
Johnston  River,  Geraldtown,  Queensland,  Australia. 

4.  Hugh,  6.   Croy,   1st  November  1864,  now  of 
'  Lonnie,'  Allen  Fearn,  Inverness ;  m.  22nd  December 
1915,  Jessie  Calder,  by  whom  he  has  (1)  Catherine 
Elizabeth,  b.  1916,  and  (2)  Annie  Primrose,  b.  1917. 

1.  Jessie,  b.  Croy,  20th  May  1863 ;  m.  at  Inverness, 
22nd  June  1891,  John  Sinclair,  Daltulich,  by  whom 
she  had  four  sons  and  four  daughters  :— 

(1)  Duncan,  b.  24th  May  1893. 

(2)  William  Dallas,  b.  24th  June  1894. 

(3)  John,  6.  13th  August  1899,  d.  December  1916. 

(4)  James  Dallas,  b.  6th  October  1900. 

(1)  Catherine  Annie,  b.  17th  April  1892. 

(2)  Jeannie,  6.  17th  August  1896,  d.  13th  August 
1905. 

(3)  Annie  Dallas,  6.  24th  February  1898. 

(4)  Kennethina,  6.  7th  August  1906. 

2.  Annie,  b.  at  Croy,  llth  July  1866;  died  un- 
married at  Brae  of  Cantra,  19th  October  1903,  and 
is  buried  in  the  family  burying-place  in  Croy  church- 
yard. 


/.  D.  Vcadon,  Photographer,  Elgin, 
CAWDOR   CASTLE   FROM    NORTH-WEST 


/.  D.  Yi-adon,  Photographer,  Elgin, 
CAWDOR  CASTLE,    KING   DUNCAN'S   BEDROOM 


DALLASES  IN  THE  BRAE  OF  CANTRAY       193 

William. Dallas  died  at  Brae  of  Cantray  18th  April  1867, 
aged  sixty-one  years;  Catherine  Primrose,  his  wife, 
died  23rd  April  1904,  aged  seventy-one  years. 
They  are  both  buried  in  the  family  burying-place  in 
Croy  churchyard. 

H.  Hugh,  b.  at  Croy,  28th  June  1808 ;  d.  hi  infancy. 

in.  Hugh,  of  Escley  Court,  Herefordshire,  b.  at  Croy,  15th 
October  1812 ;  ra.  at  Bebbington  parish  church, 
Cheshire,  7th  October  1851,  Isabella,  6. 25th  December 
1816,  youngest  daughter  of  Samuel  Fergusson, 
Killylung,  parish  of  Holywood  (of  the  Craigdarroch 
branch  of  the  family),  by  Mary  Corrie,  daughter  of 
James  Corrie,  Kerricks,  in  the  parish  of  Tinwold, 
county  of  Dumfries,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons  and 
two  daughters : — 

1.  James,  b.  at  Storeton  Grange,  Cheshire,  1852 ; 
d.  in  1856. 

2.  William,  b.  at   Escley   Court,  Herefordshire, 
16th  May  1859;   ra.  at  Michaelchurch,  Escley,  6th 
September  1887,  Elizabeth  Howell,  b.  Hereford,  16th 
December   1863,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Howell, 
by  Mary,  daughter  of  John   Williams,  Ashperton, 
Herefordshire. 

1.  Mary  Sarah,  b.  at  Storeton  Grange,  Cheshire, 
6th  February  1854,  now  of  No.  4  Hyde  Gardens, 
Eastbourne. 

2.  Susan  Walker,  b.  at  Storeton  Grange,  Cheshire, 
28th  March  1856.     She  died  unmarried  at  Malvern, 
26th  March  1887,  and  is  buried  in  Cowleigh  church- 
yard, Worcestershire. 

Hugh  Dallas  died  at  Holmer,  Hereford,  30th  June  1882, 

and  is  buried  in  the  churchyard,   Michaelchurch, 

Escley,  along  with  his  wife,  Isabella  Fergusson,  who 

died  13th  December  1872. 

I.  Janet,  b.  at  Croy  1810 ;  m.  at  Croy,  Alexander 

K 


194  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Mann,  by  whom  she  had  nine  children.     She  d.  19th 
March  1874,  aged  sixty-three  years. 
n.  Anne,  &.  at  Croy,  10th  September  1814;   m. 

Mackenzie,  Melbourne,  Australia. 

m.  Jane,  &.  at  Croy,  10th  September  1818;  m.  John 
Frazer,  Melbourne,  Australia,  and  had  by  him  two 
sons  and  one  daughter.  She  d.  llth  July  1898,  aged 
seventy-nine  years. 

iv.  Mary,  6.  at  Croy,  6th  January  1820 ;  went  to  Australia 
about  the  year  1864,  where  she  died  unmarried,  6th 
July  1899,  aged  seventy-nine  years. 

James  Dallas  died  at  Brae  of  Cantray,  15th  November 
1838,  aged  eighty-four  years,  and  is  buried  in  Croy  church- 
yard along  with  his  wife,  Janet  Rose,  who  died  24th  October 
1854,  aged  seventy-five  years. 

II.  WILLIAM,  6.  at  Croy,  14th  October  1756 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

III.  JOHN,  &.  at  Croy,  1st  May  1758 ;  m.  Ann  Macdonald, 
by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters: — 

i.  William,  6.  at  Croy,  24th  December  1798.  His  last 
known  address  in  1865,  No.  4  Carmelite  Street, 
Banff. 

n.  James,  6.  at  Croy,  7th  September  1802,  d.  before 
1845,  leaving  a  widow  and  one  child  who  d.  in 
infancy. 

in.  John,  b.  at  Croy  18     ,  went  to  America  in  the 

year   1834,  where   he  purchased  a  farm   at   Sugar 
Grove,  Warren  County,  Pennsylvania.     He  m.  Janet 
Hendry,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  but  only 
one  son  survived. 
1.  James. 

Janet  Hendry  d.  in  1840,  and  he  m.,  secondly, 
Mary  Mackean,  a  native  of  Morayshire,  who  with  her 
mother  and  brother  went  to  America  hi  the  year  1837, 
but  by  her  he  had  no  children  up  to  the  year  1847. 

I  Mary,  6.  at  Croy,  12th  June  1806. 


DALLASES  IN  THE  BRAE  OF  CANTRAY       195 

n.  Anne,  b.  at  Croy,  1800 ;  she  d.  in  1870.     There 

is  an  inscription  on  a  tablet  with  medallion  to  her 
memory  in  the  old  Calton  burying-ground,  Edin- 
burgh, erected  by  Cosmo  Innes  and  his  sister,  Mrs. 
Burton. 

IV.  WILLIAM,  b.  at  Croy,  24th  June  1761,  was  at  one  time 
in  the  army.  He  was  a  witness  to  baptisms  in  the  Croy  parish 
register  in  1813  and  1814.  It  may  have  been  he  who  m. 
Isobel  Campbell  and  had  a  daughter  Margaret,  6.  at  Croy, 
26th  June  1794. 

I.  MARIE,         b.  at  Tomluncart,  13th  May  1745. 
II.  MARGARET,  do.  18th  August  1746. 

III.  ANNA,  do.  21st  March  1748. 

IV.  ANNE,  do.  1st  November  1750. 
V.  JANET,                      do.  10th  August  1752. 

VI.  JEAN,  do.  4th  May  1763. 

VII.  KATHERINE,  do.  10th  October  1764. 

VIII.  ISOBEL,  6.  at  Cantray,  4th  May  1767. 

William  Dallas  and  Ann  Man  his  wife  died  at  Brae  of  Can- 
tray,  and  are  buried  hi  Croy  churchyard. 

After  the  greater  part  of  this  volume  was  in  print  the 
editor  and  Mr.  William  Dallas  of  Pinewood  Hill,  Fleet,  Hants, 
with  the  latest  record  information  before  them,  have  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  William  Dallas  in  Tomluncart  was,  as 
stated,  of  the  Bracklie  family  dealt  with  at  p.  159  and  pp. 
431-445  of  this  volume. 

It  is  right  to  add  that  a  claim  was  made  by  the  late  John 
[Forbes]  Dallas  of  Weymouth  that  his  family  and  the  above 
family  were  both  descended  from  a  John  and  a  James  Dallas 
who  were  tenants  hi  Galcantray  about  1720.  A  careful 
examination  of  the  records  does  not  favour  this  view.  These 
gentlemen  do  not  appear  to  have  been  brothers,  and  it  would 
also  appear  that  as  there  were  two  distinct  holdings  of 
Easter  and  Wester  Galcantray,  they  had  no  connection  with 
each  other.  In  the  action  between  the  heirs  of  Dallas  of 


196  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Budgate  and  Dallas  of  Bannans  (pp.  302-320),  it  is  stated 
that  Henrietta  Cockburn,  widow  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate, 
had  uplifted  £19,  14s.  due  by  John  and  James  Dallas  in  Gal- 
cantray  as  part  of  their  customs,  and  had  received  from  John 
Dallas  in  Galcantray  a  guinea  in  full  payment  of  a  bill  due  by 
him  to  the  said  William  Dallas. 

It  is  possible  that  John  [Forbes]  Dallas  was  descended 
from  one  of  these,  and  we  have  made  up  his  genealogy  as 
follows : — • 

I.  JOHN  DALLAS  in  Galcantray,  by  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth 
Rose,  had  issue  : — 

i.  James  Dallas,  bp.  Croy,  28th  November  1727,  resident 
in  Galcantray  1753,  in  the  Brae  of  Cantray  1755, 
and  in  Cantrabruich  1758.  He  m.  Ann  Jack,  and 
had  issue :  (1)  William,  bp.  Croy,  17th  August 
1753  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  Croy,  16th  May  1755,  who  may 
have  been  identical  with  John  Dallas  in  Cantradoun, 
who  by  Elizabeth  Brown,  his  wife,  had  a  daughter 
Janet,  bp.  Croy  4th  October  1778;  (3)  Alexander, 
bp.  Croy,  27th  February  1758 ;  (4)  James,  b.  24th, 
bp.  Croy,  26th  July  1761 ;  (5)  Isobel,  6.  10th,  bp. 
Croy,  llth  March  1764. 

n.  Alexander  Dallas  in  Galcantray,  bp.  Croy,  6th  May  1729, 
m.  (1)  Isobel  M'Arthur,  '  of  the  family  of  Achneim 
above  Cawdor,  and  Patrick  More  M'Arthur,  keeper 
to  the  Earl  of  Cawdor,  was  her  brother's  son ' 
[John  Forbes  Dallas],  and  said  to  have  been  nurse 
to  the  James  Dallas  of  Cantray  of  the  '45  (Ibid.), 
and  by  her  had  issue  : — 

1.  William  Dallas,  6.  23rd,  bp.  Croy,  26th  October 
1760, '  a  brave  officer  who  volunteered  in  the  "forlorn 
hope"  at  the  assault  of  Seringapatam  in  1799  with 
Sir  David  Baird,  and  executed  such  exploits  of  valour 
(being  an  extraordinary  strong  man)  that  he  caused 
his  death  by  over-exertion  a  few  days  after  the  battle.- 


DALLASES  IN  THE  BRAE  OF  CANTRAY        197 

A  tomb  has  been  erected  there  to  his  memory.' 
[John  Forbes  Dallas.]    He  died  unmarried  (?). 

2.  John  DaUas,  bp.  Croy,  28th  November  1762  ; 
afterward  in  Holme,  gardener  at  Inches,  Warren- 
field,  and  Lentron.     He  m.  Janet  Simson,  and  had 
the  following  children : — 

(1)  Isobel,  bp.  29th  November  1790. 

(2)  Mary,  bp.  18th  March  1793. 

(3)  Donald,  bp.  6th  June  1795. 

(4)  William,  bp.  24th  July  1798. 

(5)  John  [Forbes]  Dallas,  bp.  Croy,  20th  Decem- 
ber 1800,  a  civil  engineer  who  for  a  time  belonged  to 
the  Civil  Department  of  the  Royal  Engineers.     He 
m.  and   d.    at   Weymouth  1883, 
having  had  issue  : — 

(i)  William  Dallas,  '  went  to  America  in  1856 
and  not  heard  of  since.' 

(ii)  John  Dallas,  a  civil  engineer,  Indian  Public 
Works  Department.  He  d.  at  Cardiff  in  1884, 
'  leaving  a  widow  and  2  daughters  in  India.' 

(iii)  George  Alexander,  b.  1834,  d.  1853. 

(iv)  Walter  James  DaUas,  b.  1835,  d.  1875. 

(i)  Mary  DaUas,  b.  1831,  m.  Gale,  d.  1902, 

leaving  issue :  Wm.  Forbes  Gale,  John  Dallas  Gale, 
and  Janet  Elizabeth  Gale. 

(ii)  Elizabeth  Dallas,  m.  McRae, '  a  widow  with 
two  daughters  in  Philadelphia,  U.S.A.,'  in  business 
as  drapers. 

(6)  Hugh,  b.  19th,  bp.  26th  December  1804,  d. 
1881  without  issue. 

John  and  his  brother  Hugh  are  buried  at  Wyke 
Regis,  Dorset.  [John  Dallas  Gale.'] 

3.  James  Dallas,  bp.  Croy,  3rd  May  1765. 

4.  Mary  Dallas,  bp.  Croy,  10th  April  1768. 
Alexander  Dallas,   by  his  second  marriage  with  Annie 


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M'Intosh,  had  the  following  children :  (1)  Elizabeth, 
b.  21st  November  1769 ;  (2)  Annie,  b.  8th  January 
1772 ;  (3)  Jean,  6.  15th,  bp.  25th  May  1774 ;  (4) 
Alexander,  b.  1st  January  1777 ;  (5)  James,  6.  29th 
November  1779. 

m.-iv.  Duncan  and  John  Dallas  (twins),  bp.  Croy,  28th 
July  1731. 

v.  John  DaUas,  bp.  Croy,  21st  April  1734,  m.  19th 
November  1750,  Jean  or  Catherine  Sutherland  in 
Balafries,  by  whom  he  had  (1)  Ann,  b.  1st  December 
1751 ;  (2)  Jean,  b.  26th  February  1758 ;  (3)  William, 
b.  12th  October  1760. 

VI.  Mary  DaUas,  b.  25th,  bp.  Croy,  30th  March  1737, 
one  of  the  witnesses  being  James  Dallas  in  Gal- 
cantray. 

vii.  William  Dallas,  bp.  Croy,  12th  April  1741. 

II.  JAMES  DALLAS  in  Galcantray  was  father  of  a  son 
Charles,  bp.  Croy,  9th  June  1721,  and  a  daughter  Margaret, 
bp.  Croy,  3rd  May  1727. 


DALLAS  OF  PETSAL 

HUGH  DALLAS,  the  second  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray 
and  Christian  Dunbar,  first  occurs,  a  student  in  Nairn,  as  a 
witness,  with  William  Grant  of  Ardoch,  to  a  deed  by  Alexander 
Dunbar  of  Bennetsfield,  and  John  Dunbar,  his  eldest  son, 
dated  at  Nairn,  18th  August  1670,  narrating  bonds  of  provision 
granted  by  them  to  the  younger  sons,  James,  Alexander, 
George,  William,  David,  and  Patrick  Dunbar.  (Nairn  Burgh 
Bee.)  He  was  included  in  his  father's  bond  of  provision  for 
his  younger  children,  dated  16th  November  1671 ;  and  with 
his  brother  german,  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  witnessed 
the  giving  of  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Brackley  to  Hugh  Dallas 
of  Brackley,  21st  May  1683. 

He  appears  to  have  been  his  mother's  favourite  son.  She, 
hi  her  widowhood,  obtained  a  charter  on  a  decreet  of  ad- 
judication against  Walter  Dunbar  deceased,  sometime  Bailie 
of  Forres,  dated  5th  January  1682,  and  on  29th  October  1683 
she  was  infeft  by  the  Provost  and  Magistrates  of  Forres  ha  the 
following  lands :  '  (1)  Part  of  the  common  lands  hi  the  burgh 
of  Forres  called  the  Limekilns,  lying  between  the  lands  of  the 
deceased  Alexander  Forsyth  on  the  East,  the  commontie 
of  the  Burgh  on  the  West,  the  Back-way  at  the  South,  and  the 
yaird  next  described  at  the  North.  (2)  A  yaird  to  the  North 
of  the  above.  (3)  Anothir,  called  the  New  Yaird  sometime 
belonging  to  the  said  Alexander  Forsyth.'  On  this  charter 
she  had  sasine  14th  November  1683,  and  on  15th  November 
1686  a  charter  of  these  lands  is  granted  by  the  Provost  and 
Magistrates  (of  whom  one  is  George  Dallas)  to  Hugh  Dallas, 
brother  german  to  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantra,  on  a  disposition 


199 


200  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

by  Christian  Dunbar,  relict  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Cantray.  Sasine  follows  on  the  same  date,  the  witnesses  to 
the  precept  being  John  Balmanno,  burgess  of  Forres,  Thomas 
Dunbar,  Thomas  Forsyth,  Patrick  Tulloch  younger,  merchants, 
and  John  Collie,  while  it  is  also  signed  by  Patrick  Tulloch, 
Provost,  James  Urquhart,  Bailies  John  Dunbar  and  George 
Dallas.  Following  this,  also  on  the  same  day,  is  sasine  given 
in  favour  of  Isabel  Tulloch,  future  spouse  of  the  said  Hugh 
Dallas,  in  fulfilment  of  their  marriage  contract,  dated  5th 
November  1686,  by  which  the  said  houses,  yairds,  and  kiln 
barn  are  conveyed.  The  witnesses  are  John  Dunbar  and  John 
Tulloch,  merchants,  and  John  Tulloch  and  John  Smith  younger, 
glovers.  (Reg.  Sets.,  Forres.) 

About  the  same  time  there  is  discharge,  renunciation,  and 
grant  of  redemption  by  Hugh  Dallas,  second  lawful  son  of  the 
deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantra,  referring  to  the  bond  of 
provision  of  16th  November  1671,  and  narrating  that  Marjorie 
Dallas  (one  of  the  children  named  therein),  with  consent  of 
Thomas  Dunbar,  her  husband,  on  ...  appointed  Christian 
Dunbar,  relict  of  the  said  deceased  Alexander  Dallas,  and  her 
heirs  and  assignees  to  her  share  of  500  merks,  and  that  the  said 
Christian  Dunbar  on  ...  168  assigned  the  said  sum  to  the 
renouncer,  whereby  he  has  right  not  only  to  his  own  portion, 
but  also  to  that  of  his  said  sister  Marjorie.  And  now,  seeing 
Alexander  Dallas,  now  of  Cantra,  '  my  elder  brother  and  sone 
and  aire  of  our  said  deceist  father,'  has  paid  to  him  1250 
merks,  he  grants  discharge  thereof  and  renounces  the  lands  in 
which  he  and  his  sister  were  infeft  in  security.  The  deed, 
written  by  John  Dallas,  notary  public  in  Fortrose,  is  dated  at 
Cantra,  8th  December  1686,  the  witnesses  being  John  Dallas, 
writer,  and  John  Dallas,  son  to  John  Dallas  M'Phadrick  in 
Cantra.  (Reg.  Sets.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  394.)  On  15th  December 
1687  he  married  Isobel,  eldest  daughter  of  Patrick  Tulloch 
of  Bogtoun,  but  things  did  not  apparently  go  happily  for  the 
young  couple,  for  on  20th  September  1696  Hugh  granted  a 


DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  201 

charter  of  these  Forres  lands  to  Patrick  Tulloch,  in  which  the 
following  clause  occurs:  'Foreasmuch  as  on  31st  May  1690 
Hugh  Dallas  second  son  of  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Cantray  by  bond  for  3000  merks  to  Patrick  Tulloch  of  Bogtoun 
Provost  of  Forres  did  impignorate  [these  lands],  the  Burgh 
Clerk  now  gives  the  said  Patrick  Tulloch  charter  thereof, 
but  redeemable  by  the  said  Hugh  Dallas  and  his  heirs-male,' 
etc.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Forres.)  Following  this  on  the  8th  October 
1690  inhibition  is  granted  at  the  instance  of  '  Patrick  Tulloch 
of  Bogtoun,  Provost  of  Forres,  and  [blank :  no  names] 
Dallases,  lawful  children  of  Hugh  Dallase,  second  son  to  the 
deceased  Alexander  Dallace  of  [Cantray]  procreate  betwixt 
him  and  Isobel  Tulloch,  his  spouse,  eldest  lawful  daughter  of 
the  said  Patrick  Tulloch,  against  the  said  Hugh  Dallas  and 
Christian  Dunbar,  his  mother.'  Mention  is  made  of  a  process 
between  the  parties  before  the  Court  of  Session  for  the  fulfil- 
ment of  the  terms  of  the  contract  of  marriage  made  between 
them,  it  having  been  stipulated  that  the  said  Isobel  shall  be 
infeft  in  liferent  and  the  said  children,  '  then  to  have  been 
procreate,'  in  fee,  in  certain  considerable  sums  of  money, 
lands,  etc.,  the  contract  bearing  date  5th  November  1686  ; 
also,  to  make  forthcoming  all  the  goods  pertaining  to  the  said 
Christian  Dunbar  contained  in  a  disposition  by  her  to  her  son 
Hugh  Dallas,  which  was  transferred  by  him  to  his  said  spouse, 
and  again  by  her  to  her  father.  (Reg.  Irihib.,  Elgin,  Forres, 
etc.,  vi. )  His  interest  in  his  mother's  property  must  have  been 
great,  for  on  27th  April  1694  there  was  a  registration  of  horning 
at  the  instance  of  William  M'Lay  in  Croy,  narrating  that  by  a 
tack  granted  by  Hugh  Dallas,  second  lawful  son  of  the  deceased 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  with  consent  of  Christian 
Dunbar,  liferentrix  of  the  lands  of  Bellafreis,  Galcantray,  and 
Croy,  his  mother,  dated  21st  March  1690,  he  bound  himself  to 
renew  the  tack  to  the  complainer  or,  in  the  case  of  his  death,  to 
Anna  M'Pherson,  his  spouse,  for  other  three  years  under  the 
penalty  of  £100.  The  messenger  executed  the  summons  at 


202  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Hugh  Dallas's  dwelling-house  in  Bellafreish  on  7th  April. 
(Reg.  Horn.,  Inverness,  x.  fol.  341.)  It  is  probable  that  the 
disputes  with  his  father-in-law  led  to  some  pecuniary  difficulties, 
and  hi  the  next  few  years  he  is  engaged  in  sundry  bond  trans- 
actions, some  of  which  are  recorded  in  the  Register  of  Deeds  at 
Forres.  On  15th  May  1696  there  is  recorded  a  bond  by  Hugh 
Dallas  of  Bellafries  to  Nicol  Falconer  hi  Forres  for  £8,  6s.  8d. 
Scots  for  lent  money,  the  witnesses  being  John  Falconer, 
student  in  Forres,  and  Patrick  Falconer,  writer  ;  on  1st  July 
1697  there  is  another  bond  for  £30  Scots  by  Hugh  Dallas, 
brother  german  to  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
witnessed  by  John  Hucheon  and  John  Wilson,  students  in 
Auldearne  ;  on  2nd  April  1698  is  recorded  a  bond  for  £70,  12s. 
Scots  by  Hugh  Dallas,  lawful  son  to  the  deceased  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  dated  llth  November  1697,  to  George 
Ogilvie  in  Holme,  the  witnesses  being  David  Gumming,  writer, 
and  William  Gumming,  student,  both  in  Inverness ;  and 
finally  on  2nd  April  1698  there  is  recorded  a  bond  for  £4  Scots 
by  Hugh  Dallas,  lawful  son  to  the  deceased  Alexander  Dallas 
of  Cantray,  and  John  Dallas  his  brother  german  as  cautioner, 
to  William  Cuthbert,  burgess  of  Inverness  ;  the  bond  is  written 
by  Alexander  M'Lean,  writer  at  BeUfreishe  and  subscribed  at 
Bellfreishe  on  5th  March  1697,  the  witnesses  being  William 
M'Pherson,  burgess  of  Inverness,  and  David  Gumming,  writer. 
Though  he  appears  to  have  retained  possession  of  his  '  dwelling 
house '  at  Balfreish  for  some  time  after  this  date,  he  was 
evidently  settled  later  as  a  merchant  in  Forres,  and  on  28th 
September  1704  it  is  recorded  that  he  was  one  of  the  '  Absents ' 
from  the  Head  Court  there.  In  the  rental  of  the  town  in 
that  year  he  is  debited  for  '  ane  16th  part  and  ane  half  common 
land,  12s.  ;  for  his  yaird  at  the  back  of  his  house,  3s.  4d.  ; 
for  his  yaird  next  to  Thornhill's  lands,  3s.  4d.  ;  for  his  new 
yaird,  10s.,'  making  a  total  of  £1,  8s.  8d.  towards  the  annual 
burgh  rental  of  £402,  5s.,  as  recorded  in  the  Forres  Council 
Records  for  that  and  the  following  years.  On  24th  April 


DALLAS  OP  PETSAL  203 

1705  he  was  witness  to  sasines  of  Torres  lands  granted  to 
Barbara  Allan  and  to  John  Cowie,  when  he  is  described  as 
burgess  in  Forres.  In  the  Treasurer's  Accounts  Hugh  Dallas 
appears  in  a  list  of  '  Deficients  '  on  27th  October  1707,  and  in 
the  rental  of  burgh  lands,  24th  June  1713,  there  appears 
'  Hugh  Dallas  for  common  lands  at  six  merks  per  boll,  £6,' 
and  for  '  Salmon  fishings,  16s.'  He  must  have  died  very  soon 
after  this  date,  as  on  17th  December  1713  his  burgh  lands  in 
Forres,  still  valued  at  £1,  8s.  8d.,  are  entered  hi  the  rental  as 
in  the  hands  of  his  heirs.  By  his  wife,  Isobel  Tulloch,  he 
must  have  had  a  number  of  children,  but  the  names  of  those 
referred  to  hi  the  inhibition  of  8th  October  1690  have  not  been 
recovered,  and  it  is  only  possible  to  specify  two  sons  and  one 
daughter : — 

1.  Alexander,  his  heir. 

2.  Patrick,  6.  in  Forres  and  bp.  there  9th  December  1697, 

the  witnesses  being  Patrick  Tulloch  elder  and  younger 
of  Bogtoun  and  Patrick  Rose  in  Lochiehills. 
1.  Christian,  m.,  first,  16th  June  1728,  Alexander,  son  of 
late  James  Wood,  farmer,  Aucterless;  second,  26th 
March  1738,  Patrick  Farquhar.      (Edin.  Mar.  Reg.) 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS,  the  eldest  son,  was  born  in  Boglone, 
where  his  parents  appear  then  to  have  resided,  and  was 
baptized  at  Forres,  8th  February  1691,  the  witnesses  being 
Alexander  Tulloh  of  Tanachie,  Alexander  Stewart  in  Forres, 
and  Isabel  Tulloh  in  Lochiehills.  He  first  appears,  15th  June 
1714,  on  an  inquest  for  serving  John  Dunbar,  indweller, 
burgess,  as  heir  to  his  father,  John  Dunbar,  merchant, 
burgess,  when  he  is  described  as  a  burgess  of  Forres.  (Forres 
Council  Records.)  On  22nd  September  1724  he  was  elected  a 
Councillor  of  Forres,  when  he  is  described  as  '  merchant ' ; 
he  retired  from  the  Council  in  1726  (Ibid.),  when  apparently  he 
removed  to  Nairn  on  being  appointed  excise  officer  there. 
His  connection  with  Forres  did  not,  however,  cease,  for  on 


204  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

12th  February  1733  there  is  a  sasine  in  favour  of  Alexander 
Dallas,  officer  of  excise  at  Nairn,  on  a  bond,  dated  15th 
December  1732,  by  Gilbert  Hay,  maltman  in  Torres,  and 
Bessie  Urquhart,  his  spouse,  for  £800,  under  which  they  had 
infefted  him  in  a  piece  of  land  called  Calfward  and  an  acre 
called  Goskenooke.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Forres,  iv.)  A  disposition  by 
other  bondholders  in  his  favour  follow,  and  finally  sasine  is 
given  to  Elizabeth  Finlay,  wife  of  Alexander  Dallas,  on  a 
disposition  by  him  to  her,  dated  13th  February  1733.  (Ibid.) 
These  lands  are  stated  to  march  with  other  properties  held  by 
Alexander  Dallas  in  the  burgh  of  Forres.  The  date  of  his 
death  is  not  known ;  nor  is  that  of  his  marriage,  which  must 
have  been  about  1722-3.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  Finlay,  was  hi 
all  probability  daughter  or  sister  of  John  Finlay,  merchant  in 
Forres,  who  witnessed  the  baptism  of  one  of  then-  sons  in  1725. 
It  is  unfortunate  that  no  record  of  the  baptisms  of  his  children, 
born  after  his  leaving  Forres,  has  been  found,  and  it  is  probable 
that  the  list  following  is  incomplete  : — 

I.  John,  bp.  at  Forres  in  1725,  the  witnesses  being  John 

Brodie  of  Windiehills  and  John  Finlay,  merchant. 
H.  Robert,  of  whom  below. 

in.  Duncan,  6.  about  1729  ;  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his 
brother  Charles  Dallas ;  m.  Elizabeth  (b.  8th 
September  1736,  d.  at  Kentish  Town,  4th  April 
1814),  widow  of  Mercer,  and  daughter 

of  Haslett  Powell,  'probably  of  London,'  owner  of 
land  at  Luton,  co.  Bedford.  He  resided  at  Stockwell, 
and  d.,  aged  eighty- five  years,  at  Mr.  Bush's, 
Muswell  Hill,  19th  July  1814,  and  was  buried  at 
Hornsey  (?).  His  will,  dated  13th  February  1812, 
was  proved  hi  P.C.C.,  29th  July  1814.  He  had 
issue  : — 

1.  Harriet,  m.  at  Lambeth,  16th  December 
1789,  James  Bush,  of  Doctors'  Commons,  and  had 
issue.  (Burke  (1906),  s.  CROMWELL.) 


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2.  Sophia,  '  youngest  daughter,'  m.  at  Lambeth 
Church,  29th  June  1797,  Peter  Barnard,  jun., 
surgeon,  of  Southampton  (Times) ;  d.  at  South- 
ampton, 2nd  April  1808,  without  issue. 
IV.  Charles,  stock  and  insurance  broker,  Finch  Lane, 
Cornhill ;  6.  about  1745 ;  by  his  will,  dated  2nd 
March  1808,  he  made  bequests  to  the  widow  and  to 
the  '  female  children '  of  his  brother  Robert  Dallas, 
to  Robert  Dallas,  Esq.,  his  nephew,  to  Robert  Smith, 
son  of  his  sister  Helen,  and  to  Harriet,  daughter  of 
his  brother  Robert  Dallas ;  he  also  left  one  shilling 
to  his  brother  Duncan  Dallas ;  but  bequeathed  the 
bulk  of  his  property,  including  his  pictures,  to  his 
godson,  Charles  Suewin ;  by  a  codicil  dated  28th 
February  1811,  he  revoked  the  bequest  to  Mrs. 
Robert  Dallas,  '  as  she  departed  this  life  on  the  19th 
inst.,'  and  left  an  additional  sum  of  £200  to  Mrs. 
Sarah  Suewin,  and  his  house,  No.  41  Penton  Street, 
Walworth,  to  his  godson.  He  died  at  Walworth, 
6th  January  1812,  and  his  will  was  proved  (P.C.C.), 
22nd  April  1812. 

I.  Jean,  bp.  Forres,  30th  March  1724,  one   of  the  wit- 

nesses    being     John     Brodie    of     Windiehills ;    m. 
Walter,  third  son  of  William  Dallas,  of  Cantray. 

II.  Helen,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her   brother  Charles 

Dallas,  as  the  mother  of   Robert  Smith,  a  legatee 
under  that  will. 

ROBERT  DALLAS,  the  second,  but  apparently  the  eldest 
surviving,  son,  like  so  many  of  his  countrymen,  emigrated 
to  London  in  search  of  fortune,  and  became  a  stock  and  in- 
surance broker.  He  is  first  found  in  Copthall  Court, 
Throgmorton  Street,  in  1763,  but  in  1768  he  had  removed  to 
16  Exchange  Alley,  whence  in  1777  he  migrated  to  2  Cooper's 
Court,  Cornhill.  While  here  he  was  for  two  years  (1781-2)  in 


206  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

partnership  with  Mr.  Allen,  but  nothing  is  known  of  this  brief 
connection.  In  or  before  1786  he  made  another  move,  this 
time  to  11  Mincing  Lane,  and  here  he  is  found  until  the  year 
1794,  when  his  name  disappears  from  the  London  Directory. 
His  residence,  at  least  during  the  later  years  of  his  life,  was, 
however,  in  Kensington,  though  the  exact  locality  has  not 
been  identified. 

Owing  to  a  fire  at  the  Pantechnicon  in  London  most  of  the 
papers  belonging  to  Robert  Dallas  were  destroyed,  and  but 
little  is  known  either  of  his  private  life  or  his  business  trans- 
actions ;  but  in  the  Arniston  Collection  of  Law  Papers  (cxxii. 
40)  there  is  an  information,  dated  1st  February  1778,  for 
Robert  Dallas,  of  Exchange  Alley,  London,  and  his  attorney, 
pursuers,  against  Sir  Thomas  Wallace-Dunlop  of  Craigie, 
Ayrshire,  defender,  from  which  it  appears  that  in  1775,  Sir 
Thomas,  in  consideration  of  a  sum  of  £1200  sterling  paid  to 
him,  granted  a  bond  of  annuity  of  £200  payable  to  Mr.  Dallas 
during  the  life  of  Sir  Thomas.  It  is  stated  that  Mr.  Dallas 
was  an  insurance  broker,  and  entered  into  the  transaction  as  a 
matter  of  business,  but  the  defender,  after  paying  one 
year's  annuity,  declined  to  make  further  payments,  hence 
the  action.  The  defender,  in  his  answer,  alleges  that  Mr. 
Dallas  is  a  money-lender,  and  formulates  various  recrimina- 
tory charges  usual  in  written  pleadings  of  this  character, 
which,  of  course,  carry  no  weight.  The  result  of  the  action  is 
not  recorded. 

He  was  baptized  at  Forres,  23rd  April  1726,  the  witnesses 
being  the  Hon.  Robert  Urquhart,  of  Burdsyards,  Provost  of 
Forres,  and  Robert  Logan,  Bailie,  Forres ;  married  7th 
January  1756,  Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  the  Rev.  James 
Smith,  A.M.,  minister  of  Kilbirnie,by  his  wife,  Bethia,  daughter 
of  Hugh  Barclay  of  the  family  of  Pierstoun  (see  Douglas's 
Peerage  (1764),  s.  GLASGOW)  ;  died  at  Kensington,  9th  April 
1797,  aged  seventy-one  years,  having  had  issue  : — 

I.  Robert  (Sir),  was  educated  at  the  celebrated  school  at 


DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  207 

Kensington  conducted  by  Dr  Elphinston,  and  was 
admitted  a  barrister  of  Lincoln's  Inn  in  1777,  and  is 
said  to  have  obtained  his  training  in  oratory  at  the 
Coachmakers'  Hall.  He  rapidly  acquired  a  large 
practice  in  London  and  on  circuit,  and  was  one  of 
the  counsel  retained  for  the  defence  of  Lord  George 
Gordon  in  1788.  He  was  noted  as  one  of  the  most 
elegant  and  accomplished  orators  in  Westminster 
Hall,  and  '  no  one,  in  my  humble  opinion,'  writes 
Dibdin,  'combined  elegance  and  eloquence  more 
felicitously.'  During  the  years  1788-1795  he  assisted 
in  the  defence  of  Warren  Hastings,  and  '  highly  dis- 
tinguished himself  by  his  exertions,  and  by  his 
polished  addresses  to  the  lords  ' — '  the  more  humane 
and  eloquent  Dallas,'  Macaulay  styles  him  when 
comparing  him  with  Law.  His  celebrated  epigram 
on  Edmund  Burke,  so  often  misquoted,  was : — 

'  Oft  have  I  wonder'd  why  on  Irish  ground 
No  poisonous  reptile  ever  yet  was  found : 
Beveal'd  the  secret  stands  of  Nature's  work — 
She  saved  her  venom  to  create  a  Burke.' 

He  was  appointed  Bang's  Counsel  in  1795,  and 
entered  Parliament  as  member  for  St.  Michael's, 
Cornwall,  in  1802;  he  was  Chief  Justice  of  Chester 
from  1804  to  1813,  and  represented  the  Kirkcaldy 
burghs  in  Parliament  in  1805-6.  He  was  ap- 
pointed Solicitor- General,  4th  May  1813,  and  was 
knighted  on  the  19th  of  the  same  month.  He 
succeeded  Sir  Vicary  Gibbs  as  a  Judge  of  Common 
Pleas  in  1813  ;  and  on  5th  November  1818  he  was 
sworn  in  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  again 
succeeding  Sir  Vicary  Gibbs,  but  he  was  forced  by 
ill-health  to  resign  his  office  shortly  before  his  death. 
He  was  &.  16th  October  1756;  m.,  first,  llth  August 


208  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1788,  Charlotte  (d.  17th  October  1792  in  Great 
Russel  Street),  daughter  of  Major  (afterwards  Lieut.  - 
Colonel,  and  H.M.  Consul  at  Corunna)  Alexander 
Jardine,  R.A.  ;  secondly,  at  Putney,  10th  September 
1802,  Justina  (d.  2nd  December  1848  in  Cumberland 
Terrace),  daughter  of  Henry  Davidson  of  Tulloch 
Castle,  co.  Ross  ;  d.  25th  December  1824.  He  had 
issue  by  his  first  wife  : — 

1.  Robert  William,  a  major  in  the  9th  Regiment 
of  Foot,  was,  while  a  lieutenant,  severely  wounded  at 
St.  Jean  de  Luz,  14th  December  1814 ;  6.  18th  June 
1789  ;  m.  9th  May  1818,  Lucy  (d.  17th  September 
1871),  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  Davidson,  of  Tulloch 
Castle,  co.  Ross,  by  his  wife,  Caroline  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Diffell ;  d.  at  Tunbridge  Wells, 
llth  September  1849.  He  had  issue : — 

(1)  Robert  William,  captain  in  the  Queen's 
Bays ;  6.  22nd  March  1819 ;  m.  at  Leamington,  3rd 
April  1851,  Emily  Florence,  only  daughter  of  Charles 
Earle,  J.P.,  of  Newbold  Firs  ;  d.  leaving  a  son  : — 

(1)  Charles  Caldwell,  formerly  a  lieutenant  on  the 
reserve  of  officers,  6.  29th  March  1858. 

(2)  Henry,  6.  1822. 

(3)  Duncan,  6.   1823  ;    d.  at  Brussels  hi  March 
1830. 

(4)  George    Frederick,    major,    46th    Regiment, 
K.L.H.,  J.P.  for  Westmorland ;   6.  3rd  April  1827  ; 
m.  at  Rottingdean,  Maria  Louisa  (she  m.,  secondly, 
4th  March   1889,  Sir  Herbert  Edmund  Frankland 
Lewis,   Bart.),   daughter  of  James  Arthur  Taylor, 
M.P.,  of  Strensham  Court,  co.  Worcester  ;  d. 

.     He  had  issue  : — 
(i)  Frederica. 

(ii)  Lucy  Clara,  m.,  at  Holy  Trinity,  Sloane 
Street,  15th  March  1892,  Charles  Edward  Every- 


/.  n.  Ycadon,  Photop-apher,  Elgin. 
CAWDOR   CASTLE,    DINING-ROOM 


/.  /'.  YeaJo'i,  PJiotogra filter,  Elgin, 
CAWDOR   CASTLK,    MANTELPIECE   IN   BLUE   ROOM 


DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  209 

Halsted,  of  Mainston  Court,  Ledbury,  co.  Hereford 
(Burke,  s.  EVEBY). 

(iii)  Alice  MurieL 

(1)  Caroline,  born  1820  ;  d.  1865. 

1.  Charlotte,   b.   in   Great  Russell  Street,   14th 
January  1792 ;    ra.  31st  May  1817,  Captain  (after- 
wards Admiral)  Gowan  Roberts,  R.N.  (d.  1848).    Her 
only  child,   Elizabeth  Charlotte,  m.  John  Charles 
Burton,  D.L.,  of  Chetwyn  Park,  Salop,  whose  only 
child,  Jane  Charlotte,  m.  Charles  Eyre  Bradshaw 
Bowles,  by  whom  she  had:    (1)  Humphrey  Charles 
Bradshaw  Bowles,  6.  15th  September  1879,  m.  14th 
November  1898,  Emily  Mary  Mather;    (2)  Cicely 
Frances  Bowles. 

Sir  Robert  had  issue  by  his  second  wife : — 

2.  Magdalen,  6.  in  Bedford  Square,  21st  June 
1803;    m.  23rd   September   1828,  Count  Gustavus 
Bliicher  von  Wahlstadt,  grandson  of  Field- Marshal 
Prince    Bliicher   von   Wahlstadt ;     d.    19th   March 
1870. 

3.  Justina  Davidson,  6.  at  Brighthelmstone,  21st 
August  1804  ;  d.  at  Baden-Baden,  15th  June  1863. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  in  Bedford  Square,  22nd  January 
1806 ;    m.  at  Lancaster,  5th  November  1837,  John 
Penny  Machell,  of  Penny  Bridge,  co.  Westmorland  ; 
d.  5th  June  1866. 

5.  Lucy  Sarah,  b.  6th  October  1811 ;  m.  at  Paris, 
26th    November    1834,    George    Marton,    M.P.,    of 
Capernwray  Hall,  co.  Lanes.  ;  he  d.  24th  November 
1867,  leaving  one  daughter. 

6.  Catherine  Harriet,  b.  in  July  1815  ;    m.,  2nd 
November    1842,    Lieut.- Colonel   Edmund   William 
Wilton  Passy,  56th  Regiment ;    d.  19th  November 
1858. 

n.  George  (Sir),  educated  at  Dr.  Elphinston's  school  at 

o 


210  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Kensington  and  in  Geneva.  He  went  to  India  as  a 
writer  in  1777,  and  his  knowledge  brought  him  rapid 
promotion,  and  for  a  few  years  he  was  Superintendent 
of  the  Collections  at  Hajeshahi,  but  failing  health 
led  to  his  retirement  in  1786.  While  in  India  he 
wrote  '  a  clever  poem,  entitled  The  Indian  Guide, 
published  at  Calcutta,  [and]  said  to  have  been  the 
first  publication  which  was  issued  from  the  Indian 
press ' :  it  dealt  satirically  with  the  social  life  of  the 
country  as  he  saw  it.  On  his  return  to  England  he 
wrote  several  political  pamphlets  which  were  '  much 
esteemed  at  the  time,'  and  on  31st  July  1798  he  was 
created  a  baronet,  when  he  is  styled  '  of  Petsal,  co. 
Stafford,  and  Upper  Harley  Street,  Marylebone,  Midx.' 
He  represented  Newport  (Isle  of  Wight)  in  Parliament 
from  May  1800  to  1802,  but  gained  no  parliamentary 
distinction.  He  was  6.  in  London,  6th  April  1758  ; 
m.,  12th  June  1788,  Catherine  (d.  Henrietta  Street, 
Marylebone,  5th  April  1846),  fourth  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Blackwood,  Bart.,  by  Dorcas,  created  Baroness 
Dufferin  and  Claneboye ;  d.  at  Brighton,  14th 
January  1833.  He  had  issue  : — 

1.  William  Gemmell,  6.  llth  April  1792;    d.  of 
scarlet  fever,  llth  November  1799. 

2.  George,  b.  30th  December  1797 ;   wounded  in 
the  hip  and  thigh  '  in  getting  over  a  hedge  while 
shooting,'  19th  January,  and  d.  14th  February  1816, 
at  St.  Margaret's  Castle,  Tichfield,  co.  Hants. 

3.  Henry,   captain  in  the   78th   Regiment ;     6. 
in  Upper  Harley  Street,  30th  July  1802  ;  d.  in  Dublin, 
10th  August  1830. 

4.  Robert  Charles   (Sir),  published  in   1819  an 
Ode  to  the  Duke  of   Wellington  and  other  Poems, 
written  between  the  ages  of  eleven  and  thirteen,  of 
which  Southey  wrote :    '  Sir  George  Dallas  has  sent 


DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  211 

me  some  marvellous  verses  by  a  son  of  bis,  not  yet 
thirteen — as  great  a  prodigy  as  I  have  ever  read  of. 
Verses  appear  as  easy  to  him  as  speech  ;  Latin  verse 
is  at  his  fingers'  ends  like  English  ;  and  he  has  acted 
a  part  in  a  play  of  his  own  composition,  like  another 
Roscius.'  He  matriculated  at  Oriel  College,  Oxford, 
7th  July  1821  (B.A.  1825  ;  M.A.  1829) ;  and  was 
admitted  a  barrister  at  Lincoln's  Inn  in  1829.  He 
succeeded  to  the  baronetcy,  14th  January  1833,  and 
became  Lieut.-Colonel  of  the  Royal  Grenada 
Militia  and  Militia  Aide-de-Camp  to  the  Lieut.  - 
Governor  of  Grenada.  He  was  6.  at  Dawlish,  24th 
December  1804  ;  m.  at  St.  Mary's,  Bryanston  Square, 
Frances  Henrietta  (&.  llth  February  1812 ;  d. 
Ashburn  Place,  Cromwell  Road,  2nd  March  1894), 
widow  of  Charles  des  Vceux  (Burke),  and  fifth  daughter 
of  Edward  Law,  1st  Lord  Ellenborough  (Burke) ; 
d.  in  Montagu  Square,  2nd  August  1874.  He  had 
issue : — 

(1)  George   Edward   (Sir),   entered  the  Foreign 
Office  in  December  1863,  and  eventually    became 
Chief    Clerk,    an    office    from    which     he    retired 
hi   1900,   having  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  2nd 
August   1874.     He  was  born   in   Henrietta  Street, 
9th   October    1842;     m.,     17th    September    1884, 
Felicia  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Canon 
George  Earle  Welby,  B.A.,  rector  of  Harrowby,  co. 
Lincoln. 

(2)  Rupert  Caradoc  Francis,  captain  in  the  Royal 
Lancashire  Militia,  1880,   lieutenant  and  adjutant 
98th  Foot,  captain  5th  battalion  Rifle  Brigade  ;   6. 
14th  July  1847  ;   m.,  31st  March  1880,  Harriet  Ann, 
youngest  daughter  of  Charles  Shannon ;   d.  without 
issue,  20th  August  1904. 

(3)  Theodosia    Selina ;    6.    16th    January    1844 ; 


212  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

m.,  12th  October  1870,  William  John  Pepys,  3rd 
Earl  of  Cottenham  (d.  20th  January  1881).  Their 
daughter,  Lady  Mary  Pepys,  m.  26th  November  1910, 
Mr.  Elias  Corbally. 

1.  Catherine    Sophia ;     &.    31st    August    1789 ; 
m.,  9th  December  1811,  Vice- Admiral  George  Poulett, 
R.N.,    son   of  Earl   Poulett    (d.    10th 
February  1864) ;  d.  llth  April  1831. 

2.  Marianne,    b,    6th   August    1790 ;     m.,    first, 
llth  February  1809,  Sir  Peter  Parker,  Bart.,  captain 
R.N.  (killed  at  Bellair,  near  Baltimore,  31st  August 
1815),  secondly,  15th  August  1818,  Michael  Bruce, 
oo.  Inverness ;  d.  20th  February  1851. 

3.  Henrietta,    6.    llth    May    1801 ;     m.,    llth 
September  1841,  Henry  Francis  Earle. 

With  reference  to  Robert  Dallas  (p.  206),  the  editor  finds 
he  is  first  mentioned  in  the  records  on  27th  October  1753, 
when  he  is  designated  as  clerk  to  Mr.  John  van  Rixtel,  London, 
and  eldest  lawful  son  of  Alexander  Dallas,  officer  of  excise, 
Elgin,  and  granted  a  factory  and  commission  in  favour  of 
Robert  Roy,  merchant,  Forres,  to  sell  certain  burgh  lands, 
ackers  and  others,  which  belonged  to  Christian  Dunbar,  grand- 
mother to  said  Alexander  Dallas,  his  father.  (Durie,  215.) 

On  4th  June  1754,  John  Gray,  of  Windsor  Court,  parish  of 
St.  Clementsends,  hi  the  county  of  Middlesex,  uses  inhibition 
against  Robert  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  alderman,  son  of  de- 
ceased Alexander  Dallas,  late  excise  officer  in  Elgin. 

Sir  George  Dallas  had  a  grant  of  arms  on  being  made  a 
baronet,  dated  6th  August  1798.  This  grant  was  in  favour 
of  himself  and  the  issue  of  his  father,  Robert  Dallas,  with  the 
proper  differences,  and  were : — Arms,  Argent,  a  bend  azure, 
between  three  mullets  sable;  Crest,  A  crescent  quarterly  or 
and  gules ;  Motto,  '  Lux  venit  ab  alto.'  With  the  correspond- 
ence relative  to  this  grant  at  the  Heralds'  College  is  a  card  on 
which  are  depicted  the  arms  used  by  Robert  Dallas,  the  father 


DALLAS  OF  PETSAL  213 

of  Sir  George,  which  are:  Argent,  a  bend  between  three 
mullets  azure. 

We  thus  find  the  Cantray  descent  portrayed  in  the  three 
mullets  or  stars  already  referred  to  on  page  65.  The  motto, 
'Lux  venit  ab  alto,'  is  the  second  notarial  subscription  of 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  W.S.,  mentioned  on  page  321. 

The  editor  has  traced  an  interesting  correspondence  in 
the  British  Museum,  London,  between  Sir  George  Dallas, 
his  brother  Sir  Robert  Dallas,  Lord  Wellesley,  and  Warren 
Hastings,  who  was  defended  at  his  trial  by  Sir  Robert.  This 
correspondence  will  be  found  at  pp.  410-430. 


BUDGATE    HISTORY 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE 

WILLIAM  DALLAS,  the  first  known  Dallas  proprietor  of  the 
lands  of  Budgate  and  Galcantray,  was  born  about  the  year 
1421.  It  has  been  conjectured  that  he  was  a  son  of  John 
Dallas  of  Easterford,  which  is  in  no  way  opposed  to  chrono- 
logy, and  which  would  be  greatly  strengthened  in  validity 
were  the  possession  of  Budgate  by  John  Dallas  of  Easterford 
confirmed.  He  first  appears  upon  record  in  the  year  1458, 
when  he  executed  the  following  very  interesting  deed,  dis- 
posing in  the  most  summary  manner  of  the  marriage  of  his 
heir  to  Hugh  Rose,  seventh  baron  of  Kilravock,  whose  sister 
he  had  married  : — 

'  This  endenture  made  at  Elgyn  the  xvi  day  of  the  moneth 
of  Januar,  the  yeir  of  our  Lorde  a  thousand  four  hundreth 
fyffty  and  acht  yeris,  betuix  honorabiles  and  worthie  men, 
Huchoun  of  Ross  baroune  of  Kilravach,  on  a  parte,  and 
William  of  Doles  of  Mikilbudwete  and  Galcantree,  on  the  tother 
part,  proportis  and  berys  witnes  in  maner,  fourm  and  effect, 
as  efiftir  f olowes.  That  is  to  say,  that  the  said  William  of  Doles 
sal  gif  and  deliuer  William  his  sone  and  apperant  air  and  his 
mariage,  to  the  said  Huchoun  of  Rosse,  his  erne,  to  be  at  his 
will  and  disponyng  at  his  liking,  failliand  of  that,  his  sistris 
sone  and  air  ;  the  said  Huchoun  sal  haf  the  airis  mariage  of  the 
said  William  richt  sa,  that  sal  be  gettin  betuix  him  therefftir 
or  any  lauchful  wife  in  spousale,  and  failliand  the  air  to  cum 
of  that  wyfe,  the  airis  mariage  of  the  next  vther  wyfe  that  he 
sal  hafe,  and  swa  furth  fra  ane  air  till  ane  vther  air  gettin  of 
his  body  lauchfully,  vnto  the  tyme  that  the  air  of  the  said 
William  haf  treuly  and  with  effect,  fulfillit  the  forsaid  mariage 


117 


218  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

with  quhat  persone  or  in  quhat  place,  it  sal  be  spedeful  to  the 
said  Huchoune :  for  the  quhilk  air  and  mariage,  the  said 
Huchoune  sal  content  and  pay  to  the  forsaid  William  of  Doles 
at  Kilravach,  threty  sevin  markis  of  the  vsuale  money  of 
Scotland  proportionaly  at  ther  termes  folowand ;  that  is  to 
say,  at  the  terme  of  Witsonday  next  folowand  the  making 
of  this  endenture,  ten  markis,  and  at  the  fest  of  Sanct  Martyne 
hi  wyntre  next  therefftir  folowand,  nyne  markis,  and  at  the 
fest  of  Witsonday  next  therefftir  folowand  nyne  markis,  and 
at  the  fest  of  Sant  Martyne  in  wyntre  next  therefftir  folowand 
nyne  markis,  in  ful  payment  and  contentation  for  the  ful- 
filling and  gifft  of  the  said  mariage,  the  said  William  deliuerand 
at  this  next  Witsonday  to  the  said  Huchone,  the  said  son  and 
apperant  air  of  the  said  William,  togidder  with  the  tane  half 
evinly  with  the  pertinentis  of  his  said  land  of  Cantree,  with 
possessione,  malez,  and  al  vther  profitis  cummand  therof,  to 
the  lifting  and  sustentacione  of  the  said  childe.  Atour  gif  the 
said  Huchoune  may  purchess  the  oure-lordis  consent,  that  the 
foresaid  childe  and  air  may  be  put  in  the  fee  of  the  landis  of 
Budwete  and  Galcantree  forsaid,  the  franktenement  therof  sal 
be  reseruit  to  the  said  William  his  fader,  for  his  lyve  time. 
Hereatour  the  forsaid  William  oblises  and  bindis  him  be  the 
treuth  of  his  body  that  he  sal  nouther  sell,  wedset,  na  formale, 
nor  mak  any  alienatione  of  the  said  landis  of  Mukil  Bud- 
wete na  Galcantree  without  the  will  and  consent  of  the  said 
Huchoune  grauntit  and  gevin  theropon.  Neuertheles  the  f  or- 
saides  Huchoune  and  William  oblises  and  bindis  thaim  richt 
sua  be  the  treuthes  of  thair  bodiis  for  thaim  and  all  thair 
airis  and  thair  assigneis,  that  gif  thai  or  any  of  thaim  revoke, 
againstand,  or  brek  any  poynt  of  ther  conditiouns  forsaid  in 
any  maner,  the  brekkar  therof,  againstandar,  or  revokar,  sal 
gif  to  the  reparatione  of  the  chapell  of  Geddas,  fourty  poundis 
of  the  vsuale  money  of  Scotland,  to  be  raysit  be  the  Bischop 
of  Murraue,  that  sal  be  for  the  time,  or  be  his  officiall  or  com- 
missar, or  be  the  vicare  generate,  the  sege  of  Murraue  vacant, 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  219 

and  to  be  compellit  thertoo  be  the  censure  of  Haly  kirk.  To 
the  quhilkis  al  and  sundry  conditions  and  apoyntmentis  for- 
said  lelely  and  treuly  to  be  kepit  for  euirmare,  but  fraud  or  gile, 
the  forsaid  Huchoune  and  William  for  thaim,  thair  airis  and 
assigneis,  the  haly  evangeliis  toucheit,  has  gevin  thair  bodily 
athes.  And  for  mare  sikkernes  to  thais  endenturis,  entir- 
changingly  has  affixt  thair  seles,  the  place,  day,  and  yere  befor 
writin,  in  presence  of  worthie  men,  Ferchard  Lamb,  Robert 
of  Eosse,  Alexander  of  Rosse,  Huchoun  of  Sutherland,  and 
Johne  Stady,  squieris,  Johne  of  Murraue,  alderman  of  Elgyn, 
seris  Thomas  Boile,  vicar  of  Duffous,  and  William  Stady, 
chaplane,  witneses  heretoo,  specialy  pray  it  and  requirit.' 
(Kilr.,  133.) 

He  is  next  mentioned  in  an  undated  precept  by  Sir  James 
Ogilvy  of  Deskford,  probably  issued  between  1480  and  1490, 
and  on  10th  May  1492  Alexander  Roos  of  Dunheryn,  Vilyam 
Doles  of  Cantray  and  Wilyam  Doles  of  Budwit  became  surety 
for  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock  for  the  payment  of  the  tocher  of 
his  eldest  daughter  Isabel,  now  contracted  with  John  of  Caldor, 
the  son  and  heir  of  William  thane  of  Cawdor  (Cawd.,  76),  while 
on  24th  May  following  Hugh  Rose  issued  a  precept  directed 
to  William  Hay  of  Lochloy,  William  Doles  of  Budwit,  and  John 
Cheyn  his  bailies,  to  give  sasine  to  the  quarter  lands  of  Geddes, 
which  had  been  pledged  to  the  thane  of  Cawdor  in  security  for 
the  payment  of  one  hundred  merks  of  Isabel  Rose's  dower. 
(Cawd.,  78.)  On  6th  January  1493-4  William  Doles  of  Cantra 
and  William  Doles  of  Bydvyt  were  amongst  the  witnesses  to 
the  charter  of  foundation  by  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock  of  a  per- 
petual chaplainry  at  Geddes  (Kilr.,  140),  though  it  was  only 
three  months  later  that  they  were  tried  and  sentenced  to 
death  at  Aberdeen,  as  already  related. 

In  the  account  previously  given  of  William  Dallas  of 
Cantray  some  details  have  been  recorded  with  regard  to  a 
dispute  between  the  good  town  of  Inverness  and  certain 
northern  burghs.  In  this  cause,  which  was  tried  in  the  year 


220  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1501,  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  was  summoned  as  a  witness, 
and  on  28th  May  deponed  that  the  burgh  of  Inverness  was 
ever  the  principal  burgh  of  the  whole  shire,  and  that  he  heard 
never  that  Dingwall  or  Tain  occupied  any  freedom  but  at 
their  licence,  and  that  it  is  the  head  staple  of  Caithness,  Suther- 
land, and  Ross,  and  states  his  age  to  be  eighty  years.  (Inver- 
nessiana,  185. )  On  21st  January  1501-2  William  Doles  of  Cantra 
and  William  Doles  of  Bydvyt  were  amongst  the  witnesses  to 
a  notarial  instrument  called  forth  by  the  dispute  between  the 
thane  of  Cawdor  and  the  baron  of  Kilravock  with  reference  to 
the  marriage  of  the  thane's  son  and  the  baron's  daughter. 
(Cawd.,  113.)  It  may  be  safely  assumed  that  William  Dallas 
of  Budgate  did  not  long  survive  this  date,  and  that  he  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  William.  Of  his  other  issue  nothing  is 
known. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE 

IT  may  be  safely  concluded  that  the  '  child  '  whose  marriage 
was  so  summarily  disposed  of  in  the  year  1458  was  identical 
with  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  who  is  found  in  possession 
of  that  property  in  the  early  years  of  the  sixteenth  century. 
He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  William,  thane  of  Cawdor, 
as  is  evidenced  by  the  following  precept,  the  date  of  which 
Cosmo  Innes,  in  his  Thanes  of  Cawdor,  assumes  to  be  about 
1490-1500,  but  which  might  with  greater  probability  be  placed 
ten  years  earlier,  as  the  eldest  son  of  the  thane  was  married 
in  1499,  and  his  two  other  daughters  in  1487  and  1490  respec- 
tively. The  precept  runs  as  follows  : — 

'  Jacobus  Ogiluy  de  Deskfurd  miles  ac  dominus  de  Strath- 
narn  dilectis  balliuis  meis  Willelmo  Thano  de  Caldor  et 
Patricio  Ogiluy  in  Glassach  in  hac  parte  specialiter  constitutis 
et  eorum  cuilibet  coniunctim  et  diuisim  salutem.  Quia  dedi 
hereditarie  Willelmo  Doles  filio  et  heredi  apparenti  Willelmi 
Doles  de  Bodwit  et  Margarete  Caldor  et  eorum  alteri  diucius 
viuenti  .  .  .  omnes  et  singulas  terras  meas  de  Westirgal- 
cantra  cum  pertinenciis  et  duabus  croftis  de  Estircantra  et 
perticatam  terre  ad  valorem  quinque  solidorum  et  quatuor 
denariorum  de  eadem  Estircantra  de  terris  propinquioribus 
jacentibus  prope  Westercantra  cum  omnibus  suis  pertinen- 
ciis jacentes  in  dominio  meo  de  Strathnarn  infra  vicecomi- 
tatum  de  Inuerness  .  .  .  vobis  igitur  et  vestrum  cuilibet 
.  .  .  precipio  et  mando  quatenus  accedatis  ad  predictas 
terras  cum  pertinenciis  et  ibidem  dicto  Willelmo  Doles  et  Mar- 
garete Caldor  .  .  .  statum  saisinam  et  possessionem  heredi- 
tariam  predictarum  terrarum  .  .  .  tradatis  et  deliberetis.' 

(Gawd.,  75.) 

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222  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

On  3rd  January  1509-10  a  discreet  man,  Sir  William  Caldour, 
Vicar  of  Evan,  made  a  protest  with  respect  to  his  lands  of  Litil 
Urchtny,  which  was  witnessed  by,  amongst  others,  William 
Doles  of  Budwitt  (Gawd.,  120),  and  on  10th  November  1510 
he  again  appears  as  a  witness,  his  appended  seal  bearing  a 
heron's  (?)  head  contourne  and  on  a  chief  three  mullets,  with 
the  legend  Sig.  vilelmi  Dallyas.  (Laing's  Sc.  Seals.) 

It  is  doubtful  whether  it  was  this  William  Dallas,  or  his 
father,  who  some  time  before  the  year  1510  sold  to  Master 
John  Caldour,  chantor  of  Ross,  the  fourth  part  of  Mekil  Budwit, 
with  the  Croft  Blayr,  which  with  other  lands  the  chantor  had 
destined  by  will  to  Hugh  Caldour,  the  heir- male  of  the  old 
thanes  of  Cawdor.  (Gawd.,  122.) 

On  10th  April  1512  William  Dallace  of  Bugget  and  Henry 
Dollace  of  Cantre  served  on  a  jury  for  the  retour  of  William 
M'Culloch  of  Plaidis  (Invern.  Sheriff.  Ct.  Rec.,  i.) ;  on  21st  July 
1513  they  appear  on  a  jury  for  the  retour  of  Thomas  Patersone 
(Ibid.),  and  on  3rd  October  of  the  same  year  they  again  serve 
on  a  jury  for  the  retour  of  the  Lady  Elizabeth  Sutherland 
as  heir  of  John,  Earl  of  Sutherland,  her  brother.  (Invernes- 
siana,  194.)  Finally,  on  6th  May  1515  Henry  Dolles  of 
Cantray  and  William  Dolles  of  Budwit  are  amongst  the  wit- 
nesses to  a  contract  of  marriage  between  Alexander  Caldor, 
a  son  of  William,  the  last  thane  of  Cawdor  of  the  old  line,  and 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hugh  Rose,  eighth  baron  of  Kilravock 
(Gawd.,  185),  and  though  evidence  is  again  wanting,  it  appears 
probable  that  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  did  not  long  survive, 
and  that  his  lands  passed  to  a  son  of  the  same  name.  It  may, 
however,  be  concluded  that  the  youth  whose  marriage  was 
disposed  of  in  1458,  when  he  may  have  been  eight  or  ten  years 
of  age,  or  even  older,  was  not  still  living  in  the  middle  of  the 
sixteenth  century. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  III.  OF  BUDGATE 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  OF  BUDGATE  is  assumed  to  have  succeeded 
to  the  family  estates  some  time  between  the  years  1515  and 
1520.  On  17th  July  1520  Margaret  Stewart,  lady  of  Gordon 
and  of  the  conjunct  fee  of  the  lordship  of  Badenoch,  issued  a 
precept  of  clare  constat  directing  Allan  M'Ane  M'AUister, 
son  and  apparent  heir  of  John  Keyr  of  Rathamurchus,  William 
Dolless  of  Buddet,  John  Eoss  in  Name,  Donald  M'Gillewe, 
burgess  of  Innernis,  Thomas  M'Ane  M'Allister,  and  Thomas 
Clerk  in  Pettyn,  as  her  bailies,  to  give  sasine  of  the  lands  of 
Dunnachtane  More  and  others,  to  Lachlan  Makintoischye,  as 
brother  and  heir  of  the  deceased  William  Makyntoischye  of 
Dunnachtane  (Mackint.  Mun.,  12).  Dallas  and  his  son,  Alex- 
ander Doles,  were  witnesses  to  the  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Croy 
given  to  Alexander  Doles  of  Cantray  on  8th  May  1522.  On 
13th  February  1524-5  William  Dolas  of  Budyet  was  one  of  the 
witnesses  to  '  Ane  Indentur  and  Compromit  betwix  Sir  John 
Campbell  of  Calder  and  Huchon  Ros  of  Kilrawok,  of  mutual 
friendship  and  amitie.'  (Gawd.,  148.)  He  is  mentioned  hi  a 
sasine  in  favour  of  his  son  in  the  year  1525,  and  on  27th  April 

1532  William  Dolles  of  Buidvit,  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray, 
and  others  were  witnesses  to  a  protest  by  the  knight  of  Cawdor 
against  the  prejudice  of  his  right  to  the  lands  of  Little  Urchny 
and  the  crofts  called  the  Sheriff's  Crofts,  by  the  sasine  granted 
to  the  five  daughters  of  the  late  Hugh  Calder,  sheriff  of  Nairn, 
in  certain  roods,  acres,  butts,  tofts,  crofts,  and  annual  rents 
within  the  burgh  of  Nairn.     (Gawd.,  153.)     On  5th  November 

1533  John  Ogilvy  of  Carnowseys  and  Durne  issued  a  precept 
directing  William  Dolace  of  Budyait  to  give  sasine  to  Sir 


224  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

John  Campbell  of  Cawdor,  of  the  lands  of  Mekil  Geddes  and 
half  Rait  (Gawd.,  155),  and  on  14th  April  1534  Alexander 
Dollace  of  Cantray  and  William  Dollace  of  Budyeth  served  on  a 
jury  at  Inverness  for  the  retour  of  George  Munro  of  Doucharte. 
(Invern.  Sheriff-Ct.  Rec.,  i.)  He  was  still  living  when,  on  15th 
October  1540,  his  son  entered  into  a  second  matrimonial  en- 
gagement, but  is  mentioned  as  deceased  in  1547,  when  his  son 
Alexander  had  already  entered  into  possession  of  the  family 
estates. 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  BUDGATE  first  occurs  as  son  of  William 
Dallas  of  Budgate  on  8th  May  1522,  in  a  Cantray  charter 
already  recorded,  and  three  years  later  occurs  a  precept  of 
sasine  by  Alexander  Ogilby,  Lord  of  Fynlater  and  Strath- 
nairn,  in  favour  of  Alexander  Dolles,  son  and  heir-apparent 
of  William  Dolles  of  Budzeit,  and  Isabella  Dunbar,  his  spouse, 
in  conjunct  fee,  of  the  lands  of  Milton,  of  Cantramore,  and  the 
quarter  lands  of  Dolleskayllye,  dated  at  Findlater  14th  July 
1525.  Either  this  marriage  with  Isabella  Dunbar  was 
annulled  or  the  lady  died  before  the  year  1540,  when  Alexander 
Dallas  entered  into  another  matrimonial  engagement,  proved 
by  the  following  charter  : — 

'  Omnibus  hanc  cartam  visuris  vel  audituris  Alexander 
Dolles  films  et  apparens  heres  Willelmi  Dolles  de  Budyett 
salutem.  .  .  .  Noueritis    me  .  .  .  dedisse  .  .  .  dilecte    mee 
Katherine  Campbell  hi  sua  virginitate  pro  toto  tempore  vite 
sue  in  dotem  maritagii,  et  heredibus  inter  me  et  ipsam  legitime 
procreandis  .  .  .  totas  et  integras  terras  meas  de  Myltoun  de 
Cantraygald  .  .  .  jacentes   in   baronia    de   Strathnairn  .  .  , 
Tenendas  et  habendas  predictas  terras  .  .  .  dicte  Katrine 
Campbell  hi  sua  virginitate  hi  dotem  maritagii  in  vitali  redditu 
pro  toto  tempore  vite  sue  .  .  .  apud  Elgin  15°  Octobris  1540 
coram  hiis  testibus  honorabilibus  et   discretis  viris   Archi- 
baldo  Campbell  filio  et  apparente  herede  Johannis  Campbell 
de    Caldor    militis    Johanne    Mountgumry    Waltero    Mont- 
gumry.  .  .  .  ALEXR.  DOLLES  of  Galcantra.' 

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226  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Following  upon  this  charter  sasine  was  taken  on  21st 
October  1540,  for  'honesta  domicella,  Catherina  Campbell, 
et  in  signum  huiusmodi  sasine  et  possessionis  per  dictum 
ballivum  (Archibaldum  Campbell)  tradite  eidem,  balliuus 
unum  bouem  rubeum  colore  lie  brandit  cum  cornibus  albis 
pro  sasina  bona  recepit.'  (Gawd.,  164.) 

Cosmo  Innes,  in  his  book  of  the  Thanes  of  Cawdor,  has 
identified  this  Katherine  Campbell  with  another  Catherine 
Campbell,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor,  who  was 
married  first  to  the  Master  of  Ogilvie,  and  secondly  to  David 
Lindsay,  ninth  Earl  of  Crawford ;  but  as  this  lady  was  cer- 
tainly the  wife  of  James  Ogilvie,  younger  of  Ogilvie,  before 
1st  October  1539  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.),  and  did  not  become  a  widow 
until  his  death  on  the  disastrous  field  of  Pinkie,  10th  Sep- 
tember 1547,  her  identification  with  the  spouse  of  Alexander 
Dallas  is  obviously  erroneous.  Though  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  Dallas's  wife  was  a  relative — possibly  a  niece — of  Sir 
John  Campbell,  she  certainly  was  not  his  daughter  by  the  Lady 
Muriel  Calder. 

On  7th  October  1544,  Alexander  Dallas  was  serving  on 
an  assize  in  the  Sheriff  Court  of  Inverness.  (Invern.  Sheriff  Ct, 
Rec.,  i.).  A  dispute  arose  at  this  time  between  Hugh  Rose 
of  Kilravock  and  Alexander  Dolles  of  Budzeit  regarding  the 
fishings  on  the  water  of  Nairn  and  a  piece  of  ground  lying 
between  their  lands.  Certain  arbiters  were  appointed,  and  a 
decreet  arbitral  was  pronounced  at  Kilravock  on  28th  March 
1546,  which  was  not  recorded  until  10th  July  1744.  (Mac- 
kenzie, 170.)  Under  this  decreet  John  Ross  of  Balevate, 
Alexander  Delias  of  Cantray,  Arthur  Tullocht  of  Balnaheyt, 
William  Ross  in  Duldawt,  James  Ross  in  Leomacht,  and 
Huchoun  Fraser  in  Ardrosshan  as  arbiters  decided  that  all 
the  lands  on  the  north  side  of  the  march  between  Kilravock 
and  Budzeit  and  Dolleshalze  was  the  property  of  Hutcheon 
Ross  of  Kilravock,  and  that  all  the  lands  along  the  march 
from  east  to  west  pertained  to  Alexander  Dallas  of  Budzeit. 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE         227 

Thereafter  we  find  a  precept  of  sasine  by  James  Ogilvy  of 
Strathnairn,  in  favour  of  Alexander  Dolles,  son  and  heir- 
apparent  of  the  late  William  Dolles  of  Boudweit,  in  the  lands 
of  Boudweit,  Dolleschaylie,  Milton,  and  Galcantray,  all  lying 
in  the  lordship  of  Strathnairn,  dated  in  the  year  1547.  (Gawd., 
263). 

Having  no  legitimate  issue,  Alexander  Dallas,  shortly  be- 
fore his  death,  resolved  to  make  one  of  his  natural  sons  his 
heir,  and  to  this  end  obtained  letters  of  legitimation  in  their 
favour.  As  there  is  some  misapprehension  as  to  the  effect 
of  such  letters,  it  may  perhaps  be  well  to  give  their  purport 
in  the  present  instance  hi  detail. 

'  Queen  Mary,  with  consent  of  James,  Earl  of  Arran, 
Governor  of  Scotland,  and  her  Tutor,  grants  Alexander  Doles 
and  William  Doles,  natural  sons  of  Alexander  Doles  of  Budzat, 
full  power  at  any  time  of  their  life,  or  on  deathbed,  freely  to 
dispone  upon  all  their  lands  and  possessions  whatsoever  and 
wheresoever  they  may  be  within  the  kingdom,  and  upon  all 
their  goods,  moveable  and  immoveable,  to  whomsoever  they 
shall  think  good,  notwithstanding  that  they  were  born  in 
bastardy,  and  that  the  escheats  of  such  pertain  to  the  Crown, 
with  power  also  to  enjoy  all  dignities,  offices,  honours  and 
privileges,  heritages  and  possessions  in  judgment  and  without, 
and  if  they  shall  have  any  lawful  issue  that  they  shall  succeed 
to  them,  or  if  they  shall  die  without  lawful  heirs  of  their  bodies 
and  without  making  lawful  disposition  of  their  estates  then 
their  nearest  kin  on  father's  or  mother's  side,  and  their  heirs, 
shall  have  right  to  be  served  as  their  heirs  just  as  if  the  said 
Alexander  and  William  had  been  born  in  lawful  wedlock. 
Granted  under  the  Great  Seal  at  Edinburgh,  8th  January 
1546.'  (Beg.  Mag.  Sig.,  xxx.  No.  80.) 

In  fact,  such  letters  gave  a  bastard  all  civil  rights  from 
which  bastardy  precluded  him. 

Alexander  Dallas  died  in  October  1548,  when  he  was 
succeeded  by  the  elder  of  the  two  sons  just  mentioned,  but  no 


228  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

record  of  the  name  of  their  mother  has  been  transmitted,  and 
in  the  absence  of  evidence  it  is  perhaps  futile  to  speculate 
upon  the  subject,  yet  the  surmise  cannot  be  resisted  that  they 
were  the  children  of  their  father's  first  marriage  with  Isabella 
Dunbar,  and  that  their  illegitimacy  was  due  to  the  verdict  of 
an  ecclesiastical  court  based  upon  some  question  of  consan- 
guinity. Such  proceedings  were  by  no  means  uncommon 
during  the  corrupt  days  of  the  moribund  Romish  Church  in 
Scotland,  being  founded  upon  canonical  obstacles  existing 
between  the  parties,  and  though  no  relationship  has  been 
traced  between  the  Budgate  Dallases  and  the  Dunbars,  it  is 
more  than  probable  that  such  in  fact  existed.  No  doubt, 
had  there  been  issue  of  the  marriage  between  Alexander 
Dallas  and  Katherine  Campbell,  no  steps  would  have  been 
taken  to  legitimate  these  sons.  It  must  be  confessed  that  this 
suggestion  does  not  go  far  to  prove  that  they  were  the  children 
of  a  marriage  which  had  once  been  solemnised  and  afterwards 
annulled. 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  OF  BUDGATE  succeeded  his  father  in  the 
family  estates  in  accordance  with  a  settlement  executed  some 
time  during  the  year  1548.  On  8th  March  1554-5  he  served  on 
the  jury  for  the  retour  of  Lord  Gordon  (Invern.  Sheriff  Ct.  Rec.), 
and  two  years  later,  in  April  1557,  he  was  the  defendant  in 
an  action  raised  by  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray  and  Patrick 
Dallas  his  son,  to  which  reference  has  already  been  made. 
On  21st  April  1561  Allexander  Dollis  of  Budeth  was  Chan- 
cellor of  an  assize  held  at  Inverness,  from  which  Alexander 
Dollis  of  Cantray  is  mentioned  as  absent  (Invern.  Sheriff  Ct. 
Rec.,  ii.),  and  a  glimpse  of  the  social  life  of  the  period  is  ob- 
tained when  on  31st  October  of  the  same  year,  Hucheon  Roy, 
compearing  at  the  Sheriff  Court  of  Inverness,  allowed  that  he 
had  enacted  himself  to  produce  before  the  Sheriff  '  ane  tuay 
bandit  sourd  quhilk  wes  arreisted  in  the  said  Huchonis  hands 
and  was  acclamit  be  Alexander  Dollace  of  Buddyt '  ;  and  now 
'  that  quhair  the  said  Alexander  Dollace  was  possest  with  his 
awin  sourd,'  he  claims  to  be  relieved  of  this  act,  and  takes 
instruments.  (Ibid.)  On  29th  November  1561  Alexander 
Dollace  of  Buddyt  and  his  neighbour  of  Cantray  served  on 
the  jury  for  the  retour  of  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor  (Ibid.)  ; 
and  on  4th  March  1561-2  there  is  registered  a  contract  dated  at 
Edinburgh  3rd  March  of  that  year  between  Donald  M'Intosche 
Willemson  in  Cullernie,  and  George  Munro  of  Dalcartie,  in 
which  the  said  George  Munro  discharges  all  claim  he  has 
against  the  said  Donald,  and  Angus  his  son,  for  the  violent 
occupation  of  the  lands  of  Conage  within  the  barony  of  Petty  ; 
and  he  is  content  that  Donald  occupy  the  third  part  of  these 


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230  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

lands  until  Whitsunday  next,  when  he  is  to  quit  them,  and 
the  said  Donald  and  Alexander  Doless  of  Budget,  his  surety 
(who  is  unable  to  write),  engage  to  refund  all  damages  through 
breach  of  this  contract.  (Bks.  Counc.  and  Sess.,  v.  81.)  It 
must  have  been  about  this  time  that  Alexander  Dollace  of 
Bwiddeth  was  appointed  a  baron  to  go  upon  an  assize  for  a 
weighty  matter,  but  the  fact  is  recorded  on  a  loose  leaf  of  the 
register,  from  which  the  date  is  omitted,  as  well  as,  unfortun- 
ately, the  details  of  the  weighty  matter.  (Invern.  Sheriff  Ct. 
Rec.,  ii.)  A  question  having  arisen  as  to  the  marches  between 
Kilravock  and  Holme,  Hugh  Ros  of  Kilravock,  James  Ogilvy 
of  Cardale,  superior  of  the  lands  of  Holme,  and  Alexander 
Ros,  their  '  heritabill  proprietar,'  met  upon  the  debatable 
lands,  and  on  14th  September  1562  came  to  an  agreement 
which  was  duly  set  forth  by  Master  George  Fraser,  notary, 
and  witnessed  by,  amongst  others,  Alexander  Doles  of  Budwit 
and  Patrik  Doles  in  Croy  (Kilr.,  235-7),  and  on  20th  December 
1566  these  two  were  members  of  a  jury  for  the  retour  of 
David  Ros  of  Holme,  who  had  now  succeeded  his  father  in 
these  lands.  (Invern.  Sheriff  Ct.  Rec.,  i.)  On  20th  May  1567 
the  laird  of  Budgate  was  one  of  the  witnesses  of  the  Bishop's 
charter  of  the  lands  of  Croy  to  Henry  Dallas  of  Croy ;  and 
a  few  years  later  the  particulars  are  disclosed  of  his  succession 
to  his  father's  estates,  for  on  6th  October  1573  Patrik  Dollas 
of  Duiris  and  others  are  recorded  as  serving  on  an  assize  for 
the  retour  of  John  (?)  Fraser  of  Aberchalder,  and  also  for  that 
of  Alexander  Dollis  of  Buddet,  which  proceeds  as  follows  : — 

'  Who  being  sworn  say  that  the  late  Alexander  Dollas,  son 
and  apparent  of  William  Dollas  of  Budzet,  father  of  Alexander 
Dollas  of  Budzet,  bearer  of  these  presents,  died  last  vest  and 
seized  as  of  fee  at  the  peace  and  faith  of  the  mother  of  our 
supreme  Lord  the  King  of  all  and  haill  the  half  of  the  lands  of 
Estir  Braychlycht  with  pertinents  lately  belonging  to  Sir  John 
Campbell  of  Calder,  knight,  lying  in  the  lordship  of  Petty  and 
Brachlie  and  within  the  sheriffdom  of  Inverness,  and  that  the  said 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE       231 

Alexander  Delias,  son  and  apparent  heir  [?  grandson]  of  William 
Dollas  of  Buidzet,  is  the  nearest  [heir]  and  successor  to  him  by 
reason  of  entail  and  charter  of  alienation  made  by  the  de- 
ceased Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  knight,  to  the  late  Alex- 
ander Dollas,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  William  Dollas  of 
Buidzet  and  Catherine  Campbell  his  spouse,  and  the  survivor 
of  them  and  their  children  born,  or  to  be  born,  and  because 
there  is  no  survivor  nearer  by  the  foresaid  charter  to  succeed 
to  the  said  lands  they  pass  now  to  his  natural  son  and  his  heirs 
and  assignees.  The  lands  are  valued  at  33s.  4d.,  and  are 
held  in  chief  of  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  son  and  heir  of  the 
late  Archibald  Campbell  of  Calder,  knight,  and  grandson  of 
the  late  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  for  payment  of  four 
pennies  Scots,  in  whose  hands  they  are  through  the  death  of 
the  said  Alexander  Dollas,  father  of  the  said  Alexander  Dollas 
now  of  Budzet,  who  died  in  October  1548.'  (Invern.  Sheriff 
Ct.  Mec.,  i.) 

Although  in  the  retour  of  1573  William  Dallas  of  Budgate 
is  described  as  being  seized  as  of  fee  in  the  lands  of  Easter 
Brachlie,  they  were  only  held  by  his  son  on  a  wadset,  for  on 
29th  May  1574  Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddet,  then  described 
as  heritable  possessor  of  the  half  of  the  west  town  and  lands 
of  Easter  Bracklie  in  the  lordship  of  Petty  and  Bracklie  and 
shire  of  Inverness,  acknowledges  that  these  lands,  held  by 
him  from  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  have  been  lawfully 
redeemed  by  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  who  had  power  so  to 
redeem  them  in  terms  of  letters  of  reversion  made  by  the 
deceased  Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddet,  son  and  apparent  heir 
of  the  deceased  William  Dolles  of  Buddet,  father  of  the  said 
Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddet,  to  the  foresaid  Sir  John  Campbell 
of  Calder,  but  under  reservation  of  his  tack  of  the  said  lands 
for  three  years.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  No.  xxxii.  fol.  47.) 

The  lands  of  Dallaschyle  had  also  been  wadset,  as  on  26th 
September  1574  Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddeth  warned  William 
Tulloch  to  compear  in  the  Kirk  of  Nairn  on  the  6th  November 


232  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

following,  to  receive  the  sum  of  one  hundred  merks  contained 
in  a  reversion  made  by  the  deceased  Arthur  Tulloch  to  William 
Dolles  of  Buddeth  for  the  redemption  of  the  lands  of  Dalles- 
chelle.  Thereupon  instruments  were  asked  at  Bannekeith, 
and  two  of  the  witnesses  were  Patrick  Dolles  of  Durris  and 
Alexander  Dolles  of  Durris.  (Ibid.,  fol.  61.)  This  was 
doubtless  preliminary  to  the  granting  of  a  charter  of  life- 
rent  by  Alexander  Dolles  of  Budgate  to  his  spouse,  Margaret 
Macintosh,  of  the  lands  of  Dolaschaille,  dated  19th  November 
1574.  (Gawd.,  263.) 

Disputes  arose  between  Hugh  Ross  of  Kilravock  and 
Alexander  Dolles  of  Budget  with  regard  to  salmon-fishing 
before  the  place  of  Kilravock,  but  these  were  amicably  settled 
by  an  agreement  dated  26th  April  1580,  into  the  particulars 
of  which  it  is  needless  to  enter.  (Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  No. 
xxxiL  fol.  233.) 

The  laird's  first  wife,  Margaret  Mackintosh,  must  have  died 
about  this  time,  as  on  14th  May  1582  is  recorded  the  sasine 
of  Marjorie  Straythauchin  in  liferent  in  the  lands  of  Dallas- 
chyle  on  a  charter  and  precept  under  the  subscription  of  Alex- 
ander Dolles  of  Buddet  (who  signs  by  a  notary),  and  sealed 
with  his  own  seal  of  white  wax  impressed  with  red,  directed 
to  John  Dolles  in  Cantradoun  as  his  bailie,  and  dated  at 
Inverness  8th  May  1582,  amongst  the  witnesses  there  being 
John  Dolles  in  Cantrey,  William  Dolles  in  Cantreyfreis,  and 
James  Dalles,  son  of  Alexander  Dolles  of  Buddethe,  while 
among  the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  are  John  Dolles  in  Cantrey 
and  John  Dolles,  son  to  Arpitill  Dolles  in  Cantra.  (Prot.  Bk., 
W.  Cuming,  No.  xxxix.  fol.  19.)  This  lady  was  one  of  the 
three  daughters  and  co-heiresses  of  George  Strachane  of  Cullo- 
din,  of  whose  ward,  marriage,  non-entry  and  relief  Lachlan 
M'Intoische  of  Dunnachtin  had  become  the  donator  before 
12th  December  1576,  when  Margaret  Straychan,  another  of  the 
daughters,  was  contracted  with  Huchon  Ross,  son  of  the 
deceased  James  Ross,  sometime  in  Lyonach.  (Mackint.  Mun., 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE       233 

112.)  On  4th  November  1582  Marjorie  Strachan,  Dallas's 
wife,  described  as  the  eldest  of  the  three  lawful  '  sisters '  of 
the  deceased  George  Strachan  of  Cullodyne,  had  sasine  on  a 
precept  from  Chancery  in  the  third  part  of  the  lands  of  Easter, 
Mid,  and  Wester  Collodyne,  etc.,  the  witnesses  to  the  sasine 
being  John  Dolles  in  Cantray,  Alexander  Ros,  son  of  John 
Ros  in  Cantraydoun,  and  Alexander  Dolles  in  Hullcrest. 
(Prot.  Bk.,  W.  Cuming,  No.  xxxix.  fol.  16.)  The  Culloden 
property  did  not,  however,  long  remain  in  her  hands,  for  at 
Moye  Hall  is  preserved  a  discharge  by  Marjorie  Straythauchin, 
spouse  of  Alexander  Dollace  of  Bwdeit,  and  her  said  spouse,  to 
Lachlan  M'Yntoysche  of  Dunnachtane  for  800  merks  for  her 
third  of  the  towns  of  Wester,  Mid,  and  Easter  Cullodyne  and 
Culquhonak,  with  the  third  of  the  mills,  etc.,  which  they  have 
sold  to  the  said  Lachlan  M'Yntoyschie  and  Agnes  M'Kenzie, 
his  spouse  ;  dated  at  Inverness  4th  December  1582,  and  wit- 
nessed by  William  Baillie  of  Dunnane,  and  John  Cuthbert, 
John  Kar,  Robert  Waus,  and  William  Gumming,  burgesses  of 
Inverness.  (Mackint.  Mun.,  131.)  It  was  perhaps  to  this 
marriage  that  the  Kinrara  manuscript  referred  when  recording 
the  presence  at  Lethin  of  Lachlan  Mackintosh,  Captain  of  Clan 
Chattan,  at  the  marriage  of  one  of  the  Dallases  of  Budgate 
in  February  1581-2,  while  the  close  intimacy  of  relationship 
between  Mackintosh  and  Dallas  is  vouched  for  by  the  inclusion 
of  Alexander  Dolles  of  Budyett  amongst  Lachlan's  kin  hi  a 
contract  of  appointment  concluded  between  Mackintosh  and 
Calder  at  Ardrosseyr,  17th  June  1581.  (Cawd.,  182-3.) 

Towards  the  close  of  his  life  the  laird  appears  to  have 
divested  himself  of  the  fee  of  his  estates  in  favour  of  his  son, 
for  on  16th  May  1590  Alexander  Dolles  of  Budyet  granted  a 
charter  to  William  Dolles,  his  son  and  heir-apparent,  of  the 
lands  of  Budyeitmoir,  Dallaschyle,  Nether  and  Over  Gal- 
cantray,  etc.  (Cawd.,  264),  but  he  undoubtedly  retained  the 
liferent  until  his  death. 

Though  no  details  of  the  affair  have  been  transmitted, 


234  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

there  would  appear  to  have  existed,  towards  the  close  of 
the  sixteenth  century,  a  violent  dispute  between  the  Roses 
and  the  Dallases  of  Budgate,  the  laird  of  Cantray,  it  would 
seem,  ranging  himself  on  the  side  of  the  former,  no  doubt  on 
the  score  of  close  consanguinity  and  friendship.  Of  this  feud 
the  only  record  now  existing  appears  to  be  contained  in  two 
bonds  of  caution  of  the  year  1593,  by  the  first  of  which  Hucheon 
Ros  of  Kilrawak  and  David  Ros  of  Holme,  as  principals,  bind 
themselves,  each  in  500  merks,  not  to  harm  Alexander  Dolles 
of  Budyett,  or  Williame  Dolles,  his  son  and  apparent  heir, 
subscribed  at  Kilraak,  1st  September,  before  Williame  Ros, 
apparent  of  Kilraak,  Johnne  Ros  of  Cantray,  Williame  Ros 
and  Alexander  Ros,  servants  to  the  said  Laird  of  Kilraak  ; 
while  by  the  second  Alexander  Dolles  of  Cantray  becomes 
caution  for  Williame  Dolles  of  Ballechreist,  and  Henry  Dolles, 
his  son,  each  in  500  merks,  not  to  harm  the  said  Alexander 
and  Williame  Dolles,  also  subscribed  at  Kilraak,  1st  Sep- 
tember, before  Hucheon  Ros  of  Kilraak,  William  Ros,  his  son, 
David  Ros  of  Holm,  and  Johnne  Ros  of  Cantray,  John  Ros, 
notary  public,  subscribing  for  the  principals.  (Reg.  Priv. 
Counc.,  v.  566-7.) 

After  this  date  the  name  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Budgate 
has  not  been  traced  in  the  records,  so  that  it  can  only  be  stated 
that  he  was  dead  before  Whitsunday  1597,  when  his  son  was 
in  possession  of  his  lands.  It  would,  however,  appear  that 
the  lands  of  Budgatemore,  Dallaschyle,  and  Galcantray  had 
been  sold  by  the  laird,  before  his  death,  to  Campbell  of  Cawdor, 
and  that  he  was  able  to  transmit  to  his  heirs  a  wadset  upon 
the  property  redeemable  at  any  time  by  a  money  payment  of 
10,000  merks. 

Alexander  Dallas  married,  first,  Margaret  Mackintosh, 
doubtless  a  near  relative  of  the  Captain  of  Clan  Chattan,  who 
died  apparently  about  the  year  1580 ;  and,  secondly,  in  1582, 
Margaret,  elder  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  George  Strachan 
of  Culloden  :  by  the  former  he  was  father  of  William,  his  heir 


ALEXANDER  DALLAS  II.  OF  BUDGATE       235 

and  successor,  and  James,  who  is  casually  mentioned  as  a 
witness  on  5th  May  1582.  It  is  probable,  however,  that  he 
had  several  other  children,  possibly  by  both  marriages,  some  of 
whom  may  well  have  been  the  ancestors  of  those  numerous 
Dallases,  presently  to  be  mentioned,  to  whom  it  has  been  found 
impossible,  with  the  information  at  present  at  command,  to 
assign  a  place  in  the  family  genealogy. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  BUDGATE 

THE  first  appearance  of  William  Dallas  is  on  22nd  March  1585, 
when,  as  '  apparent  of  Buddet,'  he  witnesses  a  Cantray  pre- 
cept, and  five  years  later  he  had  from  his  father  a  charter  of 
Budgate  lands  as  already  recorded. 

'  On  22  July  1590,  Katherene  Roiss  Lady  Fowlis  [was] 
Dilatit  of  certane  crymes  of  witchcraft.  .  .  . 

'  The  samyn  day,  Dauid  Roiss  of  Holme  and  William 
Dolace  apperand  of  Buddet,  Donald  Ross  of  Balnamukkie, 
Thomas  Vmphra  in  Elgyn,  and  John  Innes  of  Lewcheris, 
oftymes  callit,  to  compeir  bef oir  the  Justice  or  his  deputes,  the 
said  day  and  place,  in  the  hour  of  cause,  to  haif  past  vpoune 
the  Assyis  of  the  said  Katherine,  dilatit  of  the  crymes  aboue 
writtin  ;  lawfull  tyme  of  day  biddin,  and  nocht  comperand  to 
that  effect ;  they  and  ilk  ane  of  thame  wes  vnlawit,  in  the 
pane  of  fourtie  pundis.'  (Pitcairn,  Grim.  Trials,  i.  201.) 

They  probably  disliked  the  duty  of  sitting  in  judgment 
upon  the  wife  of  a  near  neighbour,  and  the  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Ross  of  Balnagown,  who  claimed  kinship  with  the 
Roses. 

On  1st  May  1593  he  became  cautioner  for  Alexander 
Dolles  of  Cantra  and  others,  and  was  concerned  with  his 
father  in  his  disputes  with  the  Holme  Roses. 

In  1597  he  was,  at  the  instance  of  Sir  John  Campbell  of 
Cawdor,  decerned,  by  decree  of  the  Lords  of  Council,  to  remove 
from  the  lands  of  Budgate,  but  he  found  means  to  evade  this 
decree,  and  continued  to  defy  the  demands  of  the  Campbells 
for  the  possession  of  his  patrimony. 

On  6th  May  1605  he  granted  a  charter  to  William  Dallace, 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  IV.  OF  BUDGATE          237 

his  son  and  heir-apparent  (procreated  between  him  and  the 
late  Margaret  Dunbar,  his  sometime  spouse),  and  to  the  heirs- 
male  of  his  body,  whom  failing  to  the  heirs-male  bearing  the 
surname  and  arms  of  Dallas,  of  the  town  and  lands  of  Mekill 
Budzet,  Dollascheill,  Eastern  and  Western  Galchantray, 
reserving  the  usufruct  or  frank-tenement  thereof  to  himself. 
(Gawd.,  264.) 

On  27th  April  1607  he  was  one  of  the  cautioners  for  a  loan 
made  by  Alexander  M'Kenzie,  apparent  of  Garloche,  to  Lach- 
lan  M'Intoshe  of  Dunnachtin  (Mackintosh  Mun.,  59),  and  on 
1st  July  1611  he  was  one  of  those  who  served  on  an  inquest  at 
Nairn  for  the  retour  of  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock  as  heir  to  his 
father,  William  Rose  of  Kilravock.  (Kilr.,  304.)  No  later 
reference  to  him  has  been  found  beyond  the  fact  that  his 
death  occurred  in  1616. 

His  first  wife  was  Margaret  Dunbar,  above  mentioned,  who 
was  the  mother  of  William  Dallas,  his  heir.  He  married, 
secondly,  Margaret  Hay,  who  as  his  widow  had  become  the 
spouse  of  Alexander  Dallas  in  Galcantray  before  the  year  1619. 
Save  his  son  and  heir,  no  record  has  been  found  of  any  issue 
by  either  marriage,  though  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
other  children  were  born  to  him. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  V.  OF  BUDGATE 

WILLIAM  DALLAS  was  a  minor  when,  in  1616,  he  succeeded  his 
father  in  the  Budgate  lands,  the  fee  of  which  had,  however, 
already  been  granted  to  him  by  his  father's  charter  in  1605  ; 
he  was  served  heir  to  his  grandfather,  Alexander  Dolles  of 
Budzett,  in  the  lands  of  Budzettmoir  and  Dolleschyle,  of  Nether 
Galcantray,  with  the  mill,  and  of  Over  Galcantray,  in  the  barony 
of  Strathnairn,  28th  April  1618.  (Inquis.,  i.,  Inverness,  36.) 
He  was  not,  however,  permitted  to  hold  the  lands  in  peace. 
At  the  Court  at  Inverness,  8th  May  1619,  process  was  entered 
by  John  Campbell  of  Calder,  knight,  before  the  Lords  of  Coun- 
cil and  Session  against  William  Dollas,  son  and  heir,  at  the 
least  charged  to  enter  heir  and  behaving  himself  as  heir,  to 
the  deceased  William  Dollas  of  Budzett,  his  father,  for  the 
violent  profits  or  the  value  and  price  thereof  as  libelled  of  the 
lands  of  Meikle  Budzett,  Dollassyll,  and  Galcantray,  with  the 
mills  and  mill  lands  for  the  years  libelled,  violently  occupied 
by  the  said  deceased  William  Dollas  and  others  in  his  name 
from  Whitsunday  1579,  at  which  time  he  was  decerned,  by 
decree  of  the  said  Lords  of  Council,  at  the  complainer's  instance, 
to  remove  from  the  said  lands  and  others,  but  removed  not 
and  violently  possessed  the  same  until  the  year  1616  that  he 
died,  thus  amounting  to  twenty  years.  The  said  William 
succeeded  '  in  the  vice  and  violence  of  his  said  umquhill 
father,'  and  the  complainer  seeks  from  him  and  his  tutors 
and  curators,  if  he  has  any,  the  said  profits  for  the  three  years 
since  his  father's  death,  and  to  remove  his  wife,  family,  and 
goods  from  the  said  lands.  The  complainer  has  also  action 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  V.  OF  BUDGATE  239 

before  the  said  Lords  against  Margaret  Hay  (described  as 
conjunct  fiar  of  Galcantray),  relict  of  the  deceased  William 
Dollas,  and  Alexander  Dollas,  now  her  spouse,  for  his  interest 
as  succeeding  in  the  place  of  the  said  deceased  William  Dollas 
in  the  labouring  of  the  said  lands  of  Galcantray,  with  the  mill 
thereof,  for  the  years  libelled  (1616-1618),  and  he  craves  inhi- 
bition against  them,  which  is  granted.  (Part.  Beg.  Horn,  and 
Inhib.,  Inverness,  iv.)  The  decree  is  dated  12th  March  1619, 
and  in  it  William  Dallas  is  described  as  a  minor. 

On  20th  December  1620,  when  he  witnesses  a  charter  by 
John  Campbell  of  Calder  in  favour  of  James  Campbell  of 
Auchindoun,  he  is  described  as  '  lately  '  of  Budzet  (Sas.  Reg., 
Elgin  and  Nairn,  ii.  6) ;  and  at  Budgate  on  4th  November 
1623,  William  Dollas  of  Budzet,  in  fulfilment  of  a  contract 
between  him  and  John  Campbell,  fiar  of  Calder,  resigned  and 
renounced  in  favour  of  the  said  John  Campbell  the  whole 
lands  of  Budzeitmoir,  etc.,  and  that  for  the  sum  of  10,000 
merks  paid  to  him  by  the  said  John  Campbell,  fiar  of  Calder, 
'  so  that  baith  propertie  and  superioritie  is  now  consolidat  in 
the  persoun  of  the  said  John  Campbell.'  (Gawd.,  264.)  Not- 
withstanding this  absolute  conveyance,  William  Dallas  and 
his  successors  continued  to  occupy  the  lands,  and  to  be  styled 
'  of  Budgate,'  for  just  a  century  beyond  this  date. 

A  few  years  later  some  right  to  Budgate  seems  to  have 
passed  to  Duncan  Forbes,  an  Inverness  merchant,  for  on 
20th  November  1630  John  Campbell,  fiar  of  Calder,  gave 
sasine  to  Duncan  Forbes  of  Budzett  of  the  lands  of  Nether 
Galcantray,  the  witnesses  being  William  and  John  Dollas  in 
Budzett  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  263)  ;  and  on  28th  May 
1631  Duncan  Forbes,  burgess  of  Inverness,  and  Janet  Forbes, 
his  spouse,  granted  to  William  Dollas  of  Budzet  a  charter  of 
the  lands  of  Budzet,  Newton  of  Budzet,  and  Dollaschyle,  the 
witnesses  being  William  Dollas  of  Cantray  and  John  Forbes, 
the  granter's  son.  (Protocol  Bk.,  Ixxi.)  No  explanation  of 
these  transactions  has  been  found. 


240  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

It  seems  not  improbable  that  the  laird  eked  out  a  precarious 
income  by  becoming  a  writer,  for  a  deed  of  sale  of  household 
goods  by  Sir  John  Campbell  of  Calder  was  '  vryttin  be  William 
DoUas  of  Budyet,  at  Calder,  13  Junii  1636  '  (Cawd.,  282)  ;  and 
in  the  same  year,  on  4th  June,  he  was  a  witness  at  Inverness  of  a 
renunciation  by  '  John  M'Queine  son  and  heir  lawful  gotten 
betwix  the  deceased  Donald  M'Queine,  persone  of  Pettie,  and 
Agnes  Douglas,  his  spouse,'  in  favour  of  David,  Earl  of  Murray, 
of  the  town  and  lands  of  Midcoull.  (Reg,  Sas.,  Inverness,  v. 
fol.  330.) 

Between  the  years  1639  and  1649  the  laird  entered  into 
a  number  of  bond  transactions  for  the  purpose  of  raising 
money.  They  had,  however,  no  immediate  bearing  upon 
the  progress  of  events  during  the  lifetime  of  William  Dallas, 
and  will  be  cited  later  in  discussing  the  apprising  of  the 
Budgate  lands  by  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  in  1654. 

On  8th  January  1642  an  action  was  brought  by  William 
Dallais  of  Budiat  as  cautioner  for  Eupham  Campbell,  relict  of 
James  Campbell  of  Auchindowne  and  his  executrix  appointed 
by  his  testament  dated  28th  January  1635,  and  confirmed  on 
9th  April  following,  when  William  Dallas  became  cautioner 
for  her,  paying  all  lawful  claims  under  the  will ;  in  this  she 
obliged  herself  to  relieve  him  of  all  damage.  He  now  pursues 
her  and  Allan  M'Intosh  of  Daviot,  her  spouse,  for  this  relief ; 
which  they  refuse,  and  therefore  he  seeks  inhibition,  which  is 
granted.  (Horn,  and  Inhib.,  Inverness,  N.S.,  i.)  There  is 
no  obvious  reason  why  the  laird  entered  into  this  cautionary, 
but  it  is  possible  that  Eupham  Campbell  was  a  relative  of  his 
son's  wife. 

In  the  Parish  Register  of  Dyke  there  is  recorded  on  24th 
October  1647  a  Sabbath  marriage  proclamation  between 
William  Dollas  and  Christian  Stewart ;  no  designation  is 
given  to  either  party,  but  in  a  charter  by  John  Dallas,  Dean  of 
Ross,  dated  23rd  September  1658,  mention  is  made  of  Christian 
Stewart,  '  mother-in-law '  of  John  Dallas,  obviously  the  widow 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  V.  OF  BUDGATE  241 

of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  who  is  thus  proved  to  have  been 
twice  married. 

The  laird  was  evidently  upon  the  closest  terms  of  friend- 
ship with  the  lairds  of  Cawdor,  for  on  22nd  April  1650  he  was 
one  of  the  six  signatories  of  a  writ  setting  forth  the  military 
precautions  necessary  '  for  maintaining  the  hous  off  Calder 
dureing  the  present  and  apareand  trublis.'  (Cawd.,  291.)  He 
did  not,  however,  long  survive  this  date,  and  was  certainly 
dead  before  24th  July  1652. 

He  was  twice  married,  but  the  name  of  his  first  wife  has  not 
been  discovered.  By  his  second  wife,  Christian  Stewart,  he 
is  not  known  to  have  had  issue  ;  by  his  first  he  had  :— 

1 .  Alexander,  of  whom  below. 

2.  John,  some  time  of  BUDGATE,  Dean  of  Ross,  etc. 

3.  James,  of  KIBKMICHAEL. 

4.  Hugh,  of  BTTDGATE,  W.S.,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross. 

5.  George,  of  ST.  MARTINS,  W.S.,  Edinburgh. 

1.  Margaret,  wife  of  George  M'Culloch,  burgess  of  Fortrose. 
On  2nd  September  1670  sasine  is  given  to  George 
M'Culloch,  burgess  of  Fortrose,  Margaret  Dallas,  his 
spouse,  and  John  M'Culloch,  their  son,  on  a  wadset 
to  them  by  Hew  Dallas  of  Ferritoun,  whom  failing,  to 
George  M'Culloch,  their  second  son,  or  to  the  heirs  of 
George  M'Culloch,  whom  failing,  to  George  Dallas, 
son  to  the  said  Hugh  Dallas,  and  their  assignees 
whatsoever,  in  the  right  of  the  tailzie  of  the  lands 
called  Insche,  with  the  crofts  adjacent,  in  the  parish 
of  Kirkmichael,  under  reversion  of  3000  merks,  it 
being  provided  that  this  sum  when  paid  '  be  of  new 
waired  and  given  out  be  advyce  of  me  the  said  Hugh 
or  my  aires  that  the  liferent  and  tailzie  above  writtin 
may  remaine  and  continow  in  maner  above  mentioned; 
and  farder  it  is  heirby  provydit  that  the  said  George 
with  consent  of  me  and  my  aires  and  failzieing  of  me 
and  my  aires  minoritie  with  consent  of  George  Dallas, 

Q 


242  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

my  brother,  may  grant  renunciation  and  redemption  of 
the  said  lands.'  The  disposition  on  which  sasine  is  given 
is  dated  at  Chanonrie,  24th  August  1670.  (Reg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  iv.  fol.  60.)  On  18th  October  1683  there  is 
renunciation  and  discharge  by  George  Mackculloch, 
only  lawful  son  now  on  life  of  the  deceased  George  Mack- 
culloch, burgess  of  Fortrose,  and  Margaret  Dallas,  his 
spouse,  wadsetter  of  the  lands  of  Insch,  and  heir  of 
the  deceased  John  Mackculloch,  his  brother-german, 
whereby,  with  the  consent  of  his  mother,  he  renounces 
these  lands.  The  disposition  by  Hugh  Dallas,  Com- 
missary Clerk  of  Ross  (in  which  he  is  designed  of 
Ferritoun),  dated  24th  August  1670,  and  the  sasine 
following  are  referred  to,  and  it  is  narrated  that  the 
said  renouncer  was  on  a  precept  of  clare  constat  by 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  as  superior,  dated  19th 
August  1674,  served  heir  to  his  said  brother  and  infeft 
on  llth  May  1675,  and  now  George  Dallas  of  St. 
Martines,  having  the  heritable  and  irredeemable 
right  of  the  said  lands  of  Ferritoun  and  all  right  of 
reversion  '  competent  to  him  and  William  Dallas,  his 
son,'  of  the  said  lands  of  Insch,  has  for  himself  and  in 
name  of  the  said  Hugh  and  William  Dallas  made  pay- 
ment to  the  renouncer  and  the  said  Margaret  Dallas, 
his  mother,  of  the  said  sum  of  3000  merks.  (Reg. 
Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  247.)  Following  this,  on  22nd 
October  1683,  is  an  instrument  of  resignation  by  George 
Mackculloch  in  favour  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins, 
the  resignation  being  made  to  George  Dallas  in  Henry 
Ross's  dwelling- house  in  Ardersier  before  Mr.  John 
Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  and  William  Dallas,  merchant 
in  Inverness.  (Ibid.,  v.  248.)  Then  on  12th  Novem- 
ber 1683  George  M'Culloch  and  Margaret  Dallas,  his 
mother,  have  sasine  in  terms  of  a  bond  of  obligation  by 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  W.S.,  stating  that  in 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  V.  OF  BUDGATE  243 

satisfaction  of  the  2500  merks  remaining  of  the  prin- 
cipal sum  of  3000  merks  mentioned  therein,  the  said 
George  Dallas,  with  consent  of  Hugh  Dallas,  Commis- 
sary Clerk  of  Ross,  agrees  to  infeft  Margaret  Dallas  in 
liferent,  and  her  son  George  Mackculloch,  and  his  heir, 
whom  failing,  Mr.  John  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  to 
Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  and  his  heirs,  hi  fee, 
under  reversion,  in  an  annual  rent  of  £100  secured  over 
Easter  Balblair.  The  disposition  is  dated  at  Ardersier, 
22nd  October  1683,  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  John 
Dallas,  Dean  of  Ros,  and  William  Dallas,  burgess  and 
merchant  in  Inverness,  while  to  the  sasine  one  of  the 
witnesses  is  Alexander  Dallas,  son  to  Mr.  John  Dallas, 
Dean  of  Ross.  (Ibid.,  v.  fol.  251.)  Finally,  on  18th 
April  1693,  is  sasine  of  Margaret  Dallas,  relict  of 
George  Mackculloch,  and  George  Mackculloch,  their 
only  lawful  son  now  on  life,  in  terms  of  a  disposition 
dated  at  Edinburgh  15th  March  1693,  by  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins,  W.S.,  to  the  said  Margaret  Dallas,  his 
sister,  in  liferent,  and  to  the  said  George  Mackculloch, 
her  son,  and  Margaret  M'Kenzie,  his  spouse,  and  their 
heirs,  of  his  two  and  a  half  oxgates  of  the  lands  of 
Caituall  in  the  barony  of  Foulls  and  parish  of  Kil- 
tearn,  one  of  the  witnesses  being  John  Dallas,  '  my 
sone.'  John  Dallas,  N.P.,  the  notary,  gives  the 
motto,  Veritas  vincit.  (Ibid.,  v.  fol.  614.)  The  date 
of  the  death  of  Margaret  Dallas  is  not  known. 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS  of  Galcantray,  the  eldest  son,  did  not 
succeed  to  the  paternal  estate  of  Budgate,  which  was  apprised 
by  his  brother,  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross.  In  1634  he  gradu- 
ated at  Marischal  College,  and  on  16th  May  1642  he  was  witness 
(as  'Mr.  Alexander  Dollas  apparent  of  Budzett')  to  the  sasine 
of  Christian  Dunbar  in  the  lands  of  Cantrayfries,  on  her 
marriage  with  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray.  On  23rd  April 


244  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1644  there  is  sasine  to  Mr.  Alexander  Delias  and  Jonet  Camp- 
bell, now  his  spouse,  on  a  charter  dated  at  Auldern,  26th 
February  1644,  by  William  Dollas  of  Budzett,  his  father, 
to  the  said  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas  and  Jonet  Campbell,  then  his 
future  spouse,  and  their  heirs-male,  of  the  town  and  lands 
of  Little  Budzett,  with  the  woods  and  whole  pertinents  lying 
in  the  parish  of  Ardclach,  Alexander  Dollas,  fiar  of  Cantray, 
acting  as  bailie  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elg.  and  Nairn,  iii.  fol.  343)  ;  but 
they  did  not  long  hold  these  lands,  as  on  21st  November  1649 
they  granted  a  charter  of  Little  Budzeate  to  Hugh  Campbell 
and  Agnes  M'Intoische,  his  future  spouse,  of  which  they  had 
sasine  on  29th  November  following.  (Ibid.)  There  is  a 
renunciation  dated  at  Calder,  8th  December  1648,  by  Colin 
Campbell  of  Clunes,  cedent,  and  Mr.  Alexander  Dollace, 
apparent  of  Budzet,  and  Jonet  Campbell,  his  spouse,  daughter 
of  the  said  Colin  Campbell  (assignees),  in  favour  of  James 
Grant  of  Frewquhye,  son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  Sir  John 
Grant  of  Frewquhye,  of  the  lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Finlarg, 
in  the  regality  of  Spynie  and  shire  of  Elgin  and  Forres,  held  in 
reversion  for  2500  merks,  conform  to  a  contract  of  wadset 
dated  at  Lethen,  8th  May  1633,  to  which  Alexander  Dollas 
and  his  spouse  had  right  by  assignation  dated  19th  February 
1644.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elg.  and  Nairn,  iii.  fol.  440.)  On  14th 
October  1648  he  (aa  '  Mr.  Alex1  Dolas  of  Galla  Ca'trezie ') 
was  nominated  one  of  the  elders  of  the  kirk  session  of  Croy, 
though  it  was  not  until  8th  December  1649  that  there  is  sasine 
on  a  charter  dated  at  Brodie  and  Lethen,  20th  October  1649, 
by  Hugh  Campbell  of  Galcantray  in  favour  of  Mr.  Alexander 
Dollas,  apparent  of  Budzatt,  of  the  lands  of  Nether  Galcantray, 
with  mill.,  mill  lands,  etc.,  and  the  town  and  lands  of  Over 
Galcantray,  with  tofts,  crofts,  etc.,  with  salmon  fishing  on  the 
water  of  Nairn.  (Part.  Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vii.  fol.  67.) 
From  a  long  letter  published  in  The  Book  of  the  Thanes  of 
Cawdor  (p.  292),  dated  20th  May  1660,  and  containing  '  In- 
structions from  the  Tutor  of  Cawdor  to  Alexander  Dollas  of 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  V.  OF  BUDGATE  245 

Galcantray,'  it  would  appear  that  he  held  some  appointment 
of  factory  on  the  Cawdor  estate  ;  the  Tutor  concludes,  '  Com- 
mending yow  and  your  bedfellow  to  the  Lord,  I  subsist  your 
loving  freind,  Geo.  Campbell.'  Whether  he  ever  effectively 
succeeded  to  his  father's  lands  of  Budgate  is  not  clear,  but  he 
could  not  long  have  enjoyed  them,  as  he  died  before,  but 
probably  not  long  before,  24th  July  1652.  He  had  issue  :— 

1.  John,  from  whom  the  lands  of  Budgate  were  apprised 

by  his  uncle,  John  Dallas  of  Budgate,  18th  August 
1652,  when  he  was  a  student  at  Tain.  On  31st 
January  1653  he  was  warned  at  the  instance  of  his 
uncle,  John  Dallas,  to  enter  heir  in  special  to  his 
deceased  father,  but  he  died,  no  doubt  unmarried, 
before  21st  December  1654,  when  a  summons  at  the 
instance  of  his  uncle,  John  Dallas,  mentions  George 
Dallas  as  oye  and  heir  of  the  deceased  William  Dallas 
of  Budgate,  his  grandfather. 

2.  George,  who  was  a  witness  to  the  warning  given  to  his 

brother  John  with  reference  to  the  apprising  of  18th 
August  1652.  He  is  described  as  '  son  lawful  to  the 
deceased  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcantray  and  oye 
and  heir  to  the  deceased  William  Dallace  of  Budgate 
his  guidchir  '  in  the  summons  of  21st  December  1654, 
above  referred  to,  and  he  is  so  described  hi  an  ordi- 
nance of  the  Commissioners  dated  13th  October  1656, 
directing  the  Laird  of  Calder  to  infeft  John  Dallas,  his 
uncle,  in  the  lands  of  Budzett.  He  is  again  described 
as  heir  in  the  sasine  of  Mr.  John  Dallace  in  the  lands 
of  Budzett  given  on  6th  April  1658.  No  further 
reference  has  been  found  to  him,  but  he  was  in  all 
probability  the  ancestor  of  Alexander  Dallas  of 
NORTH  NEWTON. 

3.  Patrick,  was  witness  to  the  service  of  a  writ  upon  his 

brother,  George  Dallas,  on  24th  July  1656,  but  he 
has  not  been  identified  later. 


246  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

As  George  Dallas,  above  referred  to,  son  of  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Galcantray,  is  stated  by  Mr.  Dallas,  the  author  of 
this  work,  to  have  been  '  in  all  probability '  the  ancestor  of 
Alexander  Dallas  of  North  Newton,  the  editor  has  introduced 
the  genealogy  of  his  family  at  a  later  stage  in  this  history. 

About  this  period  there  appeared  Robert  Dallas,  elder, 
'  Alexander's  son,'  and  Robert  Dallas,  younger,  '  James's 
son,'  both  merchants  in  Inverness.  After  a  careful  examina- 
tion of  the  records,  the  editor  has  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
Robert,  senior,  was  a  younger  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Galcantray,  whose  children  were  evidently  all  in  pupilarity  at 
the  death  of  their  father.  Robert  Dallas  had  the  following 
children:  (1)  Lilias,  bp.  18th  June  1677 — witnesses,  Thomas 
Watson,  collector  of  the  shire,  Donald  Fraser,  merchant, 
Donald  Forbes,  merchant,  and  Robert  Dallas,  younger ;  (2) 
Margaret,  bp.  6th  June  1679  —  witnesses,  John  Lockhart, 
Matthew  Patersone,  Donald  Grant,  and  Simon  Fraser, 
merchants;  (3)  James,  bp.  18th  November  1680 — witnesses, 
James  M'Intosh,  James  Dunbar,  and  James  Corry,  merchants ; 
(4)  Loeline  and  Magdalene,  bp.  31st  January  1682 — witnesses, 
William  Dallas,  David  Duff,  Simon  Fraser,  and  Thomas 
Hossacke.  The  names  of  the  witnesses  are  all  significant  of 
the  relationship  and  connections. 

Consideration  of  the  witnesses  to  the  baptisms  of  the 
children  of  Alexander  Dallas,  cordiner  burgess  of  Edinburgh, 
and  his  connection  with  the  Budgate  line,  lead  the  editor  to 
conclude  that  he  was  also  a  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Gal- 
cantray, as  will  be  hereafter  shown,  notwithstanding  the 
statement  in  some  of  the  legal  pleadings  that  he  was  no  blood 
relation. 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE 

WITH  the  death  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  ended  the 
direct  descent  of  those  lands  from  father  to  eldest  son.  John 
Dallas,  the  second  son  of  William,  now  secured  them  by  an 
apprising  from  the  direct  heirs,  and  for  a  few  years  continued 
to  hold  them  through  this  process  of  law. 

He  was  born  about  the  year  1625,  and  was  educated  for  the 
Church.  He  entered  as  a  student  at  Marischal  College, 
Aberdeen,  in  1637,  taking  his  Master's  degree  in  1643.  He 
then  went  through  a  course  of  theology,  and  some  time  before 
4th  July  1649  was  appointed  minister  of  Tain,  when  he  must 
have  recognised  the  Presbyterian  form  of  Church  government, 
which  had  been  revived  by  the  General  Assembly  in  1638,  and 
ratified  by  Parliament  in  1641.  His  first  appearance  in  his 
ministerial  capacity  is  on  19th  February  1650,  when  he  and 
Mr.  Robert  Munro, '  from  the  presbytrie  of  Tame,'  desired  the 
assistance  of  the  presbytery  of  Dingwall  for  the  trial  of  '  a 
scandall '  against  Mr.  John  M'Kenzie  and  Elizabeth  Bayne. 
(Rec.  Presb.  Invern.  and  Dingw.)  On  5th  September  1654, 
and  again  on  15th  May  1655,  he  appears  at  the  meetings  of 
the  Presbytery  of  Dingwall  as  assessor  from  Tain,  and  on  15th 
October  of  the  latter  year  he  gave  a  written  testimonial  to 
Mr.  Murdo  M'Kenzie,  which  the  Presbytery  apprehended 
'  could  not  be  receaved  better  then  befoire  the  provincial!,' 
to  which  it  was  referred.  (Ibid.) 

It  must  have  been  immediately  after  the  death  of  his 
elder  brother,  Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcantray,  that  he  com- 
menced proceedings  which  put  him  in  possession  of  the  lands 
of  Budgate,  and  on  September  1652  '  the  Commissioners  for 

24T 


248  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

the  Administration  of  Justice  to  the  People  of  Scotland ' 
ordain  John  Campbell  of  Caddell  and  George  Campbell,  his 
brother-german,  to  infeft  Mr.  John  Dollas,  minister  at  Tayne, 
hi  the  following  lands  which  pertained  to  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas 
of  Galcantray,  viz.  Nether  and  Over  Galcantray  and  fishings 
on  the  Nairn,  the  lands  being  bounded  by  the  lands  of  Cantray- 
freiss  on  the  west,  going  from  the  Water  of  Nairn  to  the  little 
hill  or  knowe  called  Rywatschie,  thereafter  going  to  the  mounth 
from  the  lands  of  Auchindoun  to  the  east,  and  to  a  common 
hill  or  muir  called  the  mounth  at  the  south,  with  the  Water 
of  Nairn  on  the  north  ;  also  in  half  the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzet 
sometime  occupied  in  maines  by  umquhill  William  Dollas, 
servitor  to  the  said  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas,  which,  with  the 
ground,  right,  and  property  thereof,  and  all  tacks,  decreets, 
etc.,  made  to  the  said  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas  or  his  son  [John] 
after  mentioned,  or  their  predecessors  and  authors,  with  all 
contracts,  bonds,  obligations,  etc.,  and  especially  without 
prejudice  to  the  above  generality,  '  the  right  of  the  Contract 
of  Mariadge  passed  betwixt  the  said  unquhille  William  Dollas 
and  the  said  umquhille  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas,  his  son,  and 
[Janet]  Campbell,  his  spouse  on  the  ane  and  other  parts,' 
whereby  the  said  William  Dollas  disponed  to  his  son  the 
said  half  lands  of  Budget  under  reservation  of  the  sum  of 
2000  merks,  as  specified  in  the  said  contract,  which  is  dated 
[26th]  February  1644  ;  also  another  bond  granted  by  Colin 
Campbell  of  Cammyes,  as  principal,  and  the  deceased  John 
Inglis,  merchant  in  Aberdeen,  as  cautioner,  for  the  said 
Alexander  DoUas  for  1000  merks,  and  which  lands  were  ap- 
prised from  the  said  John  Dollas,  son  and  lawfully  charged 
to  enter  heir  in  special  to  the  said  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas  of 
Galcantray,  his  father,  and  from  his  Tutors  and  Curators  if 
he  any  has,  at  the  instance  of  the  said  Mr.  John  Dollas,  for 
payment  of  the  sum  of  2240  merks  of  principal  and  112  merks 
of  sheriff  fee  ;  and  the  said  lands  are  to  be  held  of  the  said 
John  Campbell  of  Caddell  and  his  Tutor  as  the  said  umquhill 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  249 

Mr.  Alexander  Delias  or  his  said  deceased  father  held  the  same 
before  this  apprising. 

This  apprising  was  led  in  the  Tolbooth  of  Tayne  on  18th 
August  1652,  John  Hay,  messenger,  having  on  24th  July 
1652  gone  to  the  said  Mr.  Alexander  Dollas's  dwelling-house 
in  Budgett,  '  wherein  he  used  to  have  his  residence  quhill  he 
wes  one  lyff,'  and  thereafter  to  the  ground  of  the  lands  and 
diligently  searched  the  moveable  goods  pertaining  to  the  said 
John  Dollas,  to  have  poinded  and  apprised  the  same,  and 
having  also  made  proclamation  at  the  Market  Crosses  of  In- 
verness and  Tayne,  the  latter  being  the  head  burgh  of  the 
shire  of  Ross  in  which  the  said  John  Dallas  has  his  residence, 
on  27th  July,  and  lawfully  apprised  the  said  lands.  To  the 
personal  warning  of  the  party  George  Dollas  and  Patrick 
Dollas,  students  in  Tayne,  were  witnesses.  (Gen.  Reg.  Decreets 
of  Appris.,  v.)  On  26th  February  1653  a  similar  order  was 
directed  to  the  Campbells  to  infeft  Mr.  John  Dallace,  minister 
of  Tain,  ha  the  lands  of  Galcantray  and  Budzett,  formerly 
heritably  belonging  to  Mr.  Alexander  Dallace,  which,  with  all 
right  competent  '  to  the  said  John  Dallace  as  air  foresaid,' 
with  all  contracts  and  rights  competent  to  the  deceased  Mr. 
Alexander  Dallace,  or  to  the  said  John  Dallace,  his  said  son, 
and  who  is  lawfully  charged  to  enter  heir  in  special  to  his 
father  at  the  instance  of  Mr.  John  Dallace  for  a  debt  of  9560 
merks  of  principal  and  478  merks  of  sheriff  fee.  The  lands  are 
to  be  held  by  Mr.  John  Dallace  as  freely  as  the  said  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Dallace  held  them,  or  as  the  said  John  Dallace,  his  son, 
might  have  held  them  if  he  had  been  infeft.  John  Dallace 
was  personally  warned  on  31st  January  in  the  burgh  of  Tain, 
James  Dallace  and  Alexander  Dallace  in  Budzett  being 
witnesses.  (Ibid.,  vi.) 

The  young  heir  must  have  died  shortly  after  this  decreet, 
for  on  21st  December  1654  there  is  a  summons  by  Oliver 
Lord  Protector  at  the  instance  of  Mr.  John  Dallace,  minister 
of  Tayne,  narrating  that  the  deceased  William  Dallace  of 


250  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Budget  as  principal,  and  William  Dallace  of  Cantray  and 
Alexander  Dallace,  fiar  of  Cantray,  as  cautioners,  granted  a 
bond,  dated  3rd  June  1639,  for  600  merks  to  Angus  M'Intosh 
in  Coull  and  Isabell  M'Queen,  his  spouse;  that  the  said  William 
Dallace  of  Budzet  granted  another  bond  for  200  merks  on 
10th  December  1646  to  the  same  person,  and  that  M'Intosh 
assigned  both  bonds  to  the  complainer  on  20th  June  1653. 
Further,  that  William  Dallace  of  Budzet  granted  a  bond  on 
15th  June  1641  for  200  merks  to  David  Hay,  burgess  of  Inver- 
ness, which  was  also  assigned  to  the  pursuer.  Likewise 
William  Dallace  of  Cantray  and  his  eldest  son,  on  24th  June 
1647,  granted  a  bond  for  1000  merks  to  Francis  Brodie  in 
Ballivat,  brother-german  to  Alexander  Brodie  of  Lethen, 
which  he  assigned  on  20th  June  1653  to  William  Grant  in 
Budzet,  brother-german  to  John  Grant  of  Moyness,  who 
again  assigned  it  to  the  pursuer  on  2nd  December  thereafter. 
Further,  William  Dallace  of  Budzet  and  Mr.  Alexander 
Dallas,  fiar  of  Budzet,  his  son,  on  16th  June  1649  granted  a 
bond  for  500  merks  to  Mr.  Donald  M'Pherson,  minister  at 
Calder,  and  Agnes  Calder,  his  spouse,  which  they  assigned  on 
27th  December  1652  ;  and  among  other  bonds  there  is  one 
for  £400  granted  by  William  Dallace  of  Budzet  and  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Dallace  to  Andrew  Hendrie  and  Sarah  Fullerton,  his 
spouse  ;  all  of  which  sums  are  still  addebted,  and  for  payment 
the  pursuer  sues  George  Dallace,  son  lawful  to  the  deceased 
Mr.  Alexander  Dallace  of  Galcantray,  and  oy  and  heir  to  the 
said  deceased  William  Dallace  of  Budzet  his  guidchir  and  as 
charged  to  enter  heir  to  him.  A  marginal  note  intimates  that 
the  defender  did  not  appear,  and  that  decree  was  given  in 
favour  of  the  pursuer.  (Ct.  Sess.,  Decreets,  Dalrymple's 
Office,  xx.  p.  31.) 

On  13th  October  1656  the  Commissioners  again  ordain  the 
Laird  of  Calder  to  infeft  Mr.  John  Dallace,  minister  at  Tayne, 
in  the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzett,  Little  Budzett,  Newton  of 
Dallashiel  in  the  shire  of  Inverness,  and  of  Inchgeddell  in  the 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  251 

shire  of  Nairn,  which  all  pertained  heritably  of  before  to 
William  Dallace  of  Budzett,  with  all  right  belonging  or  com- 
petent to  George  Dallace  of  the  same  as  if  he  were  entered 
and  infeft  as  '  hair '  to  William  Dallace,  '  his  guidsir,'  which 
are  apprised  from  the  said  George  his  'oy,'  and  heir  of  the  said 
William  Dallace,  for  a  debt  of  5415  merks  of  principal  and  217 
merks  of  sheriff  fee.  Service  of  the  summons  was  made 
upon  George  Dallas  at  his  dwelling-house  on  24th  July  1656, 
one  of  the  witnesses  being  Patrick  Dallace,  his  brother-german. 
(Gen.  Beg.  Deer.  Appris.,  x.) 

Some  time  elapsed  before  effect  was  given  to  this  decreet, 
but  on  7th  May  1658  there  is  registration  of  sasine  dated 
6th  April  1658  by  Hugh  Dallace,  merchant,  burgess  of  Tayne, 
as  bailie  to  Mr.  John  Dallace,  minister  at  Tayne,  who  went 
successively  to  the  grounds  of  the  lands  of  Inschgeddell,  the 
lands  and  manis  of  Meikle  Budzett  and  manor  place  thereof, 
the  lands  of  Dallaschyle,  the  lands  of  Newton,  and  lastly  the 
lands  of  Little  Budzett  and  others  after  mentioned,  having  a 
charter  containing  the  precept  afterwards  inserted  granted  to 
the  said  Mr.  John  Dallace  and  his  heirs-male,  etc.,  heritably 
by  Hugh  Campbell,  now  Laird  of  Calder,  superior  of  the  said 
lands,  which  formerly  belonged  to  Mr.  Alexander  Dallace  of 
Galcantray,  and  were  apprised  from  John  Dallace,  his  son  ; 
also  these  lands  pertained  formerly  to  the  deceased  William 
Dallace  of  Budzett,  and  were  apprised  by  Mr.  John  Dallas 
from  George  Dallace,  his  oye,  as  lawfully  charged  to  enter  heir 
in  special  to  him.  In  the  precept  the  right  of  Hugh  Campbell 
of  Auchendoune  in  Little  Budzett  is  reserved,  '  which  shall  not 
be  prejudged  by  the  foresaid  confirmation.'  It  is  also  pro- 
vided that  so  soon  as  it  shall  happen  the  said  George  Dallace, 
or  any  other  heirs  of  the  said  William  Dallace,  pay  to  Mr. 
John  Dallace  or  his  heirs  the  sums  of  money,  interest,  and 
expenses  for  which  the  lands  were  apprised,  they  should  im- 
mediately have  access  to  the  said  lands,  provided  the  redemp- 
tion be  made  in  due  time.  The  precept  is  written  by  George 


252  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dallace,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  and  subscribed  by  Hugh  Camp- 
bell of  Calder,  and  Alexander  Brodie  of  that  ilk,  at  Edinburgh, 
4th  March  1658,  witnesses  being  Alexander  Jaffray  of  King- 
waittes,  Director  of  the  Chancery,  Robert  Irwing,  servitor  to 
said  superior,  Rodger  Mowat,  servitor  to  the  Laird  of  Brodie, 
and  the  said  George  Dollace ;  by  Joseph  Brodie,  also  at  Edin- 
burgh the  same  day,  Robert  Irwing  and  George  Dallace 
witnesses;  by  Alexander  Brodie  of  Lethen,  at  Kinloss,  3rd 
April  1658,  witnesses  Mr.  James  Brodie,  his  son,  and  David 
Duncan  in  Kinloss ;  and  by  Francis  Brodie,  at  Ballivat,  5th 
April  1658,  witnesses  the  said  Hugh  Dallace,  merchant,  and 
Robert  Dallace,  his  servitor  ;  also  by  William  Dallace  at 
Cantray,  8th  April  1658,  witnesses  Adam  Smith  in  Calder  and 
John  Campbell  in  Galcantray.  The  witnesses  to  the  sasine 
were,  at  Inchgeddell,  Adam  Smith  in  Calder,  John  Dunbar, 
servitor  to  Colin  Dumbar  in  Budzett,  Finlay  Maacurrich  there, 
and  William  M'Glashan  in  Bellachargon ;  at  the  manor 
place  of  Meikle  Budzett  and  the  other  lands,  the  said  Colin 
Dunbar  in  Budzett,  Patrick  Dunbar,  brother-german  to 
Alexander  Dunbar,  Bennetesfield,  the  said  Adam  Smith, 
Finlay  M'Currich,  and  William  M'Glashan  ;  the  notary  being 
William  Man.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sets.,  xiv.  fol.  385.) 

Possession  of  the  family  estates  being  thus  secured,  there 
is,  on  1st  December  1658,  registration  by  Hew  Dallas,  writer 
in  Edinburgh,  of  sasine,  dated  12th  October  1658,  to  John  Rose, 
elder  of  Bredler,  as  attorney  for  Marie  Rose,  spouse  to  Mr. 
John  Dallace,  minister  at  Tayne,  his  lawful  daughter,  upon  a 
charter  of  liferent  by  Mr.  John  Dallace  to  his  spouse  in  terms 
of  their  contract  of  marriage  in  so  far  as  extends  to  the  sum 
of  4500  merks  in  the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzett,  Inchgeddle, 
Newton,  and  Dollaschyle,  reserving  to  Christian  Stewart, 
mother-in-law  of  the  said  Mr.  John  Dallace,  her  liferent  of 
Newton  and  Dollaschyle.  The  charter  is  dated  at  Tayne, 
23rd  September  1658,  the  witnesses  being  George  Dallace, 
writer  hi  Edinburgh,  and  the  said  Hew  Dallace.  To  the 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  253 

sasine  William  Dallace,  maltman  in  Budzett,  is  a  witness. 
(Ibid.,  xv.  fol.  292.) 

While  concerned  with  these  more  personal  affairs,  he  was 
not  apparently  neglectful  of  his  parish,  for  on  26th  January 
1665,  Mr.  John  Dallas,  minister  of  Tane,  obtained  the  Council's 
warrant  of  apprehension  against  a  number  of  persons  who 
were  denounced  rebels,  and  put  to  the  horn  for  not  paying  to 
him  certain  sums  adjudged  due  from  them  '  for  building  and 
repairing  off  the  parische  kirk  of  Tame  and  kirkyeard  dyke 
yroff ' ;  the  sheriffs,  provost,  and  bailies  of  Tain  are  accordingly 
charged  to  '  seek  tak  and  apprehend  '  these  persons,  and  to 
keep  them  within  the  tolbuith  upon  their  own  proper  charges 
ay  and  till  they  obey.  (W.  Macgill,  Old  Ross,  etc.,  63.) 

Some  time  before  20th  December  1664,  John  Dallas  had 
been  appointed  Dean  of  Ross  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  ii.  fol.  236), 
and  before  18th  April  1665  he  was  admitted  minister  of  the 
parish  of  Ardersier.  From  this  time  he  ceases  to  appear  as 
minister  of  Tain,  and  is  now  usually,  but  not  invariably, 
described  as  Dean  of  Ross. 

On  2nd  March  1667  the  Dean  obtained  from  Sir  John 
Urquhart  of  Cromarty  a  bond  to  himself  and  Marie  Ross,  his 
spouse,  for  7000  merks,  by  which  Sir  John  Urquhart  secured 
to  them  an  annual  rent  of  420  merks  secured  over  the  lands  of 
Newton,  Neilston,  Craighouse,  and  Navaties  and  numerous 
burgh  roods  and  other  lands  about  the  town  of  Cromarty, 
including  Kirkmichaell,  Balblair,  Ester  Culbo,  Drumcuddin, 
and  Toberchurne  (Reg.  Deeds,  Dairy mple,  Ivii.) ;  this  bond  he 
afterwards  assigned  to  his  brother,  George  Dallas  of  St. 
Martins. 

On  llth  February  1667  the  Venerable  Mr.  John  Delias, 
Dean  of  Ross,  disponed  the  lands  of  Meikle  and  Little  Budzett, 
Newtoun  of  Buidzett,  Inchgeddell,  and  Dollashyll  to  Hugh 
Ross  of  Kilravock,  one  of  the  witnesses  being  Hugh  Delias, 
Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  and  on  19th  March  following 
sasine  was  duly  given.  A  few  years  later  the  Baron  of  Kil- 


254  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

ravock  conveyed  his  rights  to  Hugh  Dallas,  the  Dean's  younger 
brother,  but  notwithstanding  these  transactions,  it  would 
appear  that  some  right  of  possession  still  remained  to  the  Dean ; 
and  indeed  on  20th  June  1667  Mr.  John  Dollas,  '  now  Dean  of 
Ross,'  had  sasine  of  these  lands ;  one  of  the  bailies  in  the 
precept  of  sasine  is  Hugh  Dallas,  merchant  in  Tayne,  and  Hugh 
Campbell  of  Inschdoun  has  his  right  in  Little  Budzet  reserved ; 
it  also  being  provided  that  if  George  Dallas  or  any  other  of 
the  heirs  and  successors  of  the  deceased  William  Dallas  pay 
to  Mr.  John  Dallas  the  sums  expended  in  apprising  the  lands 
they  will  have  regress  thereto.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iii. 
fol.  219.) 

The  Dean's  wife,  Mary  Rose,  died  in  July  1669.  Not  long 
after,  on  26th  February  1672,  sasine  (witnessed  by  William 
Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose)  is  given  by  Robert  Urquhart  in 
St.  Mertines  as  bailie  to  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  as  attorney 
for  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ros,  and  Margaret  Fraser,  his 
spouse,  in  terms  of  a  bond  by  Hugh  Fraser  of  Kilbokie,  her 
brother,  disponing  to  them,  but  for  her  liferent  use  allenarly, 
the  sum  of  3500  merks  secured  over  the  two  davoch  land  of 
Kilbokie  in  the  parish  of  Urquhart.  The  bond,  written  by 
Hugh  Dallas,  notary,  is  dated  at  Kinveachie  23rd  February 
1672,  but  whether  it  was  given  before  the  marriage  there  is 
nothing  to  show.  (Ibid.,  iv.  fol.  139.)  It  was  subsequently 
renounced  by  the  Dean  and  his  wife  to  Hugh  Fraser,  26th 
September  1672.  (Ibid.,  fol.  177.)  In  some  unexplained 
way  related  to  this  was  doubtless  a  suspension  obtained 
5th  October  1675  by  Mr.  Hugh  Fraser,  minister  at  Kiltarlity, 
of  the  horning  against  him  by  Margaret  Fraser,  relict  of  Thomas 
Fraser  of  Eskidaill,  and  Mr.  John  Dallas,  minister  at  Ardersier, 
now  her  husband.  (Beg.  Horn.,  Inverness,  N.S.,  viii.) 

On  13th  September  1680  he  had  sasine  of  the  lands  of 
Midcumlich  in  Strathriesdell,  in  the  parish  of  Roskeine,  dis- 
poned  to  him,  28th  May  1678,  by  John  Ross  of  Auchenacloich. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  75.) 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  255 

Admitted  to  the  ministry  at  a  time  when  the  General 
Assembly  had  revived  in  its  full  vigour  the  exercise  of  Presby- 
terian government  in  the  Church,  John  Dallas  later  conformed 
to  the  Episcopalian  forms  sanctioned  by  Parliament  in  1662, 
but  lived  to  see  the  bishops  finally  deposed  and  the  Presby- 
tery again  established.  Indications  of  the  approaching  change 
could  be  discerned  long  before  the  time  when,  in  1689,  the 
Convention  of  Estates  '  declared  Prelacy  a  great  and  insup- 
portable grievance  to  the  nation,  and  that  it  ought  to  be 
abolished,'  and  it  was  doubtless  hi  anticipation  of  this  change 
that,  on  18th  October  1682,  the  Dean  assigned  to  his  son, 
William  Dallas,  merchant  in  Inverness,  all  his  rights  as  Dean 
of  Ross  in  the  lands  in  the  Dean's  quarters  hi  Kilmuir  Wester, 
the  said  lands  being  taken  off  the  Chanorie  and  forming 
part  of  the  lands  of  Broomhill ;  the  witnesses  to  the  deed  at 
Ardersier  were  John  Dallas,  lawful  son  to  Hugh  Dallas,  Com- 
missary Clerk  of  Ross,  and  Thomas  Forbes,  merchant  hi 
Fortrose.  (Reg.  Deer.  Bonds,  etc.,  Tain,  31st  July  1683.) 

He  appears  to  have  finally  divested  himself  of  Budgate  hi 
1686,  for  there  is  a  disposition,  dated  at  Fortrose  22nd  October 
of  that  year,  by  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ros,  eldest  son  and 
heir  of  the  deceased  William  Dallas  of  Budzett,  and  brother 
and  heir  of  the  deceased  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcantray, 
to  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  his  brother- 
german,  of  the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzett,  Dollaschyll,  Tombeg, 
Toamlaggan,  and  Inshgaddall  in  the  parish  of  Calder,  and  also 
the  lands  of  Nether  and  Over  Galcantray,  with  the  mill  and 
mill  lands  hi  the  parish  of  Croy.  He  binds  himself  to  serve 
heir  to  his  father  and  brother,  and  thereafter  to  infeft  Hugh 
and  his  heirs- male  under  a  penalty  of  £2000,  and  he  further 
ratifies  Hugh's  present  possession  of  the  lands  and  grants 
procurator^  for  resignation ;  the  witnesses  are  David  Moni- 
pennie,  late  bailie  of  Fortrose,  Thomas  Gair,  writer  in  Fortrose, 
and  John  Dallas,  notary  public  there.  (Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie, 
vol.  lix.) 


256  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

In  accordance  with  the  Act  of  Parliament,  John  Dallas 
must  have  been  deprived  not  only  of  his  deanery,  but  of  the 
ministry  of  the  parish  of  Ardersier  on  25th  April  1690 ;  but 
Hugh  Scott  states  that  he  was  '  intruded  '  into  the  parish  of 
Ardersier  almost  immediately  after  this  date  :  the  probability 
is  that  he  was  not  actually  disturbed  in  his  tenure,  but  con- 
formed to  the  new  order  of  the  Church.  Scott  states  that  he 
died  '  about  1693,'  but  nothing  has  been  found  in  corrobora- 
tion  of  this  statement. 

In  Mathew  Lumsden's  Genealogy  of  the  Family  of  Forbes 
(Inverness,  1819,  p.  17),  it  is  stated  that  Marjorie,  youngest 
daughter  of  Duncan  Forbes  of  Campbell,  married  '  Mr.  John 
Dollas,  parson  of  Tanne,'  but  no  confirmation  of  this  state- 
ment has  been  found  in  the  records.  If  such  a  marriage  took 
place,  which  there  is  no  reason  to  doubt,  the  lady  must  have 
died  in  early  life ;  and  John  Dallas  married,  secondly,  Mary, 
second  daughter  of  John  Rose  of  Broadley  by  Anne  Chisholm, 
his  wife,  and  granddaughter  of  William  Rose,  eleventh  Laird 
of  Kilravock.  She  died  22nd  July  1669,  and  he  married, 
thirdly,  Margaret,  sister  of  Hugh  Fraser  of  Kilbokie,  and 
widow  of  Thomas  Fraser  of  Eskidale,  of  whom  nothing  further 
is  known  :  the  children  were  probably  by  Mary  Rose.  He 
had  issue : — 

I.  John  Dallas,  of  Primrosehill,  of  whom  below, 
n.  William,  merchant  in  Inverness,  was  one  of  the  deacons 
appointed  10th  August  1680  'for  ingathering  of  the 
collections '  of  the  kirk  session.  In  1680  he  m. 
Christian  Rose,  and  on  9th  March  1682  there  is  a 
summons  at  the  instance  of  Christian  Rose,  relict 
and  executrix  of  James  Dunbar  younger,  merchant 
in  Inverness,  and  William  Dallas,  merchant  in  Inver- 
ness, now  her  spouse,  against  Thomas  Falconer  of 
Kincorth,  for  a  sum  of  300  merks,  with  interest,  in 
terms  of  a  bond  by  him  to  the  said  James  Dunbar, 
who  died  in  1679.  (Reg.  Deer.,  Moray,  vol.  ii.)  On 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  257 

18th  October  following  he  had  from  his  father  an 
assignation  of  the  deanery  lands  in  Kilmuir  Wester  ; 
and  on  22nd  October  1683,  as  '  burgess  and  merchant 
in  Inverness,'  witnesses  a  disposition  by  George 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  of  an  annual  rent  over  the  lands 
of  Easter  Balblair,  in  favour  of  George  M'Culloch 
and  others.  On  27th  December  1684  he  had  horning 
against  Hugh  Fraser  of  Belladrum  for  a  debt  of  £43 
on  a  bond  dated  22nd  November  1680  (Reg,  Horn., 
Inverness,  vol.  viii.) ;  and  on  29th  December  1684 
he  is  a  party  to  and  one  of  the  witnesses  of  the  con- 
tract of  marriage  between  Alexander  Dallas  of 
Cantray  and  Christian  Dallas,  when  he  is  described 
as  a  son  of  the  Dean  of  Ross.  He  died  at  Inverness, 
20th  March  1689  (Par.  Reg.,  Inverness),  having  had 
issue : — 

1.  William,  bp.  at  Inverness  16th  September 
1688,  the  witnesses  being  William  Robertson  of 
Inches,  William  Duff,  elder,  bailie  of  Inverness, 
William  Duff  of  Diple,  and  William  Rose  of 
Markines. 

1.  Marie,    bp.    at    Inverness    27th    May    1681, 
one   of  the  witnesses  being  James  Smith,   master 
mason. 

2.  Christian,  d.  at  Inverness  1st  April  1708. 

in.  Charles,  was  admitted  to  Marischal  College  in  1678, 
and  is  recorded  as  paying  fees  '  for  all,  by  the  Princi- 
pal's orders,'  amounting  to  £6,  13s.  4d.  in  1682-3. 
He  witnessed  the  sasine  of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budzeat 
in  the  lands  of  Over  and  Nether  Galcantray  on  12th 
August  1682 ;  and  the  disposition  by  John  Grant 
of  Dunskaith  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  of  the 
lands  of  Dunskaith  and  others,  dated  17th  October 
1683.  When,  on  24th  February  1683,  he  witnessed 
the  marriage  contract  of  James  Dallas,  younger  of 

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258  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

St.  Martins  and  Elizabeth  Riddell,  he  is  described 
as  writer  in  Edinburgh,  and  he  is  so  described  8th 
April  1685,  when  he  is  cautioner  for  John  Dallas, 
afterwards  of  Bannans,  on  his  admission  as  a  notary. 
When,  however,  on  8th  October  1690,  he  was  ad- 
mitted a  burgess  of  Edinburgh  by  paying  £100  Scots 
he  appears  to  have  forsaken  the  law,  and  is  now 
designated  '  one  of  the  Gentlemen  of  their  Majesty's 
life  guards.'  (Burgess  Roll,  Edinr.)  Later,  on  21st 
April  1692,  when  he  witnessed  the  baptism  of  a  son 
of  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas,  afterwards  minister  of 
Kinnell,  he  is  styled  '  merchant.'  On  15th  July  1696, 
he  and  his  brother,  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas,  granted 
a  bond  for  500  merks  to  Mr.  James  Dallas  of  St. 
Martins.  On  7th  August  1698,  at  the  baptism  of 
another  son  of  Alexander  Dallas,  he  is  described  as  a 
'  vintner,'  while  on  5th  February  of  that  year  John 
Foulis  of  Ravelston  records  that  he  '  spent  w* 
dawick  Sr  Jas.  Justice,  Sauchie,  and  ad.  Rae  at  Wm 
black  beyond  the  sheins  and  at  charles  dallas,'  a  sum 
of  £2,  8s.  6d.  On  25th  March  1702  he  was  declared 
rebel  at  the  instance  of  Edward  Burde,  merchant, 
Edinburgh,  and  his  estates  were  escheat  to  Gilbert 
Stuart,  merchant,  Edinburgh.  (Col.  of  State  Papers, 
Domestic,  vol.  1702-3.)  On  22nd  October  1705,  '  Mr. 
Charles  Dallas,  Vintner  burgess,'  was  married  in  the 
Edinburgh  City  Parish  to  '  Sarah  Manderston, 
daughter  to  the  deceased  John  Manderston,  merchant 
in  Tweedmouth,  now  in  N.N.K.  paroch,'  by  whom 
he  appears  to  have  had  no  issue.  He  was  buried  in 
the  Greyfriars,  Edinburgh,  '  west  end  north  alley,' 
on  19th  February  1707. 

iv.  Hugh,  was  at  Marischal  College  in  1682-3,  when  he 
paid  '  for  bibliotheck  and  maisse,  having  got  his 
ticket  for  privat  graduation,'  £4,  12s.  He  acted  as 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  259 

bailie  to  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate  in  giving  sasine  to 
Christian  Dallas,  wife  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
on  24th  June  1685,  when  he  is  styled  '  Student  of 
Divinity,'  and  he  was  still  a  student  of  divinity  when, 
on  30th  July  1687,  he  witnessed  the  sasine  of  Henrietta 
Dallas,  wife  of  David  Rose  of  Drummuirnie,  in  an 
annual  rent  '  furth  of  the  towns  and  lands  of  Barri- 
vans '  and  others.  In  the  Diet  Book  of  the  Com- 
missariot  of  Berwickshire,  under  date  27th  July  1708, 
it  is  recorded  that  Margaret  Yeaman,  relict  of  John 
Dallas  of  Primrosehill,  in  applying  for  decerniture  as 
executrix  of  her  late  husband,  calls  Mr.  Hugh  Dallas 
and  Margaret  Dallas  as  next  of  kin ;  and  on  3rd 
January  1709  there  is  a  summons  of  forthcoming 
by  William  Hay  of  Drumelzier,  the  claimant  of  John 
Dallas' s  husbandlands  in  Preston,  against  Hugh 
Dallas,  Preacher  of  the  Gospel  at  Connage,  brother 
and  nearest  of  kin  to  the  deceased  Mr.  John  Dallas, 
Bailie  of  Dunse.  '  It  is  served  in  presence  of  William 
M'Intosh  of  Bellenespick  in  the  lockhole  of  the  most 
patent  door  of  the  said  William  his  dwelling  house 
where  the  said  Mr.  Hugh  resides,  after  six  knocks 
thereat.'  No  later  reference  has  been  found  to  him, 
and  he  probably  never  married. 

v.  Robert,  a  student  of  Marischal  College  in  1682-3.  On 
24th  May  1686,  when  he  is  described  as  '  Student  in 
Theology  in  Aberdeen  University,'  he  was  appointed 
'  Schoolmaster,  professor  and  teacher  of  Humanity 
in  the  School  of  Fortrose '  (M in.  Bk.,  Fortrose),  and 
on  13th  December  1690,  as  'Mr.  Robert  Dallas, 
schoolmaster  at  Fortrose,'  he  witnesses  two  sasines 
given  to  Mr.  James  Dallas,  younger  of  St.  Martins. 
He  was  apparently  the  Robert  Dallas  whose  wife 
was  named  Wood.  Their  daughter 

Mary,  was  bp.  at  Cromarty,  13th  March  1690, 


260  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

witnesses  being  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall, 
and  Alexander  Clunies  of  Dunskaith. 
VI.  Alexander,  as  '  son  to  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,' 
witnessed  a  sasine  dated  12th  November  1683,  in 
favour  of  George  M'Culloch  and  others.  On  28th 
June  1684  he  was  bailie  for  the  sasine  of  Christian 
Urquhart,  spouse  of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Brachlie,  in  the 
lands  of  Brachlie.  He  next  appears  in  Edinburgh, 
where,  described  as  a  brewer  in  Canongate,  he  was 
admitted  a  burgess,  18th  November  1691,  on  pay- 
ment of  200  merks.  He  continues  to  be  described 
as  a  brewer  until  10th  January  1700,  when,  on  the 
baptism  of  his  son  George,  he  is  styled  '  Student  of 
Divinitie.'  He  was  licensed  as  a  preacher  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Dunse,  19th  November  1700,  and  was 
called  and  ordained  on  23rd  September  1703  at 
Kinnell,  in  the  Presbytery  of  Arbroath.  In  Scott's 
Fasti  he  is  said  to  have  married,  in  February  1691, 
Alison  Watson,  daughter  of  John  Watson  of  Dunikeir, 
but  this  is  a  mistake,  for  in  the  Edinburgh  City 
Parish  Register  there  appears  '  20  February  1694, 
Mr.  Alexr  Dallas  and  Alison  Watson  married  dis- 
orderly.' He  died  20th  January  1705  (Scott's  Fasti), 
his  testament,  dated  14th  February  and  16th  May 
1705,  being  recorded  in  the  Commissariot  of  St. 
Andrews,  his  '  plenishings '  being  estimated  at 
£227,  15s.  3d.,  and  the  '  Inventar '  amounting  to 
£1165,  11s.  3d.  He  had  issue  :— 

1.  John,  bp.  in  Edinburgh,  21st  April  1692,  as 
son  of  Mr.   Alexander  Dallas,  brewer,   and  Alison 
Watson,   the   witnesses  being   Mr.    Charles   Dallas, 
merchant,    Mr.    William    Dallas,    W.S.,    and    John 
Urquhart,  Laird  of  Craighouse. 

2.  Charles,  '  born  Saturday  17th  afternoon,'  bp. 
hi    Edinburgh,    27th    June    1693,    a    witness   being 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  261 

Mr.  John  Dallas,  bailie  of  Bonkle.  He  is  described 
as  '  son  to  decease  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas,  late  minister 
of  the  Gospel  at  Kinnell,  now  in  N.E.  parish,  & 
married  Margaret,  daughter  to  Mr.  James  Robertsone, 
minister  of  the  Gospel  at  Athelston,  30  July  1721.' 
(Edinr.  Par.  Reg.)  He  was  a  printer  in  Edinburgh, 
and  was  admitted  a  burgess  on  20th  December  1721, 
in  respect  of  his  father. 

3.  Alexander,    bp.    in    Edinburgh,    14th    March 
1697,  amongst  the  witnesses  being  George  Dallas  of 
St.  Martins  and  Mr.  Charles  Dallas,  merchant. 

4.  George,  bp.  in  Edinburgh,  10th  January  1700, 
a  witness  being  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins.     He 
was  a  merchant  in  Portsburgh,  and  ra.  Isabel  Duff, 
daughter  of  William  Duff,  farmer,  Aberdeen,  after- 
wards residing  in  Edinburgh.     They  had  the  follow- 
ing children  :    (1)  George,  bp.  24th  January  1720  ; 
(2)  William,   bp.   5th  August   1721  ;     (3)  Ann,    bp. 
6th  February  1723  ;   (4)  Margaret,  bp.  5  April  1725  ; 
and  (5)  Janet,  bp.  28th  May  1727,  m.  James  Forsyth, 
tailor,  22nd  July  1749. 

1.  Margaret,  bp.  in  Edinburgh,  12th  November 
1695,   buried   in   the   Greyfriars,    Edinburgh,    22nd 
December  1718. 

2.  Eupham,  bp.  in  Edinburgh,  7th  August  1698, 
amongst  the  witnesses  being  John  Watson  of  Duni- 
keir,  James  Watson,  brewer  in  Leith,  and  Mr.  Charles 
Dallas,  vintner. 

3.  Alison,  buried  in  the  Greyfriars,  Edinburgh, 
having  died  1st  December  1715. 

4.  Lilias,  b.  llth  September,  bp.  at  St.  Cuthbert's, 
Edinburgh,  4th  October  1702,  a  witness  being  Mr. 
William  Dollas,  W.S. 

I.  Lilias,  was  first  m.  (as  second  wife)  to  Mr.  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Craighouse,  but  was  early  left  a  widow. 


262  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

From  a  Joint  Print  of  Documents  in  the  '  Shandwick 
Succession  Case '  it  appears  that  '  At  Fortrose  ye 
14th  day  of  1675,'  there  compeared 

Alexander  M'Rae,  writer  in  Fortrose,  as  procurator 
for  Andrew  Ross,  and  Thomas  Gair,  as  procurator  for 
Lilias  Dallas  and  Mr.  John  Dallas,  for  the  registration 
of  the  marriage  contract  dated  at  Chanonrie,  15th 
August  1671,  between  Andrew  Koss  of  Sandwick 
and  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  for  himself 
and  for  his  daughter,  Lilias  Dallas,  relict  of  Mr. 
Alexander  Urquhart  of  Craighouse,  by  which  Andrew 
Ross  gave  to  his  intended  spouse  and  their  heirs  '  all 
and  haill  the  Easter  Half  Davoch  of  the  Wester  Davoch 
of  Fearn,  commonly  called  Mid  Fearn.'  Following 
this  settlement,  on  24th  August  1671,  at  Fortrose, 
sasine  is  given  to  Rorie  Fouller  of  Meikle  Allan  as 
attorney  for  Lilias  Dallas,  relict  of  Mr.  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Craighous,  now  spouse  to  Andrew  Ros 
of  Sandwick,  in  terms  of  the  contract,  in  which  he 
dispones  to  his  spouse  and  the  heirs  of  their  marriage 
the  lands  of  Mid  Fearne  in  the  parish  of  Edderton 
and  shire  of  Ros,  and  also  the  lands  of  Pitkealzeane 
in  the  parish  of  Nigg.  Mr.  John  Dallas  signs  the 
contract,  which  is  witnessed  by  Colin  Campbell  of 
Delnie,  and  William  Campbell,  his  son,  Mr.  James 
M'Kenzie,  subdean  of  Ross,  and  James  Fraser  of 
Pitkealzean.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  108.) 
On  8th  February  1673  sasine  is  given  to  Andrew  Ros 
of  Sandwick  for  himself  and  as  attorney  for  Lilias 
Dallas,  his  spouse,  and  William  Ross,  their  son, 
upon  a  disposition  dated  24th  January  last  by  Sir 
George  M'Kenzie  of  Tarbet  of  the  three-quarter 
lands  of  Drumgillie.  The  disposition  is  witnessed 
by  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  and  the 
sasine  by  Alexander  Ros,  brother-german  to  the  said 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  263 

Andrew  Ros.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  197.) 
In  1676  she  is  described  as  '  relict  of  the  deceist 
Andrew  Ross  of  Sandwick,'  when  inquiry  is  insti- 
tuted '  anent  the  Chartor  chist  of  ...  Andrew  .  .  . 
and  evidents  away  taken  be  Alexr.  Ross  in  Pitma- 
duthie,  Andrew's  brother,  furth  of  Lilias'  house  in 
Drumgillie,'  and  David  Ross  having  '  given  warrand 
to  seik  throughout  his  ground,'  they  '  found  great 
quantitie  of  peapers  in  two  Codwairs  in  ane  chest 
pertaining  to  Alexander  Ross.'  (Macgill's  Old  Ross., 
No.  924.)  She  did  not,  however,  long  remain  a 
widow,  for  on  15th  July  1679  sasine  is  given  by  Mr. 
Robert  Urquhart,  second  lawful  son  to  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Newhall,  as  bailie  to  Hugh  Dallas  of 
Breachley,  as  attorney  for  Lilias  Dallas,  relict  of 
Andrew  Ros  of  Sandwick,  and  now  spouse  to  the 
said  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall,  in  terms  of 
their  contract  of  marriage,  dated  24th  and  25th 
December  1677,  and  witnessed  by  Hugh  Dallas, 
Commissary  Clerk  of  Ros,  Hugh  Dallas,  son  lawful  to 
the  deceased  William  Dallas  of  Cantra,  whereby 
Alexander  Urquhart  obliged  himself  to  infeft  her  in 
liferent  in  the  lands  of  Wester  Balblair.  (Reg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  v.  fol.  8.)  From  a  volume  of  Signatures 
past  the  Privy  Seal,  in  the  editor's  possession,  it 
appears  that  on  26th  March  1678  infeftment  was 
given  of  '  those  oxgates  Aikers  of  Burgess  lands  lying 
in  the  towne  of  Cromartie,'  and  others,  to  Lillias 
Dallas,  relict  of  the  deceased  Mr.  Alexander  Urqu- 
hart of  Craighouse,  and  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  apprised 
for  £1384,  17s.  10d.,  the  composition  being  20  merks. 
At  Redcastle,  14th  September  1679,  disposition  was 
granted  by  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall  to  John 
Urquhart,  his  eldest  lawful  son,  of  the  lands  and 
barony  of  Newhall  and  others,  reserving  to  himself 


264  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

and  Lilias  Dallas,  his  present  spouse,  their  liferent 
of  Wester  Balblair  (Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie,  Ix.) ; 
and  at  Fortrose  sasine  dated  1st  June  1686  is  given 
by  John  M'Comie,  servitor  to  Alexander  Urquhart 
of  Newhall,  as  bailie  to  John  Urquhart  in  Milton  of 
Newhall,  as  attorney  for  Lilias  Dallas,  present  spouse 
to  the  said  Alexander  Urquhart,  and  George  Urquhart, 
their  son,  upon  a  disposition,  dated  at  Fortrose, 
15th  December  1681,  by  John  Urquhart,  fiar  of  New- 
hall,  with  consent  of  the  said  Alexander  Urquhart, 
his  father,  to  the  said  Lilias  Dallas  in  liferent,  and  to 
George  Urquhart,  only  surviving  child  of  Alexander 
Urquhart  and  Lilias  Dallas,  of  the  lands  of  Wester 
Balblair,  which  are  part  of  the  barony  of  Newhall, 
in  the  parish  of  Kirkmichael,  under  reversion  of  6000 
merks.  The  disposition,  written  by  John  Dallas, 
lawful  son  to  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of 
Ross,  is  witnessed  by  the  said  Hugh  and  John  Dallas, 
Hugh  Dallas  of  Breachley,  and  others,  and  sasine 
is  given  in  presence  of  William  Urquhart  of  Braelang- 
well,  and  James  Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose.  (Reg. 
Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  373.)  On  23rd  October  1696 
she  has  sasine  of  the  easter  half  of  the  west  davoch 
of  Fern,  called  Midfern,  in  which  her  husband, 
Andrew  Ross,  bound  himself  to  infeft  her  by  their 
marriage  contract  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vi.  fol.  83), 
and  on  2nd  April  1701  she  has  sasine,  as  relict  of  Mr. 
Alexander  Urquhart  of  Craighouse,  of  certain  acres 
and  roods  of  burgage  lands  in  the  burgh  of  Cromarty 
and  the  lands  of  Navitie,  Neilstoun,  and  Newtoun, 
sometime  belonging  in  heritage  to  the  late  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Cromarty  ;  this  sasine  is  given  upon  a 
crown  charter  of  confirmation,  and  apprising  dated  at 
Edinburgh,  26th  July  1678.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness, 
vi.  fol.  231.)  The  date  of  her  death  is  unknown. 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  265 

n.  Anna,  was  wife  of  Roderick  Fowler,  fiar  of  Coulnard. 
On  12th  November  1669  Rorie  Fouller,  eldest  lawful 
son  to  Donald  Fouller  of  Culnald,  and  Anna  Dallas, 
his  affidat  spouse,  had  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Culnald 
in  terms  of  their  contract  of  marriage  dated  the  9th 
and  10th  November,  wherein  reservation  is  made  to 
Margaret  Ross,  spouse  to  Donald  Fouller,  of  her 
liferent  hi  Culnald  and  in  the  three-quarters  of 
Meikle  Allan  in  the  parish  of  Fearn  in  warrandice. 
The  contract  is  signed  by  Mr.  John  Dallas,  her 
father,  by  herself,  and  by  Robert  Dallas,  elder,  burgess 
of  Fortrose,  as  witness  to  her  signature.  (Reg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  iii.  fol.  465.)  There  is  another  sasine  to 
them,  in  terms  of  a  disposition  by  Donald  Fouler 
of  Culdnaw,  Rorie's  father,  in  the  lands  of  Little 
Allan,  dated  at  Nairn  23rd  July  1670  (Prot.  Bk., 
cxii.  fol.  20),  but  before  this,  on  22nd  May  1670, 
Margaret  Ross,  spouse  to  Donald  Fouler  of  Coul- 
nald,  and  Ann  Dallas,  spouse  to  Rorie  Fouler,  his 
eldest  son,  grant  a  renunciation  of  their  rights  to 
Donald  Fouler,  the  act  being  recorded  in  the  pro- 
ceeding of  the  Town  Council  of  Nairn,  and  signed 
both  by  Anna  Dallas  and  her  husband.  (Counc. 
Bee.,  Nairn,  vol.  i.) 

m.  Henrietta,  was  married  to  David  Rose  of  Drummuirnie. 
On  30th  July  1687  is  sasine  of  Hendretta  Dallas,  now 
spouse  to  David  Rose  of  Drummuirnie,  on  a  contract 
of  marriage  dated  at  Ardersier  llth  January  '  last ' 
between  them,  with  consent  of  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean 
of  Ross,  the  lady's  father,  whereby  David  Rose 
settled  upon  his  wife  and  children  an  annual  rent  of 
£80  Scots  yearly  furth  of  the  towns  and  lands  of 
Barrivans,  Drummuirnie,  and  Dallacarne,  in  the 
parishes  of  Calder  and  Berivan.  The  contract  is 
written  by  John  Dallas,  notary  public  hi  Fortrose, 


266  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

and  is  witnessed  by  him  and  by  Hugh  Dallas,  Com- 
missary Clerk  of  Ross.  The  sasine  is  given  to  James 
M'Donald,  eldest  lawful  son  of  Donald  M'Alester, 
alias  M'Donald,  in  Over  Galcantray,  as  her  attorney, 
and  is  witnessed  by  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantra,  Mr. 
Hugh  Dallas,  student  in  divinity  and  lawful  son  of 
the  said  Mr.  John  Dallas,  John  Dallas  acting  as 
notary.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Elg.  and  Nairn,  iii.  fol.  272.) 
Henrie  Rose  in  Arderseir,  brother  to  Broadley,  and 
John  Rose  of  Holme  are  also  recorded  as  witnesses 
to  the  contract  of  marriage.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness, 
v.  422.) 

I.  JOHN,  OF  PRIMROSEHILL,  as  'son  to  the  said  John  Dallas,' 
was,  with  Hugh  Dallas,  Clerk  to  the  Records  of  Sasine  hi  Ross, 
witness  at  Ardersier,  20th  May  1673,  to  an  obligation  by 
Andrew  Ros  of  Sandwick,  as  principal,  and  John  Dallas,  Dean 
of  Ros,  as  cautioner,  for  1200  merks  due  to  Finlay  M'Coul 
vie  Brebader  in  Strathrushie.  (Decreets,  Tain  Sess.  Ct.,  vol. 
ii.)  He  appears  to  have  graduated  at  Marischal  College  in 
1678,  and  as  '  Mr.  John  Dallas,  servitor  to  the  said  George 
Dallas,'  is  mentioned  as  a  witness  in  a  horning  obtained  8th 
March  1678  by  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  against  Hugh  Fraser  of 
Atoine.  (Reg.  Horn.,  Inverness,  N.S.,  vol.  viii.)  He  was,  as 
servitor  to  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  the  writer  of  a  tack  dated 
16th  July  and  14th  August  1678,  of  the  parsonage  and  vicar- 
age teinds  of  Islay  by  Andrew  Bishop  of  the  Isles  hi  favour 
of  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Calder,  signed  at  Edinburgh  16th 
July  1678  by  Andrew  Bishop  of  the  Isles  and  John  Fraser, 
Dean  of  the  Isles,  before  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  and  '  Mr.  John 
Dallas.'  (Stent.  BL,  Islay,  415.)  On  20th  March  1678  there 
is  an  order  to  infeft  Mr.  John  Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  and 
his  heirs,  in  the  lands  of  Guisachan,  Killachie,  Damchardany 
and  Kingilie  hi  Inverness-shire,  adjudged  from  Hugh  Fraser 
of  Kilbockie  for  a  debt  of  £4744,  14s.  8d.  (Gen.  Reg.  Adj.), 


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but  there  is  no  evidence  that  he  gained  actual  possession.  It 
must  have  been  shortly  after  this  date  that  he  married  his 
first  wife,  Margaret  Douglas,  daughter  of  Archibald,  and  sister 
of  Sir  John  Douglas  of  Lumsden  in  Berwickshire,  for  on  16th 
November  1680  their  son  John  was  baptized  in  the  City 
Parish,  Edinburgh,  amongst  the  witnesses  being  George 
Dallas,  of  St.  Martins,  and  Mr.  William  Lauder.  On  25th 
March  1682  there  is  a  decreet  following  a  submission  sub- 
scribed by  Alexander  Martin,  bailie  of  Boncle  and  Preston, 
on  the  one  part,  and  Margaret  Douglas,  relict  of  John  Colville, 
portioner  of  Preston,  and  Mr.  John  Dallas,  now  her  spouse, 
for  his  interest,  for  themselves  and  in  name  and  behalf  of 
James  Colville,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  the  said  John  Colville, 
which  deals  with  disputes  concerning  certain  husbandlands 
in  the  regality  of  Boncle  and  Preston,  mentioned  later,  and 
possesses  considerable  local  interest :  it  is  witnessed  by  David 
Home  of  Whytfield  and  Mr.  William  Dallas,  servitor  to  George 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins.  (Reg.  Deeds,  Dalrymple,  vol.  Ivii.) 
Under  date  4th  October  1686,  in  Bonkle  and  Preston  Regality 
Book,  '  complains  Mr.  John  Dallas,  wryter  in  Edinburgh, 
upon  Christopher  Sleigh,  wright  in  Prestoune,  that  wherein 
the  moneth  of  May  last  bypast  the  perseuer  agreed  and  bar- 
gained with  the  defender  for  building  him  aine  seat  in  the 
Kirke  of  Prestoun,  consisting  the  demensiones  thereof  two 
ells  squair  with  ane  table  in  the  midle  .  .  .  wered  above  with 
ane  hung  door  confurme  all  of  firr  timber  work  quhich  seat 
the  defender  agreed  to  build  close  round  the  height  of  a  man's 
breist,'  yet  now  '  he  most  wrongouslie  refuses  and  postpones 
sua  to  do  to  the  complainer's  great  prejudice.'  The  case  is 
decided  in  favour  of  Dallas  and  they  were  left  next  to  prove 
the  price,  but  whether  the  '  seat '  was  ever  erected  does  not 
transpire.  It  shows  Dallas  in  the  light  of  a  prosperous  denizen 
of  Preston,  though  still  a  writer  in  Edinburgh.  On  27th  June 
1693,  when  he  witnesses  the  baptism  in  Edinburgh  of  Charles, 
the  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  and  Alison  Watson,  he  is  described 


268  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

as  Bailie  of  Bonkle.  He  appears  to  have  acted  for  some  time 
as  factor  for  the  Earl  and  Countess  of  Sutherland  in  Berwick- 
shire, as  there  occurs  a  discharge  dated  at  Holyroodhouse, 
1st  July  1693,  by  Jean,  Countess  of  Sutherland,  narrating 
a  letter  of  factory  granted  to  Mr.  John  Dallas  over  the  lands 
of  Buncle  and  Preston,  or  any  other  lands  of  theirs  in  Berwick- 
shire, and  as  he  has  now  made  just  account  and  reckoning  she 
grants  discharge  thereof  along  with  the  Earl  of  Sutherland,  her 
husband.  (Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie,  vol.  Ixxiii.) 

Though  two  cases  dealing  with  the  ownership  of  Primrose- 
hill  were  determined  after  the  death  of  John  Dallas,  the 
present  seems  a  convenient  place  hi  which  to  refer  to  them. 
On  14th  February  1708  suspension  is  raised  at  the  instance  of 
George  Douglas  and  George  Hastie,  two  of  the  tenants  of  the 
Kirklands,  and  others  in  the  town  and  regality  of  Preston  and 
Bonkle,  against  Agnes  Loch,  relict  of  the  deceased  Mr.  John 
Colville,  advocate,  who  had  put  them  to  the  horn,  Douglas 
for  600  merks  and  Hastie  for  300  merks,  the  unpaid  rent  of 
the  lands  possessed  by  them.  In  their  defence  they  claim 
that  they  are  tenants  in  these  lands  of  Margaret  Douglas, 
relict  of  the  deceased  John  Colville  of  Primrosehill,  liferentrix 
thereof,  and  of  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Bailie  of  Dunse,  now  her 
husband,  for  his  interest.  They  plead  therefore  that  they  are 
not  liable  to  Agnes  Loch,  who  founds  upon  an  adjudication 
led  by  her  against  Mr.  John  Colville's  son  many  years  ago, 
upon  which  infeftment  followed,  while  the  infeftment  of 
Margaret  Douglas  was  twenty  years  before  that,  and  further, 
the  right  of  Mr.  John  [written  James]  Colville,  her  husband, 
was  only  upon  another  adjudication  led  by  him  against  James 
Colville,  son  to  the  said  deceased  John  {written  James]  Colville, 
portioner  of  Preston,  husband  to  the  said  Margaret  Douglas, 
now  spouse  to  John  Dallas. 

Conjoined  with  this  case  is  another  at  the  instance  of 
Elizabeth  Renton,  John  and  William  Davidson,  Henry 
Breedie,  John  Rae,  Archibald  Sleich,  Margaret  Ogill,  and 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  269 

Thomas  Johnstone,  all  tenants  and  possessors  of  the  lands  in 
Preston,  which  formerly  belonged  to  the  deceased  John  Col- 
ville,  portioner  there,  against  Sir  Patrick  Home  of  Renton, 
advocate,  Agnes  Loch,  relict  of  the  deceased  Mr.  John  Col- 
ville,  advocate,  Mr.  John  Dallas,  bailie  of  Dunse,  Lieutenant 
Archibald  Colville,  and  Elizabeth  Home,  relict  of  Alexander 
Trotter  of  Kettleshiels,  in  which  they  complain  that  they  are 
daily  distressed  and  pursued  before  the  Courts  by  these  persons, 
whereas  the  pursuers  are  only  liable  to  make  once  payment, 
and  crave  that  it  be  determined  to  which  of  these  payment 
is  due.  Writs  being  called  for,  Agnes  Loch  produces  some  of 
the  adjudications  above  referred  to  and  other  legal  documents 
of  about  1678, 1679,  and  1700,  and  there  are  also  produced :  (1) 
Bond  by  James  Colville,  portioner  of  Preston,  with  consent 
of  John  Colville  (his  eldest  son  of  the  first  marriage),  to  Eliza- 
beth Home,  his  spouse,  in  liferent,  and  to  Jean  Colville,  her 
daughter,  whom  failing,  to  James  Colville,  with  remainder  to 
his  heirs,  of  a  sum  of  lOOOmerks  secured  over  his  three  husband- 
lands  in  Preston,  called  the  Kirklands,  dated  llth  July,  and 
recorded  at  Duns  1st  September  1657 ;  (2)  bond  of  corrobora- 
tion  of  the  above  by  John  Colville,  to  the  said  Elizabeth  Home 
and  Alexander  Trotter,  her  then  husband,  dated  13th  Novem- 
ber 1664 ;  (3)  sasine  thereon,  25th  November  1664  ;  (4)  horn- 
ing and  poinding  at  the  instance  of  Elizabeth  Home  and 
her  husband  against  the  said  John  Colville,  13th  February 
1666;  (5)  decreet  of  poinding  the  ground  against  him,  8th 
January  1675;  (6)  contract  of  marriage  between  John 
Brown,  merchant  in  Kelso,  and  the  said  Jean  Colville,  fiar  of 
the  said  1000  merks,  dated  llth  September  1675,  by  which 
that  sum  is  assigned  as  part  of  her  tocher ;  (7)  translation 
of  the  said  sum  to  take  effect  after  the  death  of  Elizabeth 
Home  in  favour  of  Mr.  James  Brown,  only  lawful  son  of 
the  said  John  Brown,  dated  21st  January  1699 ;  (8)  assigna- 
tion by  Elizabeth  Home,  relict  of  Alexander  Trotter  of  Kettle- 
shiels, to  the  said  Mr.  James  Brown,  of  her  liferent  in  the  said 


270  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

sum,  25th  September  1704;  (9)  instrument  of  sasine  thereof 
to  Mr.  John  Dallas,  portioner  of  Preston,  as  he  who  was 
singular  successor  to  and  then  possessor  of  the  said  Kirklands 
of  Preston,  out  of  which  the  said  annual  rent  is  upliftable, 
4th  April  1705.  The  further  productions  are  of  no  interest. 
So  far  as  can  be  gathered  from  the  portion  of  the  decreet 
preserved,  it  is  found  that  Elizabeth  Home  had  good  right  to 
uplift  the  annual  rents,  and  a  commission  is  appointed  to  visit 
the  lands  in  vacation  and  collect  further  evidence.  The  case 
was  continued  :  '  In  which  action  of  competition  the  said  Mr. 
John  Dallas,  Bailie  of  Dunse  while  on  life,  and  Mr.  Robert 
Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  after  his  decease,  as  deriving 
right  from  him,  compearing  by  Mr.  Robert  Fraser,  Advocate, 
produced  the  writs  following,  to  wit '  :  (1)  Disposition  by 
William  Maine,  heir  served  to  Mr.  David  Maine,  writer  in 
Edinburgh  (and  as  standing  infeft  by  precept  of  dare  constat 
and  charter  of  confirmation  from  James,  Marquis  of  Douglas 
as  superior),  with  consent  of  Grizel  Weir,  his  mother  and 
tutrix  testamentrix,  to  the  said  John  Dallas,  dated  8th  and 
9th  March  1696,  narrating  the  following  deeds|:  (a)  Contract, 
dated  20th  October  1652,  between  Archibald,  Earl  of  Angus, 
and  the  deceased  James  Colville,  portioner  of  Preston,  for  him- 
self, and  in  name  and  behalf  of  John  Colville,  his  eldest  law- 
ful son,  for  the  sale  to  them  of  his  six  husbandlands  there 
called  the  Kirklands,  with  two  lands  adjacent,  belonging  to 
George  Douglas,  and  the  two  belonging  to  John  Lentron,  the 
said  James  having  power  to  wadset  the  same ;  (6)  contract 
of  wadset  by  the  said  James  Colville  to  Alexander  Douglas, 
feltmaker  in  Edinburgh,  and  Jean  Douglas,  his  spouse,  of  the 
said  six  husbandlands  for  2000  merks,  dated  8th  September 
1654;  (c)  another  wadset  by  the  same  to  the  same  of  the 
same  lands  dated  5th  August  1656 ;  (d)  disposition  by  the 
said  Alexander  Douglas  to  Mary  Douglas,  his  lawful  daughter, 
of  these  wadsets,  dated  9th  August  1667,  in  which  it  is 
appointed  that  failing  her  by  death  before  marriage,  these 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  2?1 

should  revert  to  her  father  or  his  two  sons,  Alexander  and 
William  Douglas,  equally  between  them;  (e)  sasine  of  Mary 
Douglas,  14th  October  1669 ;  (/)  decreet  of  declarator  by 
the  Lords  of  Council  and  Session  at  the  instance  of  the  said 
sons,  with  Mr.  David  Maine,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  and  William 
Veatch,  merchant  in  Edinburgh,  curators  to  WUliam,  the 
younger  son,  that  they  had  good  right  to  the  contracts  and 
arrears  due  thereupon  from  October  1669,  the  date  of  their 
father's  death,  and  John  Colville,  heritor,  is  ordained  to 
satisfy  the  same,  dated  29th  July  1673;  (g)  several  other 
conveyances  of  these  wadsets  in  the  person  of  the  said  Mr. 
David  Maine,  whose  son  hereby  dispones  these  six  husband- 
lands  to  Mr.  John  Dallas  and  his  heirs  in  1696;  (2)  instru- 
ment of  sasine  on  the  disposition  by  William  Maine,  dated 
25th  April  1706;  (3)  bond  and  disposition,  dated  25th  May 
1703,  by  the  said  Mr.  John  Dallas  to  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  writer 
in  Edinburgh,  and  Catherine  Cochrane,  his  spouse,  for  certain 
sums  for  work  done,  secured  over  these  lands ;  (4)  sasine 
of  Mr.  Robert  Dallas  thereon,  25th  April  1706. 

After  this  the  productions  of  Agnes  Loch  are  again  enumer- 
ated, and  then  a  claim  is  put  forward  by  William  Hay  of 
Drummelzier,  who  founds  upon:  (1)  An  adjudication  at  the 
instance  of  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Bailie  of  Dunse  and  portioner  of 
Preston,  against  Lieutenant  Archibald  Colville,  son  to  the 
deceased  John  Colville  of  Primrosehill,  and  charged  to  enter 
heir  to  him,  but  which  he  renounced,  founded  upon  the  con- 
tract of  marriage  between  the  said  deceased  John  Colville 
and  Margaret  Douglas,  then  his  spouse,  dated  12th  February 
1666,  in  terms  of  which  she  was  to  be  infeft  in  his  six  husband- 
lands  in  Preston,  and  Mr.  John  Dallas  adjudged  these  lands 
from  Lieutenant  Colville  ;  (2)  extract  disposition  and  assig- 
nation by  the  said  Mr.  John  Dallas  to  the  said  William  Hay 
of  Drummelzier  of  the  aforesaid  adjudication,  dated  13th  May 
1704. 

In  their  deliverance  the  Lords  prefer  Agnes  Loch  in  the 


272  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

first  place,  and  Mr.  Robert  Dallas  in  the  second  place,  and 
though  on  16th  June  1709  Hay  reclaimed,  they  adhered  to 
their  decision. 

In  1703  John  Dallas  married,  as  his  second  wife,  Margaret 
Yeaman,  daughter  of  John  Yeaman,  portioner  of  Nungate, 
Haddington.  She  was  the  widow  of  Alexander  Loraine, 
notary  in  Dunse,  to  whom  she  was  contracted  21st  November 
1676,  and  whose  testament  in  her  favour  was  dated  17th 
January  1699.  He  died  in  1708,  and  on  27th  July  of  that 
year  his  widow,  in  applying  for  decerniture  as  executrix,  calls 
Mr.  Hugh  Dallas  and  Margaret  Dallas  as  next  of  kin.  (Corn- 
miss.  Diet  Bk.,  Berwick.)  She  was  decerned  his  executrix 
qua  creditor  27th  August  1708.  (Commiss.  Eec.,  Berwick.) 
He  left  no  issue,  his  brother,  Mr.  Hugh  Dallas,  minister  at 
Conage,  being  his  heir-at-law. 

His  widow  survived  him  many  years,  and  on  2nd  May 
1723,  for  the  love  she  has  to  the  memory  of  Alexander  Loraine, 
late  Bailie  of  Dunse,  her  only  lawful  son  by  the  deceased 
Alexander  Lorain,  notar  and  feuar  in  Dunse,  her  first  husband, 
and  in  consideration  she  has  for  Anne  Dallas,  her  son's  relict, 
and  James,  Archibald,  and  Elizabeth  Lorain,  her  children, 
'  and  an  Posthumous  child  not  yet  born,'  they]  being  left 
unprovided  for,  she  has  disponed  to  the  said  Ann  in  liferent 
and  to  the  children  in  fee,  all  her  estate.  In  case  James 
Lorain,  by  the  decease  of  Alexander  Lorain,  eldest  son  of  the 
deceased  Alexander  Lorain,  should  succeed  to  any  estate, 
then  he  is  to  lose  his  share,  and  it  also  is  to  be  divided  equally 
amongst  the  others.  The  trustees  appointed  are  the  said 
Ann  Dallas,  Mr.  Archibald  Cockburn,  younger  of  Langton, 
and  Mr.  William  Cockburn,  second  son  to  Sir  Alexander 
Cockburn  of  Langton,  John  Hay,  junior,  merchant  in  Edin- 
burgh, and  John  Yeaman,  factor  to  Sir  James  Suttie  of  Balgour. 
(Orig.  MS.)  Ann  Dallas  was  a  daughter  of  James  Dallas  of 
St.  Martins.  On  21st  December  1742  there  is  an  account  of 
debts  given  up  and  confirmed  by  Margaret  Yeaman,  as  execu- 


JOHN  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  273 

trix  creditrix  of  Alexander  Lorain,  from  which  it  appears  that 
her  first  husband's  estate  amounted  to  nearly  £11,000  Scots, 
but  the  details  are  too  lengthy  to  repeat.  In  this  document 
the  date  of  her  death  is  given  as  27th  March  1742,  and  this  is 
confirmed  by  her  inventar  and  eik  recorded  in  the  Commis- 
sariot  of  Berwickshire,  5th  July  1743. 


DALLAS  OF  KIRKMICHAEL 

JAMES  DALLAS  OF  KIRKMICHAEL  was  the  third  surviving 
son  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  and  was  born  in  or  before 
1627.  His  marriage  contract  is  dated  25th  December  1656. 
He  appears  hi  a  sasine,  dated  5th  June  1662,  to  David  Ros  in 
Balnagown  and  Isobel  Ros,  his  spouse,  of  a  fourth  part  of 
the  lands  of  Easter  Midgany,  on  a  disposition  by  James 
Dallas  hi  Ganyes,  with  consent  of  Grizzel  Ros,  his  spouse, 
but  under  reversion  by  Mr.  Thomas  Mackenzie  of  Inverloall : 
the  disposition  is  dated  at  Tayne  and  Hilton,  3rd  and  5th 
June  1662,  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  John  Dallas,  minister  at 
Tayne,  and  Hugh  Dallas,  notary,  while  to  the  sasine  one  of 
the  witnesses  is  Duncan  Dallas,  son  to  the  said  James  Dallas. 
(Reg.  Sets.,  Inverness,  Ser.  3,  i.  fol.  14.)  On  18th  July  follow- 
ing, when  he  is  styled  portioner  of  Ganyes,  he  and  Hugh 
Dollas,  notary,  are  witnesses  to  the  giving  of  sasine  of  the 
quarter  lands  of  Inverlauel  to  John  M'Kenzie  hi  Inverlael 
(Ibid.,  65)  ;  and  25th  May  1665  he  acted  as  attorney  for 
Margaret  Abercromby,  spouse  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins, 
when  he  was  designed  '  hi  Bellacherrie.'  On  31st  March  1666 
sasine  is  given  to  James  Dallas  hi  Ballacherrie  on  a  contract 
by  Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty,  dated  at  Cromarty  6th 
October  1665,  whereby  he  disponed  to  him  and  his  heir  irre- 
deemably the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair,  commonly  called  Kirk- 
michaell  and  Balblair,  the  contract  being  written  by  Hugh 
Dallas,  notary.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iii.  fol.  51.)  Those 
lands  he  shortly  afterwards  disponed  to  his  brother  George  hi 
security  for  a  sum  of  1000  merks,  but  they  were  restored  to 
him  on  payment  of  the  debt  in  1674,  and  remained  hi  his 
possession  until  his  death,  which  occurred  before  21st  July 


DALLAS  OF  KIRKMICHAEL  275 

1681.     (See  Scottish  Antiquary.}     His  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  George  Ross  of  Ballamuckie,  and  a  '  portioner '  of  Ganyes. 
She  was  still  living  21st  July  1681.     He  had  issue  : — 
I.  George,  his  heir. 

n.  Duncan,  witnessed  his  father's  disposition  of  the  lands 
of  Easter  Midgany,  24th  July  1662.  As  '  son  to 
James  Dallas  of  Bellicharrie,'  he  was  apprenticed 
to  Andrew  Donaldson,  a  tanner  in  Edinburgh,  31st 
January  1666. 

m.  William,  a  minor  21st  July  1681. 
rv.  Alexander,  a  minor  21st  July  1681.  He  is  described 
as  litster  hi  Nairn  15th  January  1685,  and  was  then 
m.  to  Barbara  Innes.  He  was  served  heir  general 
to  his  father,  James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichall,  30th 
July  1708.  He  appears  to  have  had  an  only  child, 
Lilias,  bp.  15th  January  1685,  at  Nairn,  the  wit- 
nesses being  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall,  John 
Urquhart  of  Craighouse,  Alexander  Clunies  of  Dun- 
skaith,  Lilias  Dallas,  spouse  to  Newhall,  and  Jeane 
Clunies.  He  is  described  as  litster  hi  Nairn,  and 
eldest  son  in  life  of  deceased  James  Dallas  of  Kirk- 
michael,  on  14th  January  1697. 

v.  Marmaduke,  a  minor  21st  July  1681.  As  '  dyer  hi 
Nairn '  he  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  of 
James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  younger,  in  the  lands  of 
Davidstoun,  13th  December  1690,  but  afterwards 
established  himself  in  Edinburgh,  where,  as  '  mer- 
chant,' he  was  made  a  burgess  by  paying  100  merks. 
(Edin.  Burgess  Rec.)  On  17th  May  of  the  previous 
year  he  was,  however,  described  as  '  litster  '  when  hi 
the  Edinburgh  City  Parish  Register  he  appears  as  a 
witness  to  the  baptism  of  a  son  of  Alexander  Dallas, 
cordiner  (see  DALLAS  or  NORTH  NEWTON)  ;  and  he  is 
also  described  as  a  litster  in  the  registers  of  his 
children's  baptisms.  He  was  one  of  the  '  tutors 


276  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

testimentar '  of  Robert,  son  of  Mr.  Robert  Dallas, 
writer  in  Edinburgh,  9th  October  1712,  and  on  8th 
December  following  he  acknowledges  the  repayment 
of  a  sum  of  £2200  Scots  by  Mr.  William  Dallas  of 
Budgate.  Finally  there  is  an  instrument  of  resigna- 
tion dated  10th  April  1713,  made  in  presence  of  Mr. 
William  Dallas  of  Budzet,  W.S.,as  superior,  by  Thomas 
Fraser,  glover,  burgess  of  Inverness,  as  procurator 
of  Marmaduke  Dallas,  litster,  burgess  of  Edinburgh, 
of  the  bond  under  which  that  sum  was  due  ;  done 
within  the  dwelling-house  of  the  said  Mr.  William 
Dallas  at  Inverness.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vii.  fol. 
277.)  He  married,  first,  before  17th  January  1697, 
Jean  Thomson,  and,  secondly,  Janet  Dallas,  daughter 
of  Mr.  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  on  25th  Novem- 
ber 1712.  (Edin.  Mar.  Reg.)  She  was  buried  in 
Greyfriars,  Edinburgh,  in  1721.  He  was  buried  in 
Greyfriars  in  1719.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  issue  :— 

1.  James,  bp.  23rd  November  1701,  in  the  Edin- 
burgh City  Parish,  the  witnesses  being  James  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins,  George  Thomson,  '  sailer  in  Leith,' 
and  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  writer.     He  was  first  married 
to  Janet  Watson,  daughter  of  late  Alexander  Watson, 
merchant  in  St.  Andrews,  on  1st  June  1730  (Edin. 
Mar.  Reg.),  when  he  is  described  as  a  musician,  and, 
secondly,  on  18th  January  1736,  when  he  is  described 
as  a  music  master,  to  Mary,  daughter  to  the  deceased 
Lieutenant   James   Ogilvie.     On   26th   March   1738 
he  was  witness  to  the  baptism  of  a  daughter  of 
Marmaduke  Dallas,  printer. 

2.  Alexander,  bp.  24  January  1703  in  Edinburgh, 
two  of  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas, 
preacher,  and  Alexander  Dallas,  litster. 

3.  WiUiam,  b.  27th,  bp.  30th  November  1705  in 
Edinburgh,  one  of  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  Robert 


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Dallas,  writer.  On  20th  December  1738,  described 
as  a  shipmaster,  he  was  admitted  a  burgess  of 
Edinburgh  '  in  respect  of  his  father  Marmaduke 
Dallas.'  (Edin.  Burgess  Bee.)  He  married  before 
12th  October  1731,  Ann,  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
George  Thomson,  shipmaster  in  Leith,  and  in  the 
register  of  the  baptism  of  his  children  he  is  styled 
'  Captain.'  By  his  first  wife  he  had  issue  : — 

(1)  George,  bp.  12th  October  1731  at  North  Leith. 

(1)  Margaret,  bp.  llth  July  1733  at  North  Leith. 

(2)  Henrietta,  bp.  22nd  May  1742  at  North  Leith  ; 
served  heir   portioner   general   to   her   grandfather, 
George  Thomson,  29th  March  1769.     She  married 
James  Gray,  London. 

(3)  Williamina,    bp.    29th    September    1747    at 
North  Leith. 

(4)  Ann. 

A  factory  and  commission,  dated  at  London,  24th 
December  1771,  is  recorded  23rd  April  1772,  under 
which  Henrietta  Dallas,  spouse  of  James  Gray,  London, 
appoints  William  Young,  Leith,  to  sell  her  third  of 
certain  property  in  Leith,  the  other  two-thirds  be- 
longing to  her  sisters  Williamina  and  Ann  Dallas 
(Mackenzie,  vol.  ii.  p.  211).  From  this  it  may  be 
inferred  that  George  had  died  without  issue. 

4.  Marmaduke,  bp.  6th  June  1708  in  Edinburgh, 
a  witness  being  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  writer. 

1.  Margaret,  bp.  17th  January  1697  in  Edinburgh. 

2.  Anna,  bp.  13th  March  1698  in  Edinburgh,  one 
of  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  John  Dallas,  writer. 

3.  Margaret,  bp.  27th  August  1704  in  Edinburgh, 
the  witnesses  being  Mr.  William  Dallas,  merchant, 
and  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  writer. 

4.  Isobel,    b.    17th,    bp.    22nd   December    1706, 
Mr.   William  Dallas,   W.S.,  being   a  witness.     She 


278  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

was  the  spouse  of  Henry  Antonicus,  wright,  whose 
daughter  Esther  was  born  llth  and  bp.  15th  December 
1734,   George  Dallas,   W.S.,   and  John  Antonicus, 
wright,  being  amongst  the  witnesses. 
By  his  second  wife  he  had  issue  : — 

5.  Marmaduke,  b.  and  bp.  20th  June  1714,  Hugh 
Ross  of  Auchmaclaish  being  one  of  the  witnesses. 
He    married   in    Edinburgh,   12th    December   1736, 
Elizabeth  Veitch,  '  indweller  in  S.S.E.  parish '  (Edin. 
Mar.  Reg.),  when  he  is  described  as  a  printer.     He 
had  issue  : — 

(1)  Alexander,  6.  25th,  bp.  27th  June  1742  in 
Edinburgh,  the  witnesses  being  Robert  Veitch, 
merchant  in  Edinburgh,  and  Alexander  Veitch, 
limner,  there. 

(1)  Elizabeth,  b.  23rd,  bp.  26th  March   1738  in 
Edinburgh,  one  of  the  witnesses  being  James  Dallas, 
musician.     She  was  buried  in  Greyfriars,  Edinburgh, 
in  June  1740. 

(2)  Magdalen,  b.   20th,  bp.   23rd  April   1746  in 
Edinburgh,    one    of    the    witnesses    being    Robert 
Veitch,  merchant  hi  Edinburgh. 

6.  Alexander,    6.    and   bp.    24th   April    1718   in 
Edinburgh,    one    of    the    witnesses   being    William 
Reid,  writer. 

James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael  had  the  following  daughters: — 
I.  Mary,  a  minor  21st  July  1681.  On  28th  January 
1687  John  Dallas,  burgess  of  Nairn,  as  procurator 
for  John  Chiming,  merchant  in  Nairn,  and  Thomas 
Marshall,  burgess  of  Nairn,  as  procurator  for  Mary 
Dallas,  lawful  daughter  of  the  deceased  James 
Dallas  of  Balblair,  give  in  a  contract  of  marriage 
between  the  said  Mary  Dallas  and  John  Cuming, 
dated  at  Nairn  15th  January  1687 :  she  with  con- 
sent of  Alexander  Dallas,  litster  in  Nairn,  her  brother 
german,  conveys  all  that  comes  to  her  through  the 


DALLAS  OF  KIRKMICHAEL  279 

death  of  her  father  and  of  her  mother,  Grizzel  Ross, 
and  he  conveys  generally  what  he  may  die  possessed 
of  to  her  in  liferent  and  their  children  hi  fee.  John 
Dallas  and  Thomas  M'Phail,  burgesses  of  Nairn, 
are  made  procurators,  at  whose  instance  diligence 
should  proceed.  The  deed  is  written  by  John 
Dallas,  notar  hi  Fortrose,  and  signed  by  the  parties 
before  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  David  Rose, 
bailie  in  Nairn,  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  Hary 
Rose  in  Ardersier  and  broyr  to  Bredley,  and  Andrew 
Hood  in  Fortrose  and  John  Dallas,  indweller  in 
Nairn.  As  the  bride  was  unable  to  sign  her  name, 
Hugh  Dallas,  notary  public,  signs  for  her.  (Sheriff 
Court  Rec.,  Nairn.) 

n.  Besse,  a  minor  21st  July  1681.     She  became  the  wife 
of  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray  before  the  year  1697, 
and  was  still  living  6th  November  1725,  when  she 
is  described  as  in  Galcantray. 
(Balblair  means  Town  of  the  Moss.) 

GEOBGE  DALLAS  OF  KIRKMICHAEL,  the  eldest  son,  does  not 
occur  in  the  records  until  after  his  father's  death.  There  is, 
dated  at  Edinburgh,  21st  July  1681,  a  disposition  by  George 
Dallas  of  Kirkmichell,  eldest  lawful  son  and  apparent  heir 
of  the  deceased  James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichell,  to  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins,  of  the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair,  commonly 
called  Balblair  and  Kirkmichell,  formerly  possessed  by  the 
deceased  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Craighouse,  and  afterwards 
by  the  deceased  Mr.  Gilbert  Anderson,  minister  at  Crolie,  and 
Mr.  Hugh  Anderson,  his  eldest  son,  as  wadsetters  ;  but  under 
reservation  of  the  liferent  of  Grishell,  the  disponer's  mother, 
she  maintaining  William,  Alexander,  Marmadick,  Marie,  and 
Besse  Dallas,  his  brothers  and  sisters.  The  witnesses  to  the 
deed  are  Mr.  John  Dallas  and  Mr.  Andrew  Balfour,  writers 
in  Edinburgh  (Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie,  Ixxiii.,  1693).  Following 
this,  on  20th  August  1681,  James  Gumming,  writer  in  Edin- 


280  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

burgh,  as  procurator  for  George  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael,  passed 
to  the  personal  presence  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  as 
superior,  and  made  resignation  of  these  lands  into  his  hands 
in  the  dwelling-house  of  David  Robertson,  vintner,  in  Edin- 
burgh, on  the  north  side  of  the  High  Street  near  the  Post  Office 
and  the  close  called  .  .  .  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  129). 
In  order,  doubtless,  to  make  up  the  title,  there  is  sasine,  dated 
23rd  September  1681,  of  George  Dallas,  lawful  son  and  heir 
of  the  deceased  James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael,  in  these  lands 
on  a  precept  of  dare  constat  by  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins, 
as  superior,  dated  at  Leith  4th  August  1681.  (Ibid.,  130.) 

It  may  be  accepted  as  certain  that  this  George  Dallas  of 
Kirkmichael  was  identical  with  George  Dallas  in  Forres,  whose 
children  were  there  baptized  between  1683  and  1690.  There 
is  in  the  possession  of  the  descendants  of  Lachlan  Dallas  in 
Inverness  a  much-dilapidated  Bible,  formerly  in  his  possession, 
which  had  apparently  originally  belonged  to  James  Smith, 
master  mason.  On  the  title  of  '  the  Genealogies '  in  this 
volume  is  very  carefully  and  ornately  written  '  James  Smith  ' 
with  the  date  '  1664,'  and  on  the  margin  below  occur  together 
the  names  '  James  Smith  '  and  '  Issobell  Farqhr '  in  the  same 
hand.  In  the  outer  margin  is  written  more  carelessly,  '  Per 
me  James  Smith  master  mason.'  The  wife  of  George  Dallas 
in  Forres  was  Elizabeth  Smith,  and  a  witness  to  the  baptism 
of  their  eldest  son  is  Mr.  James  Smith,  Surveyor  to  his  Majesty's 
Works.  The  aunt  of  George  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael  was 
Besse  Dallas,  the  mother  of  Lachlan  Dallas  in  Inverness,  and 
it  may  be  presumed  that  this  Bible  passed  into  her  hands,  or 
those  of  her  son,  on  the  failure  of  George's  descendants :  in 
no  other  way  is  it  possible  to  account  for  this  volume  being 
in  Lachlan' s  possession  in  1722,  when  he  recorded  the  birth 
of  his  eldest  son  therein.  The  eldest  son  of  George  Dallas 
in  Forres  is  named  James,  doubtless  after  his  grandfather, 
James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael,  and  as  the  maternal  grandfather 
was  also  James  (Smith),  the  second  son  was  named  John, 
probably  after  the  Dean  of  Ross ;  while  the  eldest  daughter 


DALLAS  OF  KIKKMICHAEL  281 

was  named  Isobel,  after  the  maternal  grandmother,  Isobel 
Farquhar. 

George  Dallas  in  Forres  is  described  as  one  of  the  magis- 
trates of  Forres  in  a  charter  of  15th  November  1686  granted 
to  Hugh  Dallas,  brother-german  to  Alexander  Dallas  of  Can- 
tray,  and  in  the  sasine  following  of  the  same  date  he  is  styled 
Bailie.     On  14th  June  1686  there  is  registered  at  Forres  a  bond 
by  Alexander  Stewart  hi  Logie  in  his  favour.     He  must  have 
died  not  long  before  2nd  January  1690,  when  his  posthumous 
child  was  born.    By  Elizabeth  Smith,  his  wife,  he  had  issue:— 
I.  James,  bp.  llth  June  1685  at  Forres,  the  witnesses 
being  Mr.  James  Smith,  Surveyor  to  His  Majesty's 
Works,  James  Anderson,  elder  there,  Florence  Rose, 
relict  of  Bailie  Forsyth,  and  Elizabeth  Rose,  her  sister, 
n.  John,  bp.  5th  October  1687  at  Forres,  one  of  the  wit- 
nesses being  John  Tulloch,  glover  there. 
I.  Isobel,  bp.  2nd  June  1683  at  Forres. 
n.  Elizabeth,  '  the  posthumous  daughter,'  bp.  2nd  Jan- 
uary 1690  at  Forres,  m.  15th  February  1705,  John 
Fraser,  gunsmith,  Edinburgh. 

The  fact  that  Alexander  Dallas  was  served  heir  to  his  father, 
James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael,  hi  1708  proves  that  the  sons, 
at  least,  of  George  Dallas  in  Forres  died  unmarried  before 
that  date. 

Robert  Dallas  '  Jameson,'  first  a  burgess  and  messenger, 
Fortrose,  when  he  granted  a  bond  for  £218  to  Hugh  Dallos, 
Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  dated  2nd  September  1674,  was  after- 
wards a  merchant  in  Inverness.  By  his  wife,  Jane  Smith,  he 
had:  (1)  Janet,  bp.  4th  February  1677;  (2)  Jean,  bp.  21st 
November  1678 ;  (3)  William,  bp.  31st  December  1680 ;  (4) 
James,  bp.  21st  March  1682  ;  (5)  Joseph,  bp.  17th  April  1683 ; 
(6)  Cerstie,  bp.  16th  May  1684 ;  (7)  Alexander,  bp.  27th  March 
1688.  Possibly  he  was  a  son  of  James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael. 
Mr.  Dallas  seems  to  have  misread  the  deed  of  21st  July  1681 
(p.  279),  as  the  children  do  not  appear  to  have  been  minors  at 
that  time. 


HUGH  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE 

HUGH  DALLAS,  the  fourth  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate, 
who  ultimately  acquired  the  rights  of  his  brother  John  over 
the  lands  of  Budgate,  was  born  in  1634  or  1635,  and  as  '  writer 
in  Edinburgh '  first  appears  as  the  writer  of  a  precept  of 
sasine  given  to  John  Rose  of  Broadley  as  attorney  for  Mary 
Rose,  the  spouse  of  Mr.  John  Dallas,  minister  at  Tain,  12th 
October  1658. 

On  1st  February  1659  he  compeared  before  the  Com- 
missioners for  the  admission  of  notaries  of  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  years  or  thereby,  with  supplication  to  be  taken  on  trial 
for  the  office  of  notary,  and  was  thereupon  admitted.  He 
himself  signs  the  entry,  giving  as  motto  '  Lux  venit  ab  alto.' 
(Admiss.  Notaries,  vi.)  Two  years  later,  19th  July  1661, 
he  compeared  before  two  of  the  Senators  of  the  College  of 
Justice,  described  himself  as  writer  in  Fortrose,  being  of  the 
age  of  twenty-seven  years  or  thereby,  and  produced  his 
presentation  as  notary,  dated  19th  June  1661.  George  Dallas, 
writer  in  Edinburgh,  is  cautioner,  obliging  himself  '  to  re- 
found  '  the  losses  of  all  parties  damnified  by  Hugh.  (Ibid., 
viii.) 

The  exact  date  of  his  appointment  as  Commissary  Clerk  of 
Ross  is  not  known,  but  on  24th  July  1666  George  Dallas,  W.S., 
registered  a  sasine,  dated  9th  July  1666,  in  favour  of  Hugh 
Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  for  himself,  and  Hugh  Ross 
in  Insches  as  attorney  for  Christian  Lauder,  his  spouse,  and 
William  Dallas,  their  eldest  son,  by  James  Dallas  of  Balblair 
as  bailie,  constituted  by  a  contract  of  excambion  made  between 
Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  with  consent  of  Dame  Barbara 


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HUGH  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  283 

Mackenzie,  his  spouse,  and  Hugh  Dallas,  his  wife  and  son, 
dated  6th  June  last,  whereby  they  acquired  the  lands  of 
Ferritoune,  Auchmartine,  and  Inches ;  and  they  were  ac- 
cordingly infeft  in  these  lands.  (Gen.  Eeg.  Sas.,  xv.  fol.  65.) 
This  was  followed  by  a  charter  under  the  Great  Seal,  dated 
4th  January  1667,  confirming  Urquhart's  disposition  (Reg. 
Mag.  Sig.,  Ixi.  No.  303),  and  very  shortly  afterwards  the  lands 
were  transferred  by  Hugh  Dallas  to  his  brother  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins. 

The  transactions  concerning  the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair, 
otherwise  Balblair  and  Kirkmichael,  are  sometimes  difficult 
to  follow,  for  though  they  were  hi  possession  of  James  Dallas 
of  Balblair  and  Grizzel  Ross,  his  spouse,  in  1666,  a  charter 
was  granted  at  Fortrose,  22nd  December  1666,  by  John, 
Bishop  of  Ross,  as  superior,  to  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary 
Clerk  of  Ross,  of  the  lands  of  Kirkmichael,  Balblair,  Craig- 
hous,  Easter  Culbo,  and  Toberchurie,  hi  the  parishes  of  Kirk- 
michael and  Cullicudden,  to  which  one  of  the  signatories  was 
Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross  ;  and  sasine  of  these  lands  was 
given  to  Hugh  Dallas  on  12th  May  1675,  one  witness  being 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  iv.  fol.  340.) 
Further  transmissions  of  these  lands  will  be  recorded  later. 

On  13th  February  1667  sasine  was  given  to  Hugh  Dallas, 
Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  upon  a  charter  of  confirmation 
dated  12th  February  1667,  by  Sir  George  Mackenzie  of  Tarbet 
to  him,  of  a  part  of  the  chapel  lands  or  Mans  of  St.  Catherine, 
formerly  belonging  to  the  late  Alexander  Hood,  merchant, 
burgess  of  Chanonry  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  xvi.  fol.  253) ;  and  further 
particulars  of  this  acquisition  are  given  in  a  sasine  of  23rd 
March  1685  to  Hugh  Dallas,  in  terms  of  a  disposition  by  Janet 
and  Christian  Hood,  only  lawful  children  of  the  deceased 
Alexander  Hood,  younger,  sometime  merchant  in  Channorie, 
and  Isabel  Lauder,  his  spouse,  and  oyes  and  coheris  of  the 
deceased  Alexander  Hood,  elder,  sometime  merchant  there, 
and  nieces  and  coheirs  of  the  deceased  Robert  Hood,  whereby 


284  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

the  said  Janet  and  Christian,  with  consent  of  Donald  Wright, 
alias  M'Inteire,  in  Inverchannich,  spouse  to  the  said  Christian, 
sold  to  Hugh  Dallas  their  part  of  the  lands  of  St.  Katherine 
hi  Channorie  with  part  of  the  churchyard  of  the  cathedral 
church  of  Ross,  and  houses  built  thereon.  The  disposition 
is  dated  at  Fortrose,  23rd  June  1674,  one  of  the  witnesses 
being  '  Robert  Dallas  Alexrs  sone  merd  in  Invernes.'  (Reg. 
Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  308.)  Another  deed  relating  to  the 
Manse  of  St.  Catherine  is  a  sasine,  dated  25th  September  1683, 
of  Hugh  Rose,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  for  himself  and  as 
attorney  for  Christian  Dallas,  his  daughter,  in  terms  of  a 
disposition  by  David  Monipennie,  late  bailie  of  Fortrose, 
narrating  that  William  Innes  of  Roskeine,bybond  of  corrobora- 
tion  dated  at  Fortrose  10th  August  last,  acknowledged  that 
he  was  due  to  Hugh  Dallas  £171,  15s.  6d.,  whom  failing,  to 
be  paid  to  his  daughter  Christian  and  her  heirs,  whom  failing 
to  Hugh's  other  children,  secluding  his  eldest  son,  and  in 
security  infeft  them  in  his  part  of  St.  Katherine' s  Manse. 
The  disposition  is  dated  at  Fortrose  6th  September  1683,  one 
of  the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  (signed  by  William  Dallas) 
being  John  Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness, 
v.  fol.  242.) 

On  8th  March  1667  Hugh  Dallas,  by  his  attorney,  '  ane 
discreit  youth  Robert  Dollas,  merchant  in  Fortrose,'  had  sasine 
upon  a  bond  for  £857,  13s.  4d.  by  Thomas  Ros,  portioner  of 
Little  Allane,  secured  over  the  lands  of  Little  Allane  in  the 
parish  of  Fearn  (Gen  Reg.  Sas.,  xvi.  fol.  258),  and  on  25th 
September  1668  he  had  sasine  of  these  lands,  otherwise  called 
Balncore,  in  terms  of  a  bond  dated  at  Tayne,  24th  September 
last,  by  Mr.  John  M'Kenzie  of  Inverlaoll  for  a  debt  of  £1844, 
13s.  8d.  (Ibid.,  xx.  fol.  248.)  On  2nd  September  1679  there 
is  an  order  to  infeft  him  in  these  and  other  lands  adjudged 
from  Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  and  Jonathan  Urquhart, 
his  son,  for  a  debt  of  £2498,  4s.  4d.  on  22nd  July  1679  (Gen. 
Reg.  Adjud.,  xxvi.),  and  on  13th  May  1682  he  had  sasine  for 


HUGH  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  285 

himself  and  as  attorney  for  John  Dallas,  his  second  lawful 
son,  in  terms  of  a  disposition  by  David  Monipennie,  late  bailie 
of  Fortrose,  of  the  fourth  part  of  the  davoch  lands  of  Little 
Allan,  commonly  called  Belnacoir,  dated  at  Fortrose  9th  May 
1682.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  153.)  This  was  followed 
by  another  sasine  of  the  same  date,  to  Hugh  Dallas  and  his 
son,  on  a  charter  of  resignation  and  novodamus  of  these  lands 
by  David  Ros  of  Balnagowan  as  superior  (Ibid.,  fol.  154),  which 
was  in  1684  confirmed  under  the  Great  Seal.  (Reg.  Mag. 
Sig.,  Ixix.  No.  209.) 

Another  acquisition  of  land  is  indicated  in  a  sasine  dated 
30th  October  1669,  on  a  charter  of  John,  Bishop  of  Ross,  to 
him  and  his  heirs  of  the  lands  of  Little  Tarrell,  with  the  mill, 
etc.,  in  the  parish  of  Tarbet,  dated  28th  April  1668,  one  of 
the  subscribers  being  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross.  (Reg. 
Sas.,  Inverness,  iii.  fol.  462.) 

The  transfer  of  Budgate  by  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross, 
to  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock,  has  already  been  recorded. 
Following  this,  on  10th  July  1670,  is  a  sasine  to  Robert  Dallas, 
senior,  merchant  in  Fortrose,  as  attorney  for  Hugh  Dallas, 
Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  upon  a  charter  by  Hugh  Rose  of 
Kilraik  dated  14th  July  last,  to  Hugh  Dallas  and  his  heirs, 
of  the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzett,  Newtoune  of  Budzett,  Dallas- 
chell,  and  Inshgeddell,  in  the  parish  of  Calder,  Robert  Dallas 
above  mentioned  being  witness  to  the  charter  and  Alexander 
Dallas,  indweller  in  Meikle  Budzett,  to  the  sasine  (Gen.  Reg. 
Sas.,  xxv.  fol.  329)  ;  while  another  sasine  given  on  15th  July 
of  the  same  year  on  the  same  charter  is  witnessed  by  Alexander 
Dallas,  alias  M'William  Moir,  indweller  in  the  town  of  Inch- 
geddell,  and  Alexander  Dallas,  indweller  in  the  town  of  Meikle 
Budziet.  (Reg  Sas.,  Elg.  and  Nairn.)  On  21st  February  1671 
he  disponed  these  lands  in  liferent,  together  with  an  annuity 
of  eight  bolls  victual,  '  to  be  uplifted  from  that  perticate  of 
land  called  the  pendicle  of  Meikle  Budzet,'  to  his  spouse, 
Christian  Lauder,  and  sasine,  dated  26th  June  following,  was 


286  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

registered  by  John  Dallas  of  Newtoune  as  bailie  to  William 
Campbell  in  Budzet  as  attorney  of  Christian  Lauder,  one  of 
the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  being  William  Dallas  in  Tealagan. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  92.)  In  this  disposition  Hugh 
Dallas  is  first  designated  '  of  Budgate,'  his  previous  designa- 
tion, where  any  appears,  having  been  '  of  Ferritoun.' 

Later  he  obtained  recognition  of  his  title  to  Budgate  from 
the  superior,  the  laird  of  Cawdor.    On  19th  May  1675  sasine 
is  given  to  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Koss,  on  a 
wadset  by  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Calder  dated  1st  May  last 
for  10,000  merks  '  of  new  without  prejudice  to  his  former 
rights,'  of  the  lands  of  Budgate,  etc.,  also  of  that  perticle  of 
land  adjacent  to  the  lands  of  Budzet  not  formerly  disponed, 
called  Easter  Toirbeg  ;   the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  are  Alex- 
ander Dallas  of  Inchgeddle  and  William  Dallas  of  Budgate 
(Gen.  Beg.  Sas.,  xxxv.  fol.  174)  ;   and  on  30th  June  1676  there 
is  confirmation  under  the  Privy  Seal  to  Hugh  Dallas  of  the 
lands  of  Meikle  Budzett,  Easter  Torbeg  and  other,  '  redemable 
be  pay*  of  2000  m*»  hold"?  of  the  laird  of  Caldell,'  the  com- 
position being  200  merks.     (Sign,  past  Pr.   Seal,   1676-81.) 
Subsequently  he  obtained  a  charter  under  the  Great  Seal, 
dated   4th    August    1680,    confirming   Sir   Hugh   Campbell's 
disposition  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  Ixvii.  No.  165),  and  this  completed 
his  title  ito  the  wadset  of  the  lands  of  Budgate,  which  he  held 
until  his  death  and  transmitted  to  his  eldest  son. 

Reverting  to  the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair,  on  12th  May 
1675  sasine  is  given  to  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  as  attorney 
for  Hugh  Dallas,  in  terms  of  a  disposition  by  Mr.  Hugh  Ander- 
son, minister  at  Cromarty,  as  wadsetter  of  the  lands,  to  Hugh 
Dallas,  whereby  he  with  advice  and  consent  of  Elizabeth 
Bruce,  relict  of  Mr.  Gilbert  Anderson,  his  father,  and  now 
spouse  to  Mr.  Andrew  Ros,  minister  at  Tarbet,  disponed  to 
the  said  Hugh  the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair  and  pertinents ; 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martine's  witnessed  the  sasine.  (Reg. 
Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  339.)  A  little  later,  on  5th  July  1675, 


HUGH  DALLAS  I.  OF  BUDGATE  287 

he  had  sasine  on  disposition  by  Alexander  Urquhart  of  New- 
hall,  in  four  picks  of  land  called  the  Easter  and  Wester  Gallow- 
banks  of  Chanorie.  (Gen.  Beg.  Sas.,  xxxv.  fol.  391.) 

It  seems  probable  that  the  father  and  uncle  of  his  wife 
appear  in  a  sasine  dated  12th  August  1679  to  Hugh  Dallas 
of  Budzeat  and  Christian  Lauder,  his  spouse,  on  a  disposition 
by  Mr.  John  Lauder,  writer  hi  Edinburgh,  with  consent  of 
Mr.  William  Lauder,  writer  there,  his  brother  german,  to 
them  in  liferent  and  their  heirs  in  fee,  of  his  part  of  the  lands 
of  the  Archdean  of  Ros,  extending  to  65  ells  in  length  ;  also 
the  croft  called  the  Archdean's  Croft ;  also  a  house  or  portion 
of  the  Parson  of  Kirkmichael's  Manse  ;  also  a  portion  of  land 
of  the  Kirkyaird  of  the  Channorie  of  Eos,  all  lying  within  the 
Channorie  of  Ros  and  of  old  within  the  shire  of  Inverness, 
now  of  Ros,  and  all  then  possessed  by  the  said  Hugh  Dallas 
and  his  tenants.  (Beg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  15.) 

Another  acquisition  of  what  had  once  been  church  lands 
is  recorded  in  a  sasine  dated  6th  April  1680,  of  Hugh  Dallas, 
on  a  bond  dated  at  Fortrose  5th  April,  by  James  Thomson, 
notary  public,  burgess  in  Fortrose,  to  him  and  John  Dallas, 
his  son,  for  £120  Scots,  in  security  of  which  he  infefts  them 
in  his  manse  of  land  commonly  called  the  Parson  of  Logie's 
Manse  (Ibid.,  v.  fol.  51)  ;  and  on  8th  November  of  the  same 
year  he  had  sasine  on  a  charter  of  apprising  and  adjudication 
by  Alexander,  Bishop  of  Ross,  to  him,  under  reversion  of  the 
church  lands  of  Craighous,  Toberchurne,  Woodhead,  Culli- 
cuddin,  Easter  Culbo,  Meikill,  and  Little  Fames,  Gaynies  and 
Kinveachie  ;  the  charter  is  dated  at  the  Canongate,  Edin- 
burgh, and  Channorie  of  Ross,  24th  April  and  12th  May  1680, 
the  witnesses  in  Edinburgh  being  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martin's, 
W.S.,  Mr.  James  Dallas,  his  eldest  son,  Mr.  John  Dallas  and 
Mr.  Andrew  Balfour,  writers  in  Edinburgh.  (Beg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  v.  fol.  81.) 

The  circumstances  under  which  Hugh  Dallas  acquired  the 
lands  of  Galcantray  in  1682  have  been  fully  narrated  in  the 


288  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

account  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  but  it  may  be  added 
that  in  1684  he  obtained  a  charter  under  the  Great  Seal  con- 
firming him  in  the  possession  of  these  lands. 

On  10th  August  1683  he  had  sasine,  in  terms  of  a  charter 
of  apprising  by  Alexander,  Bishop  of  Ross,  to  him  and  his 
heirs  of  the  lands  of  Nonakill,  Cumlichnakill,  Laichlavach, 
Sallarie,  and  Muckarnach,  in  the  parishes  of  Kincarden  and 
Roskene  ;  the  charter,  written  by  Mr.  William  Dallas,  writer 
in  Edinburgh,  is  dated  at  Edinburgh  20th  July,  and  at  Channori, 
1st  August  1683  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  233),  and  on  the 
same  date  on  a  similar  charter  by  Sir  George  Mackenzie  of 
Tarbat,  he  had  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Cumlich,  in  the  parish 
of  Roskene  and  shire  of  Ross.  (Ibid.)  He  also  had  sasine 
on  10th  November  1683  as  attorney  for  Alexander  Dallas,  his 
son,  upon  a  bond  and  disposition  by  David  Monipennie,  late 
bailie  of  Fortrose,  for  500  merks  secured  over  his  part  of  land 
at  the  Green  Hillock  among  the  canon  lands  and  others : 
the  deed  is  written  by  Mr.  William  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son 
of  Hugh  Dallas,  and  is  subscribed  at  Fortrose,  llth  October 
1683,  the  witnesses  being  John  Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose,  and 
Mr.  William  Dallas.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  250.) 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  Hugh  Dallas  was  duly  infeft 
in  the  estate  of  Budgate  by  various  deeds  and  charters,  he 
appears  to  have  regarded  his  title  as  wanting  in  security,  and 
accordingly  on  22nd  October  1686  he  obtained  a  disposition 
by  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  the 
deceased  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  and  brother  and  heir 
of  the  deceased  Mr.  Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcantray,  to  Hugh 
Dallas,  his  brother-german,  of  the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzett, 
Dallaschyll,  Tombeg,  Toamlaggan,  and  Inshgaddall,  and  also 
of  the  lands  of  Nether  and  Over  Gallcantray  ;  and  the  granter 
binds  himself  to  serve  heir  to  his  father  and  brother,  and  there- 
after to  infeft  his  brother  Hugh  in  these  lands  under  a  penalty 
of  £2000.  He  further  ratifies  Hugh's  present  possession  of 
the  lands  and  grants  procuratory  for  resignation.  The  wit- 


.  />.  V cation,  Photographer^  Elgin. 


CLAVA   STONES 


.  D.  Yeadon,  Photographer,  Elgin. 


CAWDOR   BRIDGE 


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nesses  to  the  disposition  are  David  Monipennie,  late  Bailie 
of  Fortrose,  Thomas  Gair,  writer  hi  Fortrose,  and  John  Dallas, 
notary  public  there.  (Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie,  lix.)  It  is 
to  be  observed  that  the  undertaking  to  serve  heir  to  his  father 
and  brother  is  by  no  means  conclusive  evidence  of  the  ex- 
tinction of  the  heirs  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcantray,  and 
was  probably  inserted  in  the  deed  as  a  matter  of  form  only  : 
no  such  service  appears  amongst  the  records. 

An  inscription  at  Fortrose  records  the  death  of  Christian 
Lauder,  spouse  to  Hugh  Dallas,  Clerk  to  the  Commissariot 
of  Boss,  on  21st  April  1691,  and  thus  sets  forth  her  virtues  :— 

'  Harmless  as  dove,  as  serpent  wise, 
To  Mag'dlen's  love  join'd  Mary's  choise ; 
To  God  I  lived,  in  him  I  die, 
With  him  I  live  tho'  dead  I  lie.' 

There  is  an  ultimate  note  in  a  renunciation  by  James 
Dunbar  of  Dalcross,  late  Bailie  of  Inverness,  narrating  that 
the  deceased  Alexander  Dunbar  of  Bellamuckatie,  late  Provost 
of  Inverness,  had  apprised  the  estates  of  the  deceased  Mr.  John 
Mackenzie  of  Inverlooll,  whose  rights  are  now  established  in 
his  person,  in  which  the  lands  of  Little  Allan  called  Balnacoir 
are  included,  but  these  have  for  a  long  time  belonged  to  Hugh 
Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  and  John  Dallas,  his  son, 
to  whom  he  had  promised  that  they  should  not  be  troubled 
in  their  possession,  but  also  he  had  promised  to  the  said 
Hugh,  as  his  friend  and  relation,  that  he  would  disburden 
him  and  his  son  of  the  said  apprising,  which  he  now,  out  of 
the  love  and  favour  he  has  to  them,  does  by  this  present 
renunciation  and  discharge,  dated  at  Inverness  29th  March 
1697.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vi.  fol.  99.) 

No  later  reference  to  Hugh  Dallas  has  been  found,  but  he 
doubtless  lived  for  some  years  afterwards,  as  his  eldest  son 
was  not  served  heir  to  him  until  1706.  By  his  wife,  Christian 

T 


290  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Lauder,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  William  Lauder,  writer 
in  Edinburgh,  he  had  issue  : — 

1.  William,  his  heir. 

2.1  John,  of  BANNANS. 

3.  Alexander,  who,  as  already  narrated,  was  interested 

in  lands  in  Fortrose  in  1683.  He  died  in  April  1688, 
unmarried. 

4.  Robert,  ancestor  of  DALLAS  IN  MTJSSELBURGH. 

5.  George,  mentioned  as  entitled  to  a  contingent  reversion 

in  the  lands  of  Insche,  in  the  parish  of  Kirkmichael, 
24th  August  1670.  He  was  dead  before  18th  October 
1683. 

1.  Christian,  ra.,  firstly,   Alexander   Dallas  of   Cantray, 

1684  ;  secondly  (as  his  second  wife),  Lachlan  Mack- 
intosh of  Strone. 

2.  Barbara,  who  as  second  daughter   on  life  of   Hugh 

Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  had  sasine  dated 
21st  September  1695,  in  terms  of  her  contract  of 
marriage,  dated  at  Fortrose  3rd  August  1695,  be- 
tween her  and  Rorie  M'Kenzie,  portioner  of  Navitie, 
and  only  son  and  heir  of  the  deceased  William 
M'Kenzie,  portioner  of  Navitie,  and  Catherine  Cock- 
burn,  his  spouse,  by  which  he  obliged  himself  to 
infeft  his  wife  and  their  issue  hi  his  five  oxgates  and 
two  pecks  of  land  in  Navitie,  his  mother's  liferent 
being  reserved.  One  of  the  witnesses  to  the  contract 
is  John  Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose.  (Reg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  vi.  fol.  44.)  Roderick  M'Kenzie  died  25th 
January  1733,  and  he  and  his  spouse  were  buried  in 
the  churchyard  of  St.  Regulas,  Cromarty,  having 
had  issue. 


JOHN  DALLAS  OF  BANNANS 

HE  was  the  second  son  of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate,  Commissary 
Clerk  of  Ross.     He  was  born  in  1663.     He  was  admitted  a 
notary  on  8th  April  1685,  and  died  in  1715.     He  married 
Isabella  Munro,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children  :— 
1 .  Hugh  Dallas  of  Bannans,  6.  1695,  who  succeeded 

him.  He  was  Town  Clerk  of  Tain,  and  was  served 
heir-male  hi  special  (cum.  ben.  inven.)  on  17th  May 
1716.  He  d.  unmarried,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
next  brother. 

2.  John  Dallas  of  Bannans,  who  d.  without  issue  in  1724. 

3.  Robert  Dallas,  d.  without  issue  hi  1745. 

4.  William  Dallas,  d.  also  without  issue  in  1722. 

5.  George  Dallas,  of  whom  hereafter. 

6.  James,  mentioned  in  his  father's  bond  of  provision, 

dated  27th  June  1713,  registered  30th  May  1717 
(Mackenzie,  120),  but  dead  before  1st  November 
1715. 

George  Dallas  was  a  writer  in  Edinburgh,  and  was  served 
heir  to  his  brothers,  John,  Robert,  and  William,  on  25th  July 
1751.  He  married  Jean  Thomson,  daughter  of  deceased 
John  Thomson,  mason,  Edinburgh,  being  proclaimed  on 
28th  November  1731.  (Edin.  Par.  Beg.)  He  had  the  fol- 
lowing : — 

(1)  John,  bp.  4th  September  1732;  (2)  Thomas  and 
Eliza,  bp.  7th  July  1739  ;  (1)  Isobel,  bp.  24th  July 
1734;  (2)  Wilhelmina,  bp.  26th  January  1736; 
(3)  Eliza,  bp.  as  above  ;  (4)  Joan  Davidson,  bp. 
18th  November  1739;  she  was  called  after  John 
Davidson  of  Whitehouse,  W.S. ;  (5)  Georgina, 


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292  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

ra.  llth  January  1755,  Andrew  Fisher,  spirit  mer- 
chant, Old  Greyfriars. 

George  Dallas  m.,  secondly,  Jean  Sutherland,  daughter 
of  deceased  Neil  Sutherland,  shoemaker  in  Thurso,  on 
Sabbath,  5th  February  1741.  (Edin.  Par.  Reg.) 

John  Dallas  of  Bannans  had  the  following  daughters  : — 

1.  Isabella,  who  m.   John  Munro,  minister  of   Suddie, 

in  1724  or  before. 

2.  Hendret. 

3.  Lilias,  bp.  at  Cromarty,   13th  September    1703,  and 

m.,  firstly,  Peter  Dallas,  tacksman  of  Galcan- 
tray,  and  left  an  only  child,  Isabella,  who  was  ap- 
pointed executrix  dative  to  her  father  on  30th 
April  1750  while  a  pupil,  her  tutor  at  law  being 
Lachlan  Dallas,  peuterer  in  Inverness.  Peter  Dallas 
died  29th  January  1743,  and  his  widow  married, 
secondly,  Angus  Mackintosh  in  Galcantray  prior  to 
30th  April  1750.  Isabella  Dallas  was  married  to  Hugh 
Munro,  planter  in  the  Granadoes,  13th  January 
1770.  (Canongate  Mar.  Reg.) 

4.  Barbara,  dead  before  1st  November  1715. 

5.  Christine,  dead  before  1st  November  1715. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  trace  this  family  any  further. 


ROBERT  DALLAS,  WRITER,  EDINBURGH 
(MUSSELBURGH  FAMILY) 

ROBERT  DALLAS,  fourth  son  of  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate,  is 
designed  as  'younger,'  writer  in  Fortrose,  thereafter  writer 
in  Edinburgh.  He  was  born  in  1667.  (Greyfriars  Bur.  Reg.) 
He  married,  firstly,  Catherine  Cochrane,  daughter  of  William 
Cochrane,  weaver  in  Edinburgh,  and  Janet  Bell,  his  spouse. 
They  were  proclaimed  on  16th  February  1696;  secondly, 
Margaret  Paterson,  who  was  married  secondly  to  William  Ross, 
writer,  Edinburgh.  He  died  28th  April  1711.  He  had  the 
following  children : — 

1.  William,  bp.  30th  July  1699,  buried  30th  April  1707. 

2.  Hugh,  bp.  15th  September  1700,  who  was  served  heir 

on  15th  January  1708  to  (1)  his  grandfather,  Wm. 
Cochrane,  and  (2)  to  his  great-grandmother,  Janet 
Bell.  He  was  served  heir  to  his  father,  Robert 
Dallas,  on  21st  July  1711.  He  died  without  issue 
and  was  buried  on  17th  May  1712.  (Greyfriars.) 

3.  Robert  Dallas,  wright  in  Edinburgh,  who  was  served 

heir  to  Hugh  on  25th  August  1713,  m.  Helen  Cowan, 
and  was  buried  on  18th  March  1738.  He  is  called 
only  lawful  son  in  1713  ;  bp.  13th  September  1702. 

1.  Janet,  bp.  4th  September  1698,  d.         October  1705. 

2.  Christian,  b.  10th  May  1712. 

3.  ? 

Robert  Dallas,  wright,  had  by  his  wife,  Helen  Cowan, 
daughter  of  James  Cowan,  merchant  burgess,  the  following 
children : — 

(1)  Robert,     bp.    8th     September     1728 ;     (2)    James, 

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294  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

bp.     15th     June     1730;     (3)     Thomas,     bp.     3rd 

April  1732 ;  (4)  Helen,   bp.  21st   August  1726 ;  (5) 

Jane,  bp.  30th  May  1735  ;  (6)  Margaret,  d. 

1737  ;  (7)  Marion,  b.  m.,  firstly,  3rd  February 

1754,   Andrew    Buckney,   writer,    New    Greyfriars; 

secondly,  2nd  August  1761,  James  Gumming,  painter. 

Robert    Dallas    was    served   heir    to    his    grandmother, 

Janet  Bell,  on  17th  January  1736. 

Thomas  Dallas,  surgeon,  Musselburgh,  afterwards  in 
Edinburgh,  married  on  23rd  September  1753  (Edin.  Par.  Reg.) 
Jean  Esplin,  daughter  of  James  Esplin,  bailie  of  Edinburgh, 
tanner  in  Portsburgh,  and  Marion  Robertson,  his  spouse.  (See 
tombstone,  St.  Cuthbert's.)  Marriage  contract  dated  21st  Sep- 
tember 1753.  He  married,  secondly,  Euphemia  Clark,  daughter 
of  Hugh  Clark,  merchant  in  New  Kirk  Parish,  on  llth  May  1766. 
(Edin.  Par.  Reg.)  She  was  daughter  of  Hugh  Clark  and  Mary 
Beaumont,  and  granddaughter  of  Sir  John  Clark  of  Penicuik 
and  Kirkpatrick,  his  wife.  Thomas  Dallas  was  served 

heir  to  his  brother,  James  Dallas,  on  4th  June  1747. 
Thomas  Dallas  by  his  first  marriage  had  :— 

1.  Robert,  b.  9th  August  1755. 

2.  James,    b.    21st    January    1757.      He    was    a    writer 

in  Edinburgh,  and  was  served  heir  general  to 
his  father  on  14th  July  1780.  He  was  admitted 
a  W.S.  on  3rd  July  1781.  He  m.  on  17th  April 
1783,  Nancy,  daughter  of  John  Milne  of  Stobcross. 
He  executed  a  trust  deed  for  behoof  of  his  creditors 
in  favour  of  Horatius  Cannon,  W.S.,  and  resigned 
his  commission  as  a  W.S.  on  24th  May  1792.  He 
died  on  2nd  January  1802. 

By  his  second  marriage  with  Euphemia  Clark,  Thomas 
Dallas  had : — 

1.  Thomas,  who  d.  in  infancy  20th  May  1769. 

2.  Thomas,    bp.    26th   July   1769.     He   was  a  merchant 

in    Edinburgh,    and    m.,    30th     September    1795, 


ROBERT  DALLAS,  WRITER,  EDINBURGH     295 

Elizabeth  Kirkwood,  daughter  of  James  Kirkwood, 
engraver,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Thomas,  buried 
Calton,  12th  October  1796,  aged  three  months ;  (2) 
James,  of  whom  hereafter ;  (3)  Christiana,  b.  5th  June 
1801,  buried  9th  November  1801 ;  (4)  Euphemia,  6. 
31st  July  1802,  d.  26th  November  1807  ;  (5)  John 
Somerville,  b.  15th  March  1804  ;  (6)  Henry  Melville, 
b.  27th  April  1807 ;  (7)  Edward,  b.  5th  September, 
buried  27th  November  1807 ;  (8)  John,  buried  Novem- 
ber 1865,  aged  fifty-six ;  (9)  Amelia  Elizabeth,  b.  6th 
June  1811  ;  (10)  Frederick,  6.  18th  April  1813  ;  (11) 
Fordyce,  b.  1815,  d.  12th  February  1815  ;  (12)  Caro- 
line, buried  26th  February  1817.  Thomas  Dallas  d. 
at  35  Royal  Terrace,  Edinburgh,  and  was  buried  in 
Old  Calton  Cemetery,  llth  January  1833. 

James  Dallas,  above  mentioned,  m.  10th  April  1820, 
Miss  Marion  Johnston,  daughter  of  Robert  Johnston, 
by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  12th  April  1823  ; 
(2)  Elizabeth,  bp.  3rd  December  1825  ;  (3)  Robert, 
bp.  llth  December  1832. 

3.  Mary,  m.  ;  she  and  her  brother 

Thomas  are  both  mentioned  in  a  discharge  dated 
16th  November  1792.  (Mackenzie,  vol.  292.) 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE 

WILLIAM  DALLAS,  the  last  of  the  family  to  retain  a  hold  upon 
the  ancestral  property,  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hugh  Dallas  of 
Budgate,  and  was  born  in  or  about  the  year  1661.  He  is 
mentioned  in  the  documents  relating  to  his  father's  acquisi- 
tion of  the  lands  of  Ferritoun  in  1667,  already  cited,  when 
still  an  infant,  and  in  1675  he  was  admitted  a  student  of 
Marischal  College,  where  he  remained  until  1677,  afterwards 
taking  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  He  signed  the  registering 
of  a  sasine  in  favour  of  his  father  on  18th  August  1679,  and 
his  signature  is  subsequently  often  found  in  place  of  his  father's 
in  the  register  of  sasines,  which  was  in  his  father's  custody 
at  Fortrose. 

It  must  have  been  about  this  time  that  he  was  apprenticed 
to  his  uncle,  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  Writer  to  the  Signet, 
and  he  is  mentioned  as  '  servitor '  of  St.  Martins  on  18th 
October  1682  in  a  registration  at  Fortrose  of  an  inhibition  by 
his  father  against  Alexander  M'Lennan,  son  of  the  deceased 
Alexander  M'Lennan,  writer  in  Fortrose,  for  several  debts. 
(Reg.  Irihib.  Ross,  vol.  L).  He  was  now  a  writer  in  Edinburgh, 
and  on  25th  May  1683  he  compeared  before  Sir  John  Wauchop 
of  Edmondstoun  and  Sir  Alexander  Seton  of  Pitmedden,  and, 
being  '  of  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  or  thereby,'  was  ad- 
mitted a  notary,  his  cautioner  being  Mr.  John  Dallas,  writer 
in  Edinburgh.  (Reg.  Admiss.  Notaries,  vol.  xii.)  On  14th 
October  1683  he  was  admitted  a  burgess  and  guild  brother  of 
the  burgh  of  Fortrose  (Council  Min.  Bk.),  the  record  being 
in  the  handwriting  of  his  father,  who  kept  these  minutes 


296 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  297 

from  1674  to  1690,  though  some  of  the  entries  are  written  by 
his  son,  John  Dallas  of  Bannans.  In  1684  he  witnessed  the 
marriage  contract  of  his  sister  Christian  and  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Cantray. 

He  was  admitted  a  Writer  to  the  Signet  on  5th  January 
1687,  and  acted  as  joint  fiscal  of  that  Society  in  1695,  and 
from  1697  to  1702.  His  name  frequently  occurs  in  the 
Minutes  of  the  Society,  but  not  in  relation  to  any  public 
business,  until  20th  December  1709,  shortly  after  which  date 
he  appears  to  have  taken  up  his  residence  in  Inverness.  On 
29th  September  1668,  by  deed  written  by  John  Dallas,  writer 
in  Fortrose,  he  was  appointed  factor  to  Mr.  James  M'Culloch 
of  Polton  (executor  to  his  uncle,  Sir  Hugh  M'Culloch  of  Polton)> 
who  went  to  Ross-shire  upon  some  important  business.  (Reg- 
Deeds,  Mackenzie,  vol.  Ixiii.) 

He  was  contracted  with  Henrietta  Cockburn  in  the  Edin- 
burgh City  Parish,  10th  February  1689,  and  was  married  by 
warrant  to  Mr.  Alexander  Ramsay,  but  the  date  of  the  marriage 
is  omitted  in  the  register.  Shortly  after  his  marriage,  on 
14th  June  1689,  sasine  was  given  to  Alexander  Dallas  in  Budzet, 
as  attorney  for  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  eldest  lawful  son 
to  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budzet,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  and 
Henreta  Cobburn,  now  his  spouse  and  eldest  daughter  of 
William  Cobburne,  merchant  in  Edinburgh,  in  terms  of  the 
contract  of  marriage  between  the  said  William  and  Hugh, 
his  father,  and  the  said  Henreta  and  her  father,  dated  at 
Edinburgh  and  Fortrose  26th  February  and  1st  June  1689, 
whereby  Hugh  Dallas  obliged  himself  to  infeft  his  son  and 
daughter-in-law  in  liferent  and  their  heirs  in  fee  (etc.)  in  half 
the  lands  of  Meikle  Budzet  called  Budzet  More,  Newtown  of 
Budzet,  Dallaschyle,  Torbegg,  Tealagan,  and  Inchgeddle,  and 
also  the  other  half  of  the  said  lands.  The  witnesses  to  the 
contract  at  Edinburgh  on  the  26th  February  were  Sir  Archi- 
bald Cockburn,  younger  of  Langton,  George  Dallas  of  St. 
Marthas,  W.S.,  Mr.  William  Lauder,  indweller  in  Edinburgh, 


298  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Mr.  Archibald  Sinclair,  advocate,  Mr.  George  Morisone  of 
Petfour,  advocate,  Mr.  William  Eccles,  M.D.,  Mr.  Andrew 
Balfour,  W.S.,  Mr.  George  Dallas,  son  to  the  said  George 
Dallas,  Mr.  James  M'Culloch  of  Piltoun,  Alexander  Munro  of 
Ardulzie,  one  of  the  Under  Clerks  of  Session,  Mr.  Alexander 
Ramsay,  one  of  the  ministers  of  Edinburgh,  and  some  others, 
the  names  of  the  witnesses  being  filled  up  by  Mr.  William 
Dallas.  The  superscription  of  Hugh  Dallas  was  given  at 
Fortrose  1st  June  1689,  before  Mr.  David  Angus,  minister 
at  Rosemarkie,  John  Dallas,  '  his  own  son,'  and  others. 
(Eeg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  502.) 

About  this  time  he  was  a  party  to  several  bond  trans- 
actions which  may  be  briefly  noted.  On  18th  February 
1690,  at  Edinburgh,  William  Cockburne,  merchant  burgess  of 
Edinburgh,  assigned  to  him  a  sum  of  £300  in  a  bond  by  the 
deceased  Thomas  Robertsone,  merchant  in  Edinburgh,  dated 
29th  September  1675  (Reg.  Deeds,  Durie,  vol.  Ixxx.) ;  on 
5th  September  1691  he  had  a  bond  for  £410,  8s.  from  John 
Sinclair,  younger  of  Brims  (Ibid.,  Dalrymple,  vol.  Ixxvi.) ; 
on  21st  July  1692  he  had  a  bond  for  £880  given  in  London 
by  John  Law,  lawful  son  to  the  deceased  William  Law, 
goldsmith  in  Edinburgh  (Ibid.) ;  and  on  3rd  August  1693 
he  himself  gave  a  bond  for  500  merks  to  John  Cunningham, 
younger,  W.S.  (Ibid.,  vol.  Ixxvii.).  Amongst  the  Cantray 
charters  there  is  also  an  extract  dated  31st  May  1714  recording 
a  bond  by  him  dated  at  Budzet  6th  June  1702,  given  to  Alex- 
ander Dallas,  tenant  in  Budzet,  and  Isabella  Hutchison,  his 
spouse,  for  1000  merks,  the  witnesses  being  '  John  Dallas  of 
Bannans,  my  brother-german,'  and  '  James  Dallas,  my  tenant 
in  Newtown  of  Budzet.'  (Cant.  Chart.).  This  bond  is  re- 
ferred to  again  on  p.  462. 

There  is  on  13th  January  1703  an  inhibition  at  the  instance 
of  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  narrating  that  James,  Lord  Duffus, 
granted  a  bond,  dated  22nd  July  1690,  to  the  deceased  George 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  whereby  he  obliged  himself  to  pay 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  299 

certain  sums  of  money  to  him  if  on  life,  and  failing  him  by 
death,  to  Margaret  Dallas,  his  lawful  daughter,  thereafter 
spouse  and  then  relict  of  Mr.  George  Morrison  of  Pitfour, 
advocate,  and  that  she  afterwards,  with  consent  of  Robert 
Murray  of  Pulrossie,  now  her  husband,  assigned  the  bond  to 
William  Dallas,  who  uses  the  inhibition.  (Eeg.  Inhib.,  Elgin, 
Forres,  and  Nairn,  vol.  iii.) 

On  30th  July  1706  he  was  served  heir  general  to  his  father, 
Hugh  Dallas  '  of  Bridzett,'  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross  (Serv. 
of  Heirs,  liii.  239)  ;  and  on  5th  November  1711  he  granted  a 
tack  of  the  Mams  of  Meikle  Budzet  to  Alexander  Dallas, 
tenant  in  Budzet,  and  Isobel  Hutchison,  his  spouse. 

Another  interesting  inhibition  is  that  dated  9th  October 
1711,  at  the  instance  of  Robert  Dallas,  only  lawful  son  now 
on  life  of  the  deceased  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh, 
and  of  Marmaduke  Dallas,  litster,  and  William  Ross,  writer, 
his  tutors  testamentar,  against  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S., 
who  by  his  bond  dated  23rd  April  1711  obliged  himself  to 
pay  to  the  said  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  being  on  life,  4700  merks, 
and  in  the  event  of  his  death  3700  merks  of  the  said  principal 
sum  and  the  interest  of  the  whole  to  the  now  deceased  Hugh 
Dallas,  then  his  eldest  son,  whom  failing,  to  the  said  Robert 
Dallas  (the  inhibitor)  and  his  heirs  or  his  assignees  after  his 
majority,  with  a  penalty  of  700  merks  for  the  non-payment 
before  the  ensuing  term  of  Martinmas  and  interest  until  paid. 
(Reg.  Horn.,  etc.,  Inverness,  xi.  fol.  74.)  This  obligation  is 
included  in  the  litigation  between  John  Dallas  of  Bannans 
and  the  heirs  of  William  Dallas  presently  to  be  narrated. 

There  also  occurs  a  renunciation  (registered  at  Fortrose) 
by  Marmaduke  Dallas,  litster,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  narrating 
that  William  Dallas,  by  his  bond  dated  6th  July  1711,  acknow- 
ledged having  borrowed  from  him  £2200  Scots,  in  security  for 
which  Marmaduke  was  on  the  26th  June  last  seased  in  the 
interest  thereof  (registered  3rd  June  in  the  General  Register 
of  Sasines  at  Edinburgh),  and  the  principal  sum  having  been 


300  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

paid,  he  discharged  at  Edinburgh  on  8th  December  1712. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vii.  fol.  236.) 

Whatever  may  have  been  the  financial  position  of  William 
Dallas,  it  is  clear  that  he  was  at  least  in  temporary  need  of 
money  at  this  time,  for  on  10th  June  1712  he  executed  a 
bond  for  1800  merks  in  favour  of  his  brother,  John  Dallas  of 
Bannans,  of  which  more  will  be  said  hereafter. 

On  9th  April  1713  sasine  was  given  by  Alexander  Dallas, 
tenant  in  Meikle  Budzett,  as  bailie,  to  the  attorney  of  Mr. 
William  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  to  the  now  deceased  Hugh 
Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  and  the  said  Mr.  William 
Dallas,  now  designed  of  Budzet,  W.S.,  in  the  lands  of  Meikle 
Budzet  and  Over  and  Nether  Galcantra,  in  terms  of  a  disposi- 
tion dated  at  Fortrose,  22nd  September  1684,  by  the  said  Hugh 
Dallas  to  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  and  his  heirs,  of  the  lands 
of  Meikle  Budzet,  Newtoun  of  Budzet,  Dallaschyle,  Inch- 
geddell,  and  the  adjoining  portion  of  land  called  Easter  Tor- 
begg,  under  reservation  of  the  liferent  of  Hugh  Dallas  and 
Christian  Lauder,  his  spouse ;  and  also  the  lands  of  Over  and 
Nether  Galcantra.  Among  the  witnesses  to  the  sasine  are 
Mr.  Hugh  Dallas,  schoolmaster  at  Ballafriesh,  John  Dallas  in 
Galcantra,  James  Dallas  there,  and  Hugh  Dallas  in  Budzet. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vii.  fol.  275.) 

He  was  living  on  10th  April  1713,  when,  within  his  dwelling- 
house  at  Inverness,  an  instrument  of  resignation  was  made  in 
his  presence,  as  superior,  by  Thomas  Fraser,  glover,  burgess 
of  Inverness,  as  procurator  of  Marmaduke  Dallas,  litster, 
burgess  of  Edinburgh,  of  the  bond  for  £2200  Scots  recorded 
above.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vii.  fol.  277.)  His  death  is 
recorded  as  occurring  in  Inverness  on  23rd  April  1713.  By 
his  wife,  Henrietta  Cockburn,  who  was,  according  to  a  decreet 
of  declarator  by  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  (Cantray  Chart.), 
dated  1742,  still  living  at  that  date,  he  had  issue  : — 

1.  Hugh,  bp.  at  Edinburgh  30th  April  1691  ;   buried  in 
the  Greyfriars,  Edinburgh,  llth  August  1691. 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  301 

2.  William,  b.  6th  April,  bp.  at  Edinburgh  18th  April 

1693  ;  buried  in  the  Greyfriars,  Edinburgh,  20th 
June  1695. 

3.  '  A  child,'  buried  in  the   Greyfriars,   Edinburgh,   '  a 

triof,'  17th  November  1696.  * 

4.  George,  b.  10th,  bp.  at  Edinburgh  22nd  January  1699  ; 

d.  before  1713. 

5.  William,  bp.  at  Edinburgh   18th  May  1701,  amongst 

the  witnesses  being  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  writer,  and 
Mr.  Charles  Dallas,  merchant  burgess.  He  was  his 
father's  heir,  and  was  engaged  with  his  mother  in 
litigation  with  his  uncle,  John  Dallas  of  Bannans, 
an  account  of  which  is  given  below.  He  died  un- 
married before  1724,  when  his  three  surviving  sisters 
were  served  heirs  to  their  father. 

6.  John,  bp.  at  Edinburgh,  9th  October  1709  ;    he  d. 

5th  July  1712,  and  was  buried  in  Inverness. 

1.  Jean,  b.  22nd,  bp.  at  Edinburgh  30th  January  1690, 

not  '  in  a  state  of  infancy '  at  her  father's  death  in 
April  1713.  She  was  served,  with  her  two  sisters, 
co-heir  of  provision  general  to  her  father,  William 
Dallas,  W.S.,  19th  November  1713,  and  is  mentioned 
as  one  of  the  three  children  '  now  on  life  '  of  William 
Dallas,  W.S.,  in  a  decreet  of  declarator  by  John 
Dallas  of  Bannans,  dated  1742  (Cantray  Chart.), 
when  she  is  stated  to  be  the  wife  of  George  Cuthbert, 
M.D.,  in  Inverness. 

2.  Henrietta,    bp.    at    Edinburgh     30th    April     1703, 

among  the  witnesses  being  again.  Mr.  Robert 
and  Mr.  Charles  Dallas.  She  was  an  '  infant ' 
at  her  father's  death  in  1713,  and  was  served 
co-heir  of  provision  general  to  him,  19th  November 
1713.  She  is  mentioned  in  the  decreet  by  John 
Dallas  of  Bannans  as  one  of  the  three  children 
'now  on  life  '  of  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  in  1742,  when 


302  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

she  is  stated  to  be  the  wife  of  Lieutenant  Edward 
Scattergood. 

3.  Mary  or  Marion,  whose  baptism  has  not  been  found. 

She  was  an  '  infant '  at  her  father's  death,  was 
served  co-heir  of  provision  general  to  him  19th  Nov- 
ember 1713,  and  was  the  third  of  the  three  children 
'  now  on  life '  of  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  mentioned 
in  the  decreet  above  referred  to,  dated  1742,  when 
she  was  the  wife  of  Graham. 

4.  Christian,  6.  4th,  bp.  at   Edinburgh  22nd  July  1707  ; 

d.  at  Inverness  27th  October  1714. 

Very  shortly  after  the  death  of  William  Dallas,  the  '  last 
of  Budgate,'  disputes  of  a  legal  nature  arose  between  his 
widow  and  son  and  John  Dallas  of  Bannans,  his  brother, 
whom  he  had  nominated  one  of  the  tutors  and  curators  of 
his  children.  The  litigation  was  prolonged,  but  the  final 
decreet,  pronounced  on  13th  June  1719,  traverses  the  whole 
grounds  of  complaint  on  either  side.  As  this  decreet 
extends  to  over  150  pages  of  the  record  volume,  it  is 
impossible  to  give  it  in  its  entirety,  but  it  is  of  such  an 
interesting  character,  and  contains  so  many  genealogical 
facts,  that  no  excuse  is  needed  for  presenting  it  in  somewhat 
lengthy  abstract. 

Anent  the  several  complaints  given  in  : 

'  At  the  instance  of  the  now  deceased  John  Dallas  of 
Bannans  against  Mrs.  Henrietta  Cockburn,  relict  of  Mr. 
William  Dallas,  W.8.,  and  tutrix  to  his  children,  and  a  counter 
action  by  her  with  a  summons  of  Declarator  at  the  instance 
of  William  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  and  apparent  heir  of  the 
said  deceased  Mr.  William  Dallas,  against  the  said  deceased 
John  Dallas  of  Bannans,  as  also  a  summons  of  constitution  at 
the  instance  of  Hugh  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  of  the  said 
deceased  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  against  the  said  William 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  303 

Dallas  as  heir  served  and  retoured  to  his  father,  the  said  de- 
ceased Mr.  William  Dallas  of  Budzet,  W.S.,  and  his  said 
mother. 

'  The  complaint  by  the  said  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  bears 
that  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  died  a  few  months 
ago,  and  that  he  had  then  in  his  custody  writs  of  considerable 
importance  with  which  he  was  entrusted  in  his  professional 
capacity,  and  among  these  valuable  securities  which  had  been 
in  the  custody  of  Hugh  Dallas,  his  father,  who  was  Commissary 
Clerk  of  Koss  and  employed  in  transactions  of  the  greatest 
importance  in  that  county  ;  as  also  with  the  writs  of  his  own 
estate,  which  were  hi  his  cabinet,  with  which  the  complainer 
was  well  informed  his  said  relict  had  meddled,  and  used  all 
freedom  hi  opening  the  cab  met  and  taking  out  writs ;  which 
rash  and  unwarrantable  action  of  hers  might  be  to  the  detri- 
ment of  those  whose  writs  were  in  his  keeping. 

'  The  complainer  was  brother-german  to  the  defunct,  and 
was  entitled  to  be  tutor  of  law  to  his  children  in  case  there 
was  no  nomination  by  himself ;  he  was  also  creditor  to  him 
in  considerable  sums,  and  cautioner  for  him  in  several  debts, 
and  he  craved  that  the  writs  might  be  replaced  in  the  cabinet, 
sealed  up,  and  the  keys  placed  in  the  hands  of  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  place  where  the  defunct  died,  which  she  had 
refused  to  do  without  compulsion. 

'  This  petition  was  intimated  to  the  defenders  by  order 
of  the  Court  on  26th  February  1714.  In  her  answers  Mrs. 
Cockburn  represents  that  "  as  she  foregave  the  groundless 
calumnies  thrown  upon  her  by  the  petitioner,  so  she  heartily 
prayed  (for  the  reasons  hereafter  mentioned)  that  their 
Lordships  would  direct  the  papers  to  be  inventoried  and  her- 
self to  be  examined  upon  what  was  represented  in  the  strictest 
manner  that  law  proposed,  although  she  might  legally  refuse, 
having  been  nominated  by  her  husband  tutrix  to  his  children. 
She  begged  to  trouble  their  Lordships  with  a  complaint  of 
such  consequence  to  her,  and  so  extraordinary  in  itself,  as 


304  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

would,  she   hoped,  move   their   Lordships'  compassion,  and 
afford  her  direction  as  well  as  protection." 

'  In  the  month  of  (April)  1713,  Mr.  William  Dallas  died, 
leaving  a  small  estate,  five  children,  all  in  a  state  of  infancy 
except  one,  and  her,  their  mother,  within  two  months  of  being 
delivered  of  a  posthumous  birth.  The  very  night  of  his 
decease  John  Dallas,  the  petitioner,  whom  nobody  jealoused, 
as  being  the  defender's  brother,  trusting  mournful  condition 
of  the  orphan  family,  found  means  to  get  in  amongst  these 
papers,  which  he  now  had  the  assurance  to  speak  of,  and  there 
to  examine  them  very  closely  for  that  and  many  other  nights 
together.  It  might  be  very  easily  supposed  that  in  such 
melancholy  circumstances  she  did  not  much  examine  what 
was  adoing,  reposing  full  confidence  in  that  man  who  of  all 
others  she  looked  upon  as  most  concerned  to  take  care  of  her 
husband's  family  and  affairs.  But  some  time  afterwards  it 
came  to  be  talked  amongst  her  serving  maids  that  they  had 
several  times  helped  Master  Dallas  in  the  night  time  to  carry 
off  large  bundles  of  papers,  and  in  this  they  thought  they  did 
no  wrong,  since  they  saw  him  go  avowedly  amongst  them. 
This  information  gave  her  a  very  sensible  concern  when  she 
began  to  consider  that  there  was  a  heritable  bond  lodged 
among  the  papers  for  3000  merks,  designed  to  have  been 
delivered  to  John,  the  petitioner,  for  the  equivalent  sum  which 
he  had  at  the  forthcoming  term  promised  to  lend  her  husband, 
but  failed  in  that.  There  might  be  several  retired  bonds  and 
transactions  with  their  discharges  likewise  there.  That  there 
was  a  complete  tract  of  vouchers  of  tutor's  accounts  uncleared 
betwixt  her  husband  and  Dallas  of  Cantray,  once  his  pupil, 
in  the  same  place,  and  that  several  partial  receipts  and  clear- 
ances of  annual  rents  and  small  sums  due  by  the  defunct 
were  hi  that  keeping,  besides  the  instructions  of  what  debts 
might  be  due  to  her  husband  and  all  the  rights  of  his  little 
interest.  Her  apprehensions  were  exceedingly  increased  when 
she  understood  from  good  hands  that  John  was  taking  assig- 


/.  D.  Ytadon,  Photographer,  Elgin. 


BRODIE   CASTLE 


J,  D,  Ycadon*  Photographer^  Elgin, 


RAIT   CASTLE 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  305 

nations  to  such  small  sums  as  his  brother  owed  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood, and  when  she  was  told,  first  by  others  and  then 
by  himself,  that  her  husband  had  died  little  less  than  a  bank- 
rupt, that  he  owed  pretty  near  £1000  sterling  to  John,  to  whom 
(though  she  had  a  tolerable  guess  at  his  other  debts)  she  never 
thought  he  had  been  due  above  a  trifle.  But  being  told  that 
her  serving  maids,  who  were  all  the  evidence  she  had  of  his 
riffleing  the  defunct's  papers,  would  scarcely  be  habile  wit- 
nesses, she  chose  to  delay  her  complaint  till  she  should  meet 
with  further  proofs  of  his  practice,  which  good  providence 
put  in  her  way  in  the  following  manner.  Upon  the  10th 
day  of  March  last  John,  thinking  belike  that  he  had  done  too 
gross  an  action  in  abstracting  the  writs  and  rights  of  the 
proof  land  interest  that  her  husband  had  been  possessed  of, 
came  to  her  house  hi  Inverness  with  a  bundle  of  thirty-nine 
pieces  of  papers  and  pairchments  industriously  hidden  under 
the  skirts  of  his  coat,  and  training  her  into  the  room  where 
he  knew  the  charter-chest  lay,  placed  himself  as  near  as 
possible,  and  after  a  little  indifferent  discourse  he  dropped 
the  papers  on  the  floor,  starting  with  an  affected  surprise  at 
their  fall,  and  asking  her  how  she  came  to  keep  her  husband's 
papers  so  loose.  She  suspected  the  contrivance  immediately 
and  began  to  accuse  him,  but,  instead  of  returning  her  answer 
he  run  out  of  the  room  (there  being  no  witnesses  present), 
and  she,  with  the  haste  of  a  woman  who  had  as  good  reason 
to  be  concerned,  pursued  him  to  the  streets,  where  at  length 
she  got  hold  of  him,  but  had  neither  force  nor  argument  to 
bring  him  back,  till  very  luckily  Sir  Archibald  Campbell  of 
Clune,  with  two  notars  public  and  several  witnesses,  happening 
to  go  by,  persuaded  him  to  return  to  the  room  where  the  papers 
were,  and  there  (his  conscience  being  struck  by  the  recency 
of  the  fact)  he  owned  that  these  papers  were  the  rights  of  his 
brother's  lands  of  Badzet  and  Gallcantray,  which  he  had,  with- 
out inventar  or  witnesses,  taken  from  amongst  his  other  papers 
after  his  decease,  but  withal  had  the  hardiness  to  offer  them 


306  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

back  to  her  under  form  of  instrument,  which  she  refused  to 
accept  of  until  he  accounted  for  the  rest  of  his  vicious  intro- 
missions. The  notaries,  by  the  advice  of  the  persons  then 
present,  reckoned  them  over  and  locked  them  up  in  a  particu- 
lar corner  hi  the  charter-chest,  and  his  acknowledgment  was 
vouched  by  an  instrument,  under  the  hands  of  the  two 
notaries  and  the  witnesses  then  present,  produced  with  these 
answers,  and  might  be  further  instructed  by  their  oaths. 
"  She  hoped  this  would  be  sufficient  proof,  and  asked  their 
Lordships,  now  that  John  Dallas  had  sisted  himself,  to  ordain 
him  to  answer  this  complaint  of  hers."  This  they  did  by 
their  decree  of  15th  June  1714. 

'  In  his  answers  John  Dallas  says  it  would  be  an  easy 
matter  to  disprove  the  truth  of  the  above  allegations,  because 
first,  she  does  not  deny  that  she  had  the  keys  of  the  defunct's 
cabinet ;  second,  it  was  an  affected  story  that  there  was  a 
bond  for  3000  merks  conceived  in  favour  of  Mr.  Dallas  and 
granted  by  the  defunct  lying  beside  him  undelivered.  It 
was  very  unusual  for  any  person  to  subscribe  bonds  of  bor- 
rowed money  till  delivery  of  the  money  were  made.  However, 
if  there  were  such  he  could  have  no  access  to  it  for  the  reason 
above  stated.  Moreover,  the  law  would  presume  that  all 
bonds  granted  by  the  defunct  to  Mr.  Dallas,  his  brother,  were 
duly  delivered,  and  that  the  same  were  granted  for  onerous 
causes.  Third,  it  was  as  ridiculous  for  the  relict  to  pretend 
that  these  were  retired  bonds  with  the  discharges  thereof 
abstracted  by  Mr.  Dallas,  for  it  was  not  to  be  imagined  that 
the  defunct,  who  was  a  person  versant  in  business,  would  keep 
beside  him  any  retired  bonds  without  cancelling  the  same. 
A  bond  is  no  sooner  retired  to  a  debtor  than  he  takes  good 
care  presently  to  have  his  name  torn  from  it,  nor  could  it  be 
thought  that  Mr.  Dallas  would  do  anything  in  prejudice  of 
his  brother's  children,  especially  when  the  same  could  no 
manner  of  way  tend  to  his  advantage.  Fourth,  the  same 
arguments  would  answer  the  charge  of  his  abstracting  of 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  307 

the  vouchers  of  the  tutor's  accounts  uncleared  betwixt  the 
defunct  and  Dallas  of  Cantray,  for  he  could  not  be  prompted 
thereunto  by  any  proper  advantage  to  himself,  nor  could  it 
be  presumed  that  he  would  prefer  the  interest  of  any  third 
party  to  the  interest  of  his  brother's  children.  Fifth,  as  to 
the  abstracting  of  the  writs  of  his  brother's  estate,  this  could 
serve  him  in  no  stead,  nor  could  the  leaving  them  in  his  custody 
be  any  ways  profitable  to  him,  so  that  upon  the  whole  it  was 
most  evident  that  the  petition  was  wholly  calumnious.  But 
suppose  Mr.  Dallas  had  looked  into  his  brother's  writs  after 
his  decease,  the  same  would  be  very  justifiable  in  him,  (1)  for 
he  was  nearest  agnate  to  the  defunct,  and  would  have  been 
tutor  in  law  had  there  been  no  nomination  of  tutors,  (2)  he 
was  truly  one  of  the  tutors  nominated  by  the  defunct,  and 
therefore  might  have  good  reason  to  make  inquiry  into  the 
state  and  condition  of  his  brother's  affairs,  (3)  any  inspection 
that  he  could  have  had  behoved  necessarily  to  have  been  of 
consent  and  approbation  of  the  relict,  because  the  keys  of 
the  cabinet  where  these  writs  were  kept  were  acknowledged  by 
herself  to  have  remained  in  her  hands,  and  it  was  by  her  alone 
that  he  could  have  access.  He  complains  that  she  concludes 
nothing  specially  in  her  petition.  He  "  was  at  present  in  a 
remote  corner  of  the  country,  and  had  his  residence  in  the 
shire  of  Ross,  and  it  was  not  possible  that  he  could  be  quickly 
acquainted  with  the  articles  of  charge  contained  in  the  petition, 
nor  would  the  form  of  procedure  before  the  Lords  oblige  him 
to  answer  to  any  petition  containing  such  conclusions  sum- 
marily." He  therefore  thought  she  should  make  specific 
charges  and  cite  him  in  the  usual  way. 

'  Summons  of  Declarator  at  the  instance  of  the  said 
William  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  and  apparent  heir  to  the 
said  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  and  Henrietta  Cockburn,  his 
mother  and  tutrix,  against  the  said  John  Dallas  of  Bannans. 
He  seeks  declarator  that  the  said  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  did 
clandestinely  meddle  with  the  keys  and  writs  of  the  said 


308  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

defunct,  and  therefore  has  become  liable  for  the  payment  and 
performance  of  all  the  defunct's  lawful  debts  and  deeds 
universal ;  and  that  he  should  pay  particularly,  besides  the 
debts  due  to  himself,  that  to  William  Dallas  of  Cantra  for  his 
rents,  goods,  means,  and  estate  which  were  or  might  be  charge- 
able upon  the  said  defunct  Mr.  William  Dallas  or  upon  Hugh 
Dallas,  his  father,  both  of  whom  were  tutors  and  curators 
to  the  said  Cantara,  and  for  which  compting  Cantara  was 
presently  pursuing  the  relict  and  children  of  the  said  Mr. 
William  Dallas,  as  also  to  be  punished  otherwise  for  his 
unwarrantable  and  fraudulent  intermeddling. 

'  The  Summons  of  Constitution  by  the  said  Hugh  Dallas, 
eldest  lawful  son  of  the  said  deceased  John  Dallas  of  Bannans 
and  heir  served  and  retoured  to  him,  and  also  executor  con- 
firmed to  him,  against  the  said  William  Dallas  and  his  mother, 
and  other  tutors  if  any  he  have,  mentions  the  following  deeds  :— 

'  Bond  by  Mr.  William  Dallas  of  Budzet,  W.S.,  dated  6 
June  1702,  to  Alexander  Dallas,  tenant  in  Budzet,  and  Isobel 
Hutchison,  his  spouse,  for  1000  merks. 

'  Assignation  thereof  by  the  said  Alexander  Dallas  on  5 
October  1713  to  the  said  deceased  John  Dallas  of  Bannans. 

'  Bond  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  and  Sir  William 
Gordon  of  Dalpholie,  dated  28  July  1703,  to  Aneas  M'Leod 
of  Cadboll  for  1000  merks,  which  the  latter  assigned  on  the 
llth  May  1714  to  John  Dallas  of  Bannans. 

'  Bond  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  to  the  said  deceased 
John  Dallas,  dated  5  June  1712,  for  3300  merks,  and  another, 
dated  10  June  1712,  for  1800  merks,  and  another,  dated 
7  November  1712,  for  £500  Scots  ;  and  among  others  Bond  of 
Cautionery  of  the  said  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  for  the  said 
deceased  Mr.  William  Dallas  that  he  would  pay  to  Robert 
Dallas,  only  lawful  son,  and  children  on  life  of  Mr.  Robert 
Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  brother-german  to  the  said 
Mr.  William  Dallas,  and  to  Margaret  Paterson,  relict  of  the 
said  Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  now  spouse  to  William  Ross,  writer, 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  309 

there,  and  the  said  William  for  his  interest,  and  to  Marmaduke 
Dallas,  litster,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  three  of  the  tutors  and 
curators  nominated  by  the  said  defunct  to  his  children,  dated 
3  March  1711,  the  penalty  incurred  being  3700  merks  and  700 
merks  and  the  annual  rents  of  the  whole.  Mention  is  also 
made  of  Hugh,  the  brother  of  Robert  Dallas.  These  sums 
are  still  due. 

'  Parties  being  called  and  the  case  coming  into  court, 
among  the  productions  for  Henrietta  Cockburn  were  : — 

'  Instrument  taken  against  the  said  John  Dallas,  brother- 
german  and  tutor  testamentar  nominated  by  the  deceased 
Mr.  William  Dallas  of  Budzet,  W.S.,  protesting  against  his 
unwarrantable  and  wrongful  intromission  with  her  husband's 
writs,  dated  10  March  1714. 

'  Precept  of  sasine  by  David  Lindsay,  Earl  of  [Crawford] 
in  favors  of  .  .  .,  dated  10  February  1442. 

'  A  long  missive  letter  written  and  signed  by  Mr.  William 
Dallas  of  Budzet,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  dated  9 
November  1699. 

'  Double  of  a  tack  of  the  lands  of  the  Mains  of  Meikle 
Budzet,  with  the  house  and  others,  by  the  said  Mr.  William 
Dallas  to  Alexander  Dallas,  tenant  in  Budzet,  and  Isobel 
Hutchison,  his  spouse,  dated  5  November  1711. 

'  Rental  of  the  victual  and  money  rent,  wedders,  lambs, 
reek,  and  other  hens,  capons,  etc.,  payable  out  of  the  lands  of 
Meikle  Budzet,  Newton  thereof,  Dallaschyle,  Inchgeddill  and 
parts  and  pertinents  thereof,  Over  and  Nether  Galcantrys, 
mills  thereof,  houses  in  Channery  and  rig  at  Rosemarkie,  which 
bears  to  be  wrote  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  himself. 

'  Nomination  of  Tutory  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas 
of  Henrietta  Cockburn  to  be  sole  tutrix,  and  of  John  Dallas 
of  Bannans  to  be  sole  tutor  testamentar,  and  after  the  expiry 
of  the  tutory  to  be  sole  curators  to  the  children  of  the  said 
Mr.  WiUiam  Dallas,  dated  17  April  1713. 

'  Principal  Disposition  and  Assignation  by  Mr.   William 


310  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dallas  to  Henrietta  Cockbum  of  his  whole  household  plenish- 
ings dated  17  April  1713. 

'  A  Memorial  wrote  in  a  piece  of  paper  about  the  largeness 
of  a  card  containing  several  mementoes  to  be  minded  by  the 
said  Mr.  William  Dallas,  and  of  monies  given  out  by  him  to 
certain  persons  therein  named,  apparently  written  by  himself 
and  to  begin  23  December  1693. 

'  A  little  piece  of  paper  which  bears  to  be  a  list  of  debts 
due  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  to  the  persons  therein 
named,  consisting  of  six  leaves  and  extending  to  11,700  .  .  . 

'  Two  books  containing  accounts  of  depursements  by  the 
said  Mr.  William  Dallas  upon  the  affairs  of  several  persons 
mentioned  therein,  one  bound  in  parchment,  the  other  in 
leather. 

'  Account  of  Charge  and  Discharge  betwixt  Aneas  M'Leod 
of  Cadboll  and  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas,  dated  at  the 
back  1713. 

'  Scroll  of  translation  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  to 
said  Eneas  M'Leod  of  a  bond  by  John,  Master  of  Tarbat, 
for  200  merks  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  and  assigna- 
tion thereof  by  the  said  George  Dallas  to  Hugh  Dallas  of 
Budzet,  father  of  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas,  and  assignation 
by  his  said  father  to  him,  dated  6  August  1708. 

'  Assignation  by  Patrick  Comrie,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  to 
the  said  Eneas  M'Leod  of  £100  Scots  contained  in  a  bill 
drawn  by  Hugh  Dallas,  Sheriff  Clerk  of  Ros,  and  accepted  by 
the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas,  dated  10  April  1701. 

'  Bond  by  William  Gordon  of  Dalpholly  to  the  said  Mr. 
William  Dallas  to  relieve  him  in  the  sum  of  100  merks. 

'  Cancelled  bond  by  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  to  John 
Dallas,  his  brother-german,  for  3000  merks,  dated  10  June  1706. 

'  There  were  also  produced  for  Henrietta  Cockburn,  as 
tutrix,  and  the  said  William  Dallas  and  other  tutors,  more 
accounts  and  receipts. 

'  There  were  produced  for  Hugh  Dallas  a  number  of  bonds 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  311 

to  his  father,  and  an  assignation  by  Alexander  Dallas  in 
Budzet  witnessed  by  James  Dallas,  his  eldest  son,  and  others. 

'  The  decreet  is  that  William  Dallas  pay  the  sum  sued  for. 

'  Afterwards  the  complaint  against  John  Dallas  of  Bannans 
was  taken  up,  and  the  said  Henrietta  Cockburn  offered  to 
prove  that  the  very  day  or  the  next  day  after  Mr.  William 
Dallas  deceased  the  respondent  John  Dallas  found  means  to 
get  access  to  the  chests  where  the  late  Mr.  William  kept  his 
own  papers  and  those  belonging  to  other  gentlemen  in  the 
neighbourhood.  That  at  that  time  and  for  many  subsequent 
weeks,  until  the  complainer  was  recovered  after  the  birth  of 
a  posthumous  child,  he  was  in  use  to  employ  the  complainer's 
maids  to  carry  off  privately  bundles  of  papers  in  the  night 
time,  and  otherwise  that  the  said  John  Dallas  having  been 
trapped  in  the  design  of  returning  privately  papers  that  he 
had  formerly  imbasled,  which  in  fact  were  not  for  his  purpose, 
he  acknowledged  before  famous  witnesses  that  the  said  writs 
were  intromitted  with  by  him  privately  after  his  brother's 
decease,  and  taken  from  out  the  charter-chest  without  wit- 
nesses, inventory,  or  other  order  of  law. 

'  The  matter  being  debated,  the  Lords  ordain  Henrietta 
Cockbum  to  adduce  her  proof  and  also  allow  the  other  side 
to  adduce  their  proof  that  Mrs.  Dallas  kept  the  keys,  and  that 
she  and  others  by  her  order  meddled  with  the  writs  without 
John  Dallas's  presence,  and  they  impower  the  Sheriff  or  Com- 
missary of  Inverness  to  make  up  an  inventory  of  the  writs 
in  the  charter-chest  and  lock  them  up  until  further  order. 
In  the  course  of  the  proceedings  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  craved 
that  the  oath  of  the  said  Henrietta  Cockburn  be  taken  as  to 
her  intromissions  with  her  husband's  estate,  and  among  other 
things  she  says  she  uplifted  £19,  14s.  due  by  John  and  James 
Dallas  hi  Galcantra  as  part  of  their  customs,  and  received 
from  John  Dallas  in  Galcantra  a  guinea  in  full  payment  of 
a  bill  due  by  him  to  Mr.  William  Dallas  for  two  guineas.  She 
sold  the  Arras  hangings,  which  is  part  of  the  moveable  heirship, 


312  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

to  ...  Cuthbert  of  Castlehill  for  £90.  She  sold  the  said  Mr. 
William  Dallas's  cabinet  or  scrutore,  which  is  also  part  of  the 
moveable  heirship,  for  £48.  She  sold  a  silver  server  for  six- 
teen crowns  or  £48,  and  she  sold  of  the  defunct's  books  to  the 
value  of  £30,  and  disposed  of  all  the  rest  of  them,  and  she  sold 
his  saddle,  saddlegraith  and  pistols  to  George  Forbes,  messenger 
at  Inverness,  for  £20.  She  is  examined  in  Court  upon  oath 
about  the  papers  and  account-books  of  her  husband,  and  in 
the  course  of  it  she  says  she  got  from  her  husband  an  assigna- 
tion of  Cantra's  debt  in  favour  of  his  daughters. 

'  Mr.  William  Dallas's  death  is  said  to  have  been  on  23 
April  1713.  Then  a  petition  was  given  in  for  William  Dallas, 
the  son,  showing  that  application  having  been  made  for  the 
exhibition  of  the  writs  that  should  have  been  in  Mr.  William 
Dallas  his  father's  charter-chest,  before  the  process  was  brought 
to  an  end  John  Dallas  of  Bannans  died,  and  the  annus  de- 
Uberandi  of  his  heir  stopped  proceedings  for  a  time,  and  the 
said  heir  then  further  delayed,  and  afterwards  raised  an  action 
of  constitution.  He  now  prays  that  their  Lordships  would 
"  advise  summarily  the  probation  adduced  upon  the  foresaid 
complaint  which  is  already  marked  clear  and  would  remit 
the  process  of  constitution  at  the  instance  of  Hugh  Dallas 
against  the  petition  to  that  other  process,"  so  that  the  whole 
case  might  be  under  consideration  at  once. 

'  This  was  remitted  for  answers,  and  these  being  heard 
on  31  January  1718  the  Lords  ordained  the  process  of  con- 
stitution to  be  transmitted  with  the  petitioners'  process  and 
complaint,  that  both  might  be  dealt  with  at  once.  There  was 
a  rehearing  on  9  February  1718,  and  a  petition  was  given  in 
for  Henrietta  Cockburn,  and  for  William,  Henrietta,  and  Mary 
Dallas,  children  to  the  said  Mr.  William  Dallas  of  Budzet, 
narrating  that  their  opponent  has  arreisted  the  rents  of  Mr. 
William's  lands  of  Budzet  and  Galcantray  in  the  tenants' 
hands,  so  that  they  cannot  obtain  subsistence,  and  that  since 
the  conjoining  of  the  pleas  the  agents  of  Hugh  Dallas  had 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  313 

kept  up  the  process,  and  so,  ever  since,  the  petitioners  have 
been  in  the  greatest  straits.  The  mother  had  only  access  to 
three  chalders  of  victual  of  her  jointure  for  the  maintenance 
of  herself  and  children,  who  should  have  been  alimented  out 
of  their  father's  estate,  which  is  far  more  valuable  than  the 
arresters  claim,  and  her  credit  being  now  exhausted,  she  prays 
their  Lordships  that  she  may  be  authorised  to  uplift  what 
will  be  a  subsistence  for  the  children.  Answers  being  required 
hereto,  Hugh  Dallas  replies  that  the  petition  is  illegal  and 
extraordinary,  and  the  Lords  have  rejected  as  many  such 
petitions  as  have  been  offered  to  them  within  these  few  years, 
but  he  avers  there  is  no  such  arreistment  as  she  states,  though 
if  there  were  she  could  get  clear  of  the  interest  by  finding 
caution.  Then  as  to  having  access  only  to  three  chalders  of 
victual,  it  can  be  proved  "  since  her  husband's  decease  few  of 
the  rents  have  escaped  her  hands.  Besides  she  had  uplifted 
considerable  sums  in  the  country  wherein  her  deceased  husband 
was  creditor,"  and  moreover  she  never  produced  her  liferent 
right.  The  Lords  refuse  this  petition  on  28  February  1718, 
and  on  12  November  1718,  having  further  advised  the  case, 
they  find  it  proved  "  that  the  deceased  John  Dallas  did  fre- 
quently and  privately  by  himself  meddle  with  the  writs  which 
belonged  to  Mr.  William  Dallas,  his  brother,  after  the  said 
Mr.  William's  death,  that  he  took  several  of  the  said  writs 
out  of  the  repositories  wherein  the  same  had  been  left  by  his 
deceased  brother,  and  fand  that  his  doing  so  was  illegal  and 
unwarrantable,  and  that  there  arises  thereby  a  presumption 
that  the  bonds  or  other  obligations  due  or  convoyed  to  him- 
self were  either  not  delivered  or  retained  or  otherwise  qualified 
or  extinguished,  unless  such  bonds  or  obligations  could  be 
so  astricted  or  the  debts  therein  contained  might  bear  to  be 
resting  owing  the  time  of  his  decease."  They  ordained  parties' 
procurators  to  speak  to  this  point  on  Tuesday  next.  There- 
upon Hugh  Dallas  presented  a  petition  representing  that  by 
this  interlocutor  they  were  too  much  circumscribed,  and  the 


314  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

point  touches  the  rights  and  duties  of  tutors.  Then  the 
petition  proceeding  to  deal  with  the  interlocutor,  Hugh  Dallas 
says  John  Dallas  did  meddle  with  his  brother's  papers,  but 
that  he  did  so  frequently  and  privately  is  not  so  clear,  as 
Henrietta  Cockburn  kept  the  key  of  the  place  where  the  papers 
lay,  and  he  could  not  have  access  without  her  concurrence. 
"  He  did  not  lock  the  room  door  where  the  papers  lay  and 
search,  for  he  was  seen  do  it  by  strangers,  nor  is  there  anything 
that  points  at  the  private  way  of  meddling,  save  what  is 
deponed  upon  by  one  of  the  witnesses,  that  he  delivered  cer- 
tain papers  to  Margaret  Stewart  to  be  carryed  away,  and  that 
he  desired  the  back  door  to  be  left  open."  And  after  travers- 
ing the  legal  aspect  of  the  interlocutor  Hugh  Dallas  desired  to 
be  heard  upon  the  whole  case.  The  Lords  refuse  at  their 
sitting  on  6  December  1718.  Then  Mr.  Hugh  Dairy mple 
and  Mr.  Charles  Erskine,  Mr.  Duncan  Forbes  and  Mr.  Robert 
Dundas,  as  counsel  for  the  parties,  deal  with  the  question  of 
astriction  of  the  debts,  and  the  result  is  summed  up  by  the 
Lords  as  follows  : — 

'  They  fand  the  bonds  in  question  sufficiently  astricted, 
the  facts  following  being  proved,  viz.  that  John  Dallas 
borrowed  £100  sterling  at  the  time  when  Mr.  William  Dallas, 
his  brother,  gave  bond  to  him  for  the  like  sum,  and  that  he 
granted  bonds  to  Aneas  M'Leod  of  Cadboll,  and  to  Alexander 
Dallas,  the  tenant,  for  sums  equivalent  to  those  for  which  his 
son,  by  virtue  of  assignations  from  Cadboll  and  the  tenant 
to  his  father,  pursues  the  heirs  of  Mr.  William  Dallas,  and 
continued  the  cause  to  the  3rd  January  then  next,  that  the 
complainer,  the  relict  of  Mr.  William,  might  in  that  time 
inform  herself  and  confess  or  deny  the  said  facts.  But  in 
respect  of  the  illegal  intromission  had  by  John  Dallas  with 
his  brother's  writs,  found  the  complaint  was  just,  and  that  his 
son  ought  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  complaint,  and  ordained 
a  particular  account  of  the  said  expenses  to  be  given  in  by 
Henrietta  Cockburn.  Then  going  over  what  had  been  done 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  315 

and  asking  to  be  allowed  to  bring  some  further  evidence  about 
the  bonds  and  debts,  it  proceeds  at  considerable  length,  in 
the  course  of  which  occur  such  remarks  of  interest  as  these  : — 
"It  is  certain  Mr.  William  was  an  exact  enough  man  in  his 
own  business,"  and  "  Hugh  Dallas,  Mr.  William's  father,  was 
a  writer  of  good  account  and  was  for  many  years  Clerk  to  the 
Register  of  Sasines  at  Chanery.  It  was  often  said  by  Mr. 
William,  and  believed  by  everybody  in  the  neighbourhood, 
that  the  papers  belonging  to  private  gentlemen  which  were 
lodged  in  Hugh  Dallas' s  keeping,  and  afterwards  in  Mr. 
William's,  and  detained  by  them  for  payment  of  accounts 
relating  to  them,  would  bring  Mr.  William  four  or  five  thousand 
merks  by  the  time  that  the  several  proprietors  might  call 
for  their  writs,  and  in  that  condition  the  papers  were  left  by 
Mr.  William  on  his  decease.  But  John  Dallas  having  for 
several  months  had  the  pillaging  of  them,  it  now  (when  in- 
ventories are  made  up  of  what  remains  of  them)  appears 
there  are  not  writings  left  which  will  yield  £10  if  paid  for  at 
the  utmost  extent,  which  is  a  conclusive  proof  that  John  had 
carried  his  embazlement  very  high,  and  that  he  had  been 
abundantly  ingenious  in  his  pillaging."  The  petitioner  since 
last  calling  had  recovered  a  proof.  "  The  Lords  might  re- 
member that  the  last  article  which  the  defenders  charge  is 
for  relieving  of  the  cautionery  of  3000  merks  in  which  John 
was  engaged  for  Mr.  William  in  a  suspension  at  Mr.  William's 
instance  against  the  children  of  his  brother  Robert.  The 
suspension  is  produced  and  the  libelled  reason  is  that  by  a 
destination  under  his  brother  Robert's  hand  Mr.  William  is 
to  succeed  his  brother  Robert's  children  in  that  sum  failing 
these  children  by  decease.  The  petitioner  could  prove  by 
the  writer  and  witnesses  that  such  a  destination  was  truly 
executed  by  Robert  in  favors  of  Mr.  William,  as  is  mentioned 
in  that  suspension  wherein  John  was  cautioner.  By  this 
destination  John,  who  was  heir  of  line  to  the  children  of 
Robert,  was  cut  off  from  his  succession,  which  he  had  taken 


316  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

care  to  prevent  by  suppressing  that  paper,  which  certainly 
once  existed,  for  amongst  Mr.  William's  writs  as  inventoried 
no  such  papers  appeared.  Thus  had  John,  in  the  most 
criminal  manner,  in  defrauding  of  his  deceased  brother's 
fatherless  children,  taken  the  succession  to  himself,  and 
though  Kobert's  issue  had  not  yet  failed  so  as  Mr.  William's 
children  could  feel  any  other  immediate  prejudice  than  in  not 
being  able  to  support  their  reason  of  suppression,  yet  the 
practice  in  itself  was  equally  as  criminal  as  if  Robert's  issue 
had  failed,  and  founds  the  same  illegal  presumption  against 
all  the  rights  claimed  under  by  John."  ..."  It  remained 
only  now  that  the  petitioner  should  put  their  Lordships  in 
mind  that  she  had  a  conclusion  of  declarator  depending, 
separate  from  that  which  had  hitherto  been  insisted  in. 
Mr.  William  was  tutor  to  Cantra,  a  minor,  and  had  the  vouchers 
of  his  accounts  lying  by  him  in  good  order.  John  Dallas 
perused  these  vouchers  and  framed  an  accompt  of  Charge  and 
Discharge  upon  them  whilst  yet  he  had  entered  upon  no 
project  with  Cantra  prejudicial  to  the  defender's  children. 
This  account  is  produced  in  the  process,  written  by  John 
Dallas's  son's  hand.  John  Dallas  afterwards  entered  into  a 
correspondence  with  Cantra  and  delivered  him  up  some  writs 
from  amongst  Mr.  William's  papers,  particularly  a  renuncia- 
tion of  a  part  of  Cantray's  mother's  liferent,  which  had 
occasioned  a  process  against  her,  and  which  was  argued  upon 
when  the  case  was  first  heard.  The  conclusion  of  the  declar- 
ator in  relation  to  this  particular  is  that  John  and  his  repre- 
sentatives might  be  found  liable  to  settle  and  maintain  the 
tutory  accounts  with  Cantra  in  the  terms  of  the  scheme  of 
account  of  Charge  and  Discharge  which  on  the  first  perusal 
of  Mr.  William's  papers  he  made  out,  and  that  they  might 
be  found  liable  to  produce  the  vouchers  in  that  order.  The 
compassion  which  attends  the  petitioner's  miserable  case 
would,  it  was  hoped,  plead  pardon  for  the  length  of  this 
petition." 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  317 

'  On  14  February  1719  the  Lords  ordain  answers  to  be 
lodged,  in  which  answers  Hugh  Dallas  says  "  that  the  said 
Mr.  William  Dallas,  who  died  in  April  1713,  did  nominate 
Henrietta  Cockburn,  his  spouse,  and  John  Dallas,  his  brother, 
tutors  to  his  children,  and  upon  this  nomination  the  said 
Henrietta  prevailed  with  John,  upon  the  decease  of  her  hus- 
band, to  come  from  his  own  house  in  order  to  the  inspecting 
the  defunct's  writings  and  papers  that  she  might  come  to 
the  knowledge  of  her  children's  affairs  and  they  be  managed 
to  the  greater  advantage.  In  the  meantime  the  keys  of  the 
chests  and  repositories  where  the  papers  were  laid  up,  did 
remain  in  the  custody  of  the  relict,  and  at  her  desire  the  said 
Mr.  John  did  sometimes  search  the  cabinets,  and  perhaps  at 
other  times,  in  order  to  inform  himself,  without  an  express 
order  to  that  purpose,  which  indeed  was  truly  reasonable 
since  he  was  named  a  conjunct  tutor  with  her.  But  still  he 
received  the  keys  from  Henrietta  and  returned  them  to  her, 
and  so  with  her  knowledge  and  approbation  inquired  into  the 
state  of  the  pupils'  affairs,  and  thus  matters  stood  near  a 
twelvemonth  till  some  unhappy  difference  arising  between 
them  that,  upon  pretence  the  said  Mr.  John  had  without  her 
knowledge  privately  carried  away  some  of  the  landrights 
out  of  the  charter-chest,  a  notar  was  called  and  instruments 
taken  against  him.  When  matters  were  in  this  state  Mr.  John 
had  good  reason  to  suspect  that  some  projects  to  his  hurt  and 
disadvantage  were  formed  against  him,  and  therefore  thought 
it  proper  to  apply  to  the  Lords  for  a  warrant  to  the  Sheriff  of 
Inverness  to  inventar  all  the  papers  and  take  the  widow's 
oath  on  what  was  in  her  custody  lest  if  any  of  them  were 
imbazled  a  clamor  might  be  raised  against  him  on  no  better 
ground  than  the  accident  of  having  these  landrights,  which 
could  never  signify  a  farthing  to  any  mortal  and  was  in  itself 
altogether  innocent."  Then  he  proceeds  to  narrate  the  pleas 
taken  by  Mrs.  Dallas  and  the  later  proceedings  in  Court,  and 
afterwards  takes  up  the  discussion  about  the  bonds  contained 


318  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  this  last  petition,  in  course  of  which  occur  such  passages 
as  "  the  pursuers  have  been  allowed  so  much  the  use  of  their 
imagination  in  this  process  that  it  is  the  less  to  be  wondered 
at  that  they  mention  4000  or  5000  merks  that  might  have  been 
owing  of  accounts  for  which  papers  were  hypothecate  in  the 
hands  of  Hugh  Dallas,  Clerk  to  the  Register  of  Sasines  at 
Channery  and  a  public  notar.  In  the  first  place,  it  is  ridicu- 
lous to  imagine  that  any  notar  in  a  public  place  to  have 
accounts  to  the  value  of  the  fourth  part  of  that  sum  owing 
him  at  any  time  in  his  life.  But  it  is  still  more  strange  to 
imagine  that  accounts  of  that  value  should  have  lyen  over 
for  about  twelve  or  fourteen  years  after  his  death,  Mr.  William 
Dallas,  his  son,  having  lived  so  long  after  his  father.  Such 
a  sum  would  indeed  be  more  than  ordinary  if  due  upon  papers 
in  his  hands  if  a  Writer  to  the  Signet  at  Edinburgh,  but  to 
mention  it  with  regard  to  a  country  nottar,  if  it  had  not  been 
done  to  a  very  unwarrantable  purpose  of  loading  the  memory 
of  a  deceased  person  and  ruining  his  widow  and  orphans, 
would  be  an  absolute  jest."  Then  with  regard  to  the  allega- 
tion that  Mr.  John  in  a  most  criminal  manner  abstracted  a 
destination  whereby  Mr.  William  and  his  children  were  to 
succeed  to  a  bond  of  3000  merks  granted  by  him  to  his 
brother  Robert,  failing  his  children,  an  extract  of  the  bond 
referred  to,  and  also  the  decreet  of  suspension,  are  pro- 
duced, the  inspection  of  which  by  the  Lords  will  answer 
the  charge.  The  Lords,  after  consideration,  adhered  to 
their  former  interlocutor,  with  some  modification  as  to  Cad- 
boll's  bond. 

'The  case  being  again  called  on  13th  June  1719,  the  Lords 
"  fand  that  the  sums  contained  in  the  hunder-merk  bond  now 
produced  must  be  impute  in  payment  of  the  sums  contained 
in  Cadboll's  receipt  in  regard  the  said  100-merk  bond  is  now 
produced,  and  modify  the  account  of  expenses  given  in  by 
the  pursuer  to  £15  stg.,  and  fand  the  same  behoved  to  be 
deducted  out  of  the  first  and  readiest  of  the  sums  pursued  for 


WILLIAM  DALLAS  VI.  OF  BUDGATE  319 

and  decerned   accordingly."       (Reg.  Deeds,  Mackenzie,  vol. 
cxliii.) 

This  document,  which  throws  a  lurid  light  upon  the 
amenities  of  Scottish  family  life  in  the  early  eighteenth  cen- 
tury, tells  practically  all  that  is  to  be  known  of  William  Dallas, 
the  youthful  heir.  The  Cantray  charter  of  26th  April  1743 
proves  that  subsequently  to  the  decreet  Hugh  Dallas  of 
Bannans  appraised  from  him  the  lands  of  Budgate  and 
Galcantray,  the  latter  passing  later  to  James  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
and  he  may  have  been  living  as  late  as  1724.  It  may,  how- 
ever, be  assumed  that  he  was  dead  in  or  about  1725,  when 
the  commissioners  of  John  Campbell  of  Cawdor  instructed 
Archibald  Campbell,  W.S.,  to  receive  from  the  representatives 
of  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross,  and  Mr.  William 
Dallas,  W.S.,  any  writs  in  their  hands  belonging  to  Cawdor. 
At  the  same  time  they  direct  him  to  meet  with  Hugh  Dallas 
of  Bannans  and  the  relict  and  heirs  of  Mr.  William  Dallas, 
'  wadsetter  of  Budgate,'  and  procure  from  them  a  discharge 
and  renunciation  to  Calder  of  their  wadset  of  10,000  merks, 
and  to  take  up  the  whole  writs  relative  thereto,  in  order 
that  a  new  wadset  may  be  granted  to  Sir  Archibald  Campbell 
of  Clunes,  he  having  consigned  the  10,000  merks  in  May 
1724,  which  is  now,  by  warrant  of  the  Lords,  ordered  to  be 
paid  to  their  trustee,  John  Davidson,  until  they  settle  matters 
among  themselves,  and  to  see  the  last  discharge  they  have 
from  Calder  of  their  feu  duty  or  superplus  rent,  and  receive 
payment  from  them  of  all  bygone  feu  duties  preceding  crop 
of  1723  inclusive. 

Sir  Archibald  Campbell,  having  thus  consigned  the  sum 
necessary  for  redeeming  the  wadset  upon  Meikle  Budgate, 
recommends  that  the  bygone  feu  duties  of  Meikle  Budgate 
and  Galcantray  be  recovered  from  Mr.  William  Dallas's 
heirs  before  they  be  entered,  which  will  be  about  forty  years, 
except  some  small  partial  payments  made  to  Sir  Archibald  ; 


320  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

and  in  regard  that  there  are  several  of  Calder's  writs  in  the 
hands  of  the  relict  of  Mr.  William  Dallas,  it  is  stated  that  she 
is  willing  to  deliver  up  the  same  upon  a  warrant  from  the 
Lords  of  Session.  (Rose  Papers.) 

Thus  after  a  period  of  three  centuries,  and  after  numerous 
vicissitudes,  was  ended  the  connection  of  the  Dallases  with 
their  ancient  patrimonial  lands  of  Budgate,  which  were  from 
henceforth  to  be  incorporated  in  the  extensive  domains  of 
the  Thanes  of  Cawdor. 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS 

GEOKGE  DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  was  apparently  the  youngest 
son  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  and  was  born  in  1634  or 
1635.  He  first  appears  as  the  writer  of  and  witness  to  a 
precept  of  sasine  by  William  Ross  of  Sandweich  to  Captain 
Alexander  Baine  hi  the  Ferritoun  of  Brahane  in  the  lands  of 
Ruves,  Inverness-shire,  dated  at  Catboll,  23rd  September  1656, 
when  he  is  styled  servitor  to  Mr.  George  Bayne,  Writer  to 
the  Signet.  (Part.  Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  vii.  fol.  276.)  On 
12th  July  of  the  same  year  he  '  compeared  in  presence  of  the 
Commissioners  for  the  Administration  of  Justice  hi  Scotland, 
.  .  .  [being  a]  writer  in  Edinburgh  of  the  age  of  19  years  or 
thereby,  with  a  petition  and  offering  himself  for  trial  in 
literature,  qualifications,  and  good  education  for  the  office 
of  Notary,'  when  he  gave  as  his  motto  '  A  good  name  is  raither 
to  be  choysen  then  great  riches.'  When  on  30th  July  1661, 
at  '  the  age  of  25  years  or  thereby,'  he  produced  his  presenta- 
tion and  was  admitted  a  notary,  he  changed  this  motto  for 
'  Lux  venit  ab  alto.'  His  cautioner  on  admission  was  Mr. 
Thomas  Mackenzie  of  Inverlaivell.  (Admis.  Not.,  vi.  and  viii.) 
On  3rd  July  1660  he  married  in  Edinburgh  Margaret  Aber- 
crombie,  daughter  of  James  Abercrombie  of  Pittencrieff, 
whose  widow,  Janet  Daillin,  was  buried  in  the  Greyfriars, 
Edinburgh,  9th  January  1668.  In  the  Record  of  Lawburrows, 
9th  December  1661,  William  Lauder,  writer  in  Edinburgh, 
gives  a  bond  for  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  Margaret  Abercrombie, 
his  spouse,  Janet  Dowling,  his  mother-in-law,  Patrick  Graham, 
James  Embrie,  and  Helen  Ritchie,  his  servants,  not  to  harm 
Jean  Fortune,  relict  of  F.  Inglis,  W.S.,  and  Elizabeth 

x 


322  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Peires,  her  servant,  the  witnesses  being  William  Brown  and 
Robert  Williamson,  servants  to  William  Lauder.  On  16th 
July  1661  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Writers  to  His  Majesty's  Signet,  of  which  he  was  fiscal  from 
1666  to  1671.  In  1662  the  Tain  Magistrates  move  to  employ 
him  for  all  their  '  concernments,'  upon  which  he  sends  them 
certain  legal  instruments  with  the  advice :  '  If  you  use  them 
.  .  .  prudentlie,  I  doubt  not  but  you  may  inhance  and 
monopolize  the  wholl  traide  of  the  Cuntrie  be  your  citie 
maltmen,  mechannick  trade  and  all  ...  I  will  give  you  that 
advyse  that  has  proven  usefull  to  otheris  and  this  day  makes 
your  burdens  formerlie  ponderous  now  levious.'  (Macgill, 
Old  Boss,  and  Scotl.,  379.)  His  reputation  as  a  judicious  and 
able  adviser  was  indeed  spreading,  for  on  29th  October  1664, 
the  Town  Council  of  Cullen,  considering  the  prejudice  the 
burgh  has  incurred  through  not  having  a  faithful  and  active 
man  about  the  College  of  Justice  to  fit  their  yearly  '  seques ' 
and  for  other  legal  business,  and  having  experience  of  the 
activity,  diligence,  and  faithfulness  of  George  Dallas,  W.S., 
they  as  magistrates  bind  themselves  and  successors  to  pay 
to  him  ten  merks  Scots  yearly  for  three  years,  and  until  these 
presents  be  discharged  by  a  missive  letter,  and  this  only  to 
include  his  fitting  of  the  yearly  '  seque,'  and  giving  advice  in 
causes  in  which  he  is  to  be  employed  in  his  own  sphere  and 
function.  As  this  deed  was  registered  by  William  Leslie  of 
Birdsbank  and  John  Ogilvie,  bailies  of  Cullen,  on  8th  April 
1680,  it  may  be  assumed  that  its  provisions  extended  at  least 
to  that  date.  (Meg.  Deeds,  Dalrymple,  vol.  li.) 

In  the  following  year  he  first  acquired  property  in  the 
Black  Isle  of  Cromarty.  On  23rd  May  1665  he  had  personal 
sasine  on  a  contract  and  disposition  by  Sir  John  Urquhart  of 
Cromarty  dated  20th  May  last,  disponing  to  him  and  his  heirs 
irredeemably  the  lands  of  St.  Martins,  including  the  croft 
called  Croftnacarie,  Easter  Culbo,  and  Drumcuddin.  The 
contract  was  made  with  the  consent  of  Mr.  Alexander  Urquhart 


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of  Craighous,  and  was  written  by  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary 
Clerk  of  Ross,  a  witness  being  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross. 
(Keg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  ii.  fol.  286.)     This  was  followed  by  sasine 
given  25th  May  1665  to  James  Dallas  in  Bellacherrie,  as 
attorney  for  Margaret  Abercromby,  spouse  to  George  Dallas, 
W.S.,  in  the  lands  of  St.  Martins,  out  of  which  her  annuity 
is  to  be  paid  on  a  charter  by  her  husband  dated  at  Cromarty, 
24th  May  1665,  of  an  annual  rent  of  eight  bolls  of  victual 
(Ibid.,  fol.  285)  ;    and  on  20th  July  1666  he  had  a  Crown 
charter  of  these  lands,  including  the  croft  on  the  east  side  of 
the  lands  of  Drumcuddin  called  Croftnacarrie  and  all  other 
crofts  belonging  thereto,  with  the  mill  and  thirlage,  all  lying 
within  the  parish   formerly  called   Cullicuddine,  now  Kirk- 
michael.      (Reg.   Mag.   Sig.)     There  was  another  sasine  to 
George  Dallas,  dated  16th  May  1666,  upon  a  charter  by  Sir 
John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty,  dated  12th  May  1666,  of  the 
same  lands  with  the  teinds,  to  which  the  Dean  of  Ross  and 
James  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael  were  witnesses.     (Reg.   Sas., 
Inverness,  iii.  fol.  70.)     On  7th  May  1666  he  has  sasine  of 
the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair  in  terms  of  a  bond  and  disposition 
by  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  in  his  favour  in  security  of  the 
sum  of  1000  merks,  dated  at  Balblair,  31st  March  1666  and 
witnessed  by  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of  Ross  (Ibid., 
fol.  66) ;   and  on  7th  August  1666  he  has  sasine  on  a  charter 
of  confirmation,  dated  at  Milton,  26th  July  1666,  by  Sir  George 
Mackenzie  of  Tarbet,  to  him  and  his  heirs,  of  the  lands  of 
Culcairne  in  the  barony  of  Delnie,  Ross-shire.     (Ibid.,  fol.  116.) 
On  19th  November  1668  he  had  from  his  brother  the  Dean  of 
Ross  an  assignation  and  disposition  of  his  rights  over  New- 
toune,  Neilstoune,  Craighous,  Navitie,  and  other  lands  on 
payment  of  the  sum  due  in  respect  of  Sir  John  Urquhart's 
bond  to  the  Dean  and  Marie  Rose,  his  spouse  (Reg.  Sas., 
Inverness,  v.  fol.  186),  and  on  3rd  May  1667  he  has  sasine 
on  a  bond  of  corroboration,  dated  at  Edinburgh,  1st  April  1667, 
by  Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  to  him  for  £2490,  3s.  4d., 


324  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  security  of  which  he  gives  him  sasine  in  the  lands  of  Wod- 
head  and  Mickle  and  Little  Breys,  and  in  a  feu  duty  of  twelve 
bolls  payable  to  him  as  superior  by  George  Dallas,  from  the 
wester  half  of  St.  Martins  and  teinds  of  both  halves  and  lands 
of  Easter  Culbo  and  Drumcuddin.  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary 
Clerk  of  Ross,  is  a  witness  of  the  bond,  and  James  Dallas  of 
Balblair  of  the  sasine.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iii.  fol.  208.) 
Another  sasine  of  the  same  date  is  of  the  lands  and  crofts 
next  adjacent  to  Dallas' s  march  of  St.  Martins  on  the  east  in 
the  parish  of  Kirkmichael  (Ibid.,  209),  and  on  18th  May  follow- 
ing sasine  is  given  to  James  Dallas  of  Balblair,  as  attorney 
of  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  on  a  charter  by  Sir  John  Urquhart 
to  him  irredeemably  of  the  lands  of  St.  Martins,  including 
Croftnacarie,  Easter  Culbo,  and  Drumcuddin.  (Ibid.,  218.) 
On  19th  November  1668  his  brother  John  Dallas  assigned 
to  him  his  rights  over  Newton,  Neilston,  Craighouse,  and 
Navaties  acquired  by  him  from  Sir  John  Urquhart  in  the 
previous  year  (Beg.  Deeds,  Dalrymple,  vol.  Ivii.,  2nd  January 
1682),  and  on  5th  December  1668  he  had  sasine  upon  a  disposi- 
tion by  Robert,  William,  and  Hector  Munro,  lawful  sons  of  the 
deceased  Hugh  Munro  of  Ardulzie,  of  the  town  and  lands  of 
Drumcuddin,  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  acting  as  attorney. 
(Beg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iii.  fol.  355.)  In  all  these  transactions 
the  Laird  of  St.  Martins  was  evidently  intent  upon  the  ex- 
tension and  consolidation  of  his  Cromarty  property,  and  in 
pursuance  of  this  object  he  obtained  an  instrument  of  resigna- 
tion ad  remanentiam,  dated  at  Fortrose,  23rd  September  1679, 
narrating  that  John  Corse,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  as  attorney 
for  Hugh  Dallas  of  Ferritoun,  Christian  Lauder,  his  spouse, 
and  William  Dallas,  their  eldest  lawful  son,  and  for  Colin 
Dunbar  of  Risollis,  in  terms  of  two  procuratories  of  resigna- 
tion contained  in  (1)  A  disposition  dated  8th  and  29th  Septem- 
ber 1670,  by  the  said  Hugh  Dallas,  with  consent  of  his  spouse 
and  son,  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Marthas  and  his  heirs  (under 
reversion)  of  the  lands  of  Ferritoun,  Auchmartine,  and  Inches, 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  325 

in  the  parish  of  Kirkmichael ;  and  (2)  indenture  between 
George  Dallas  and  Colin  Dunbar  of  Risollis,  dated  3rd  June 
1678,  determining  the  marches  of  these  lands  and  those  of 
Rissolis,  now  makes  resignation  of  the  said  lands  to  George 
Dallas,  the  superior,  so  that  the  property  might  be  his  as 
well  as  the  superiority,  and  this  took  place  in  the  writing 
chamber  of  the  said  George  Dallas,  within  the  city  of  Edin- 
burgh, on  the  north  side  of  the  High  Street,  a  little  below  the 
Cross.  (Reg.  Sets.,  Inverness,  v.  21.) 

On  19th  September  1670  sasine  is  given  by  William  John- 
ston, one  of  the  bailies  of  Edinburgh,  to  George  Dallas,  W.S., 
and  Margaret  Abercromby,  his  spouse,  in  that  great  dwelling- 
house  in  the  Citadel  of  Leith  called  the  House  of  the  Governor 
of  Leith,  with  a  piece  of  ground  on  the  south  thereof,  upon 
a  charter  by  the  Provost,  Bailies,  and  Council  of  Edinburgh, 
dated  19th  August  1670.  (Part.  Reg.  Sets.,  Edin.,  xvii.  fol. 
330.)  This  property  he  afterwards  disponed  to  his  youngest 
son,  Mr.  John  Dallas,  in  1695. 

In  1672  his  property  in  St.  Martins  was  so  far  established 
that  on  9th  July  of  that  year  sasine  is  given  by  James  Dallas 
of  Balblair,  as  bailie  to  William  Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose,  as 
attorney  for  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  in  terms  of  a  '  heritable 
deputatione  '  by  Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty,  heritable 
Sheriff  of  the  sheriffdom  of  Cromarty,  whereby  he  constitutes 
George  Dallas  and  his  heirs  his  heritable  deputies  in  the  office 
of  Sheriff  so  far  as  concerns  the  lands  of  Easter  St.  Martins, 
mill,  thirlage,  and  pertinents  thereof,  Keith's  Crofts,  Butts, 
Baddersane,  Ferritoune,  Auchmartine,  and  Inches,  crofts, 
stell,  fishings,  ferry  boat,  ferry,  harbours,  etc.,  also  the  wester 
half  of  St.  Martines  called  the  Bishop's  half  and  pertinents 
in  the  shire  of  Ross,  the  judicial  powers  being  fully  set  forth. 
It  is  provided  that  if  he  sell  the  lands  irredeemably  this  right 
shall  become  extinct.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  iv.  fol.  168.) 
On  3rd  March  1674  sasine  is  given  to  Andrew  Ros  of  Sandwick, 
as  attorney  for  George  Dallas,  W.S.,  on  a  charter  of  apprising, 


326  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

dated  at  Edinburgh  7th  February  1674,  by  Sir  John  Urquhart 
of  Cromarty  as  superior  of  the  lands  of  Calrossie  in  the  parish 
of  Logie,  Ross-shire.  (Ibid.,  fol.  261.) 

Though  on  26th  May  1674  there  is  renunciation  by  George 
Dallas  to  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  of  his  bond,  dated  31st 
March  1666,  for  1000  merks  secured  over  his  lands  of  Balblair 
and  Kirkmichael,  James  having  now  paid  the  sums  due, 
wherefore  George,  with  consent  of  '  Hugh  Dallas,  my  brother,' 
discharges  him  thereof  and  renounces  the  lands  of  Balblair 
and  Kirkmichael  (Ibid.,  fol.  270),  and  on  12th  May  1675,  they 
had  been  disponed  to  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budgate,  yet  on  2nd 
June  1675  sasine  is  given  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  on 
a  charter  of  confirmation  by  John,  Bishop  of  Ross,  as  superior, 
to  him  and  his  heirs-male  bearing  the  name  and  arms  of  Dallas, 
of  the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair  commonly  called  Balblair  and 
Kirkmichael,  formerly  possessed  by  the  deceased  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Craighous,  and  then  by  Mr.  William  Anderson, 
preacher  at  Cromarty,  and  Mr.  Hugh  Anderson,  his  eldest 
son,  as  wadsetters.  The  charter  is  dated  at  Fortrose,  17th 
May  1675,  and  is  signed  by  Mr.  John  Dallas  as  Dean  of 
Ross,  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  witnessing  the  sasine.  (Ibid., 
fol.  345.) 

On  4th  December  1673  George  Dallas  had  two  bonds  from 
David  Ros  of  Belnagowne  for  3000  merks  each,  in  security  of 
which  he  promises  to  infeft  him  in  or  sell  to  him  those  lands, 
and  sasine  in  terms  of  these  bonds  was  given  to  St.  Martins  on 
18th  May  and  29th  July  1674;  on  27th  July  1677  there  passed 
the  Privy  Seal  '  Infeft.  of  App.  to  George  Dollas  writter  to  his 
Majesties  signett  of  the  lands  and  barony  of  Belnagowne  and 
others  apprised  for  5949  merks,'  the  composition  being  £40 ; 
but  needless  to  say  George  Dallas  never  entered  into  possession 
of  Balnagown. 

On  1st  July  1677  George  Dallas  obtained  a  charter  under 
the  Great  Seal  of  all  the  lands  hi  Ross  and  Cromarty  which 
he  had  acquired  from  Sir  John  Urquhart  and  others,  but  it 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  327 

does  little  more  than  recapitulate  the  sasines  and  charters 
already  cited  and  is  far  too  long  for  reproduction.  (Act.  Parl, 
Ixvi.  No.  62.) 

Though  at  least  during  the  years  1676-8  St.  Martins  had 
been  hi  some  way  connected  with  the  Privy  Seal,  and  had 
signed  the  signatures  passed  the  Seal  during  those  years,  it 
is  not  until  16th  March  1680  that  there  is  a  deputation  by 
John,  Marquis  of  Athole,  Lord  Privy  Seal,  to  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins,  W.S.,  to  use  the  office  of  Depute  Privy  Seal 
for  all  the  days  of  his  lifetime,  and  to  collect  the  fees  therefor 
and  be  accountable  to  the  said  Marquis  for  the  same.  And 
hereby  Alexander  Crawfurd,  the  present  Depute,  is  required 
to  deliver  up  to  the  said  George  Dallas  the  Privy  Seal  and 
precepts  and  warrants  thereof  upon  the  15th  day  of  April 
next,  on  which  day  George  Dallas  is  to  enter  the  office.  (Reg. 
Deeds,  Dalrymple,  vol.  1.) 

He  was  first  elected  a  Commissioner  to  sit  in  Parliament 
for  the  shire  of  Cromarty  in  1665,  and  he  was  again  returned 
hi  1667,  1669-74,  1678,  1681-2,  and  1685-6,  and  so  light  is 
thrown  upon  the  conditions  of  parliamentary  representation 
in  Scotland  by  a  disposition,  dated  7th  January  1680,  by 
Jonathan  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  to  George  Dallas  of  St. 
Martins,  narrating  that  the  said  George  served  in  the  late 
Convention  of  Estates  and  Sessions  of  Parliament  as  Com- 
missioner for  the  shire  of  Cromarty,  whereby  the  deceased 
Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  and  himself  became  truly 
debtors  to  him  for  commission  fees  at  £5  Scots  per  day  during 
the  session,  and  in  coming  and  going,  as  well  as  money  for 
going  in  with  his  Commission  to  the  Lord  Register,  and  other 
incident  charges  amounting  in  all  to  above  £1800  Scots,  and 
although  the  said  George  Dallas  has  an  interest  in  the  said 
shire,  yet  the  deceased  Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  bound 
himself  to  relieve  him  of  that.  Now  George  Dallas  might 
proceed  to  quarter  and  pomd  for  his  commissariot  fees,  but 
he,  at  the  disponer's  desire,  and  to  prevent  casting  his  lands 


328  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

waste  and  impoverishing  the  tenants  by  quartering  and 
poinding,  chooses  rather  to  accept  in  friendship  from  him 
the  right  after  specified,  with  the  qualification  aftermentioned, 
in  lieu  of  and  satisfaction  therefor.  Therefore  the  said  Jona- 
than Urquhart  of  Cromarty  dispones  to  the  said  George  Dallas 
and  his  heirs  all  the  right  which  he  or  his  father  has  or  had 
to  the  wester  half  of  the  wood  commonly  called  the  Forestrie 
of  Brae  or  Braelangwell,  feued  out  with  the  easter  half  thereof 
and  the  lands  of  Backs,  by  his  said  father  to  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Newhall,  and  which  lands  the  said  Alexander 
Urquhart  has  disponed  or  is  obliged  to  dispone  to  George 
Dallas,  as  also  that  part  and  portion  of  the  feu  duty  with 
which  the  said  Alexander  Urquhart  is  burdened,  also  the 
advocation  of  the  parish  churches  of  Cullicudden  and  Kirk- 
michael,  under  the  reservation  of  the  vicarage  teinds  and  the 
teinds  of  the  lands  of  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall  and  his 
brother,  Mr.  Thomas  Urquhart,  in  the  parish.  (Reg.  Deeds, 
Dalrymple.)  Notwithstanding  the  plea  of  friendship  in  this 
disposition,  there  is,  on  26th  March  1680,  an  order  to  infeft 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  W.S.,  in  all  the  rights  of  superi- 
ority and  property  which  the  deceased  Sir  John  Urquhart 
of  Cromarty  and  Jonathan  Urquhart,  now  of  Cromarty,  his 
son,  had  in  the  Forestry  of  Brae  or  Braelangwell  and  others 
adjudged  from  them  for  a  debt  of  £1800  on  24th  February 
1680  (Gen.  Reg.  Adjud.,  vol.  xxvi.) ;  and  this  was  followed  by 
a  Crown  charter  of  these  and  other  lands  to  George  Dallas, 
dated  4th  August  1680.  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  Ixvii.  No.  168.) 
Affecting  the  lands  of  St.  Martins  there  is  also  a  renunciation 
and  discharge  by  Patrick  Smyth  of  Methven  of  a  bond  by 
Sir  John  Urquhart  dated  16th  September  1663,  to  Mr.  James 
Ritchie  of  Prestoun  for  £24,000,  whose  son,  Alexander  Ritchie, 
on  19th  February  1680,  disponed  the  half  of  this  sum  (or 
£12,841,  Is.  lOd.)  to  him,  but  now  for  the  love  and  favour  he 
has  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  he  renounces  in  his  favour 
the  annual  rent  effeiring  to  the  said  sum  so  far  as  it  may  affect 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  329 

his  lands  of  St.  Martins,  Ferritoun,  the  new  Milne,  Risolis,  etc. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Edin.,  xliii.  fol.  310.) 

On  21st  July  1681  he  had  disposition  of  the  lands  of  Bal- 
blair  from  George  Dallas  of  Kirkmichael,  eldest  son  and  heir 
of  James  Dallas  of  Balblair  ;  and  later  there  is  an  instrument 
of  resignation  narrating  that  on  5th  September  1682,  Alex- 
ander Mackera,  writer  in  Fortrose,  as  procurator  of  Alexander 
Urquhart  of  Newhall,  passed  to  the  presence  of  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins  as  superior,  in  terms  of  disposition,  dated  10th 
December  1680,  by  Urquhart,  selling  to  George  Dallas  the 
wester  half  of  the  Wood  of  Brey,  with  the  croft  beneath 
Badassie,  etc.,  and  this  the  procurator  now  resigns  in  his 
hands  and  in  his  favour,  within  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary 
Clerk  of  Ross,  his  close  and  opposite  to  his  dwelling-house  in 
Fortrose.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  183.) 

Another  sasine,  dated  9th  and  10th  October  1684,  of 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  is  in  terms  of  a  disposition  by 
John  Grant  of  Dunskeath,  with  consent  of  Janet  Graham,  his 
spouse,  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock,  and  William  Grant  of 
Ardoch,  his  brother-german,  selling  to  George  Dallas  part  of 
the  lands  of  Davidston  and  part  of  the  lands  of  Newtown  of 
Cromarty,  Neilston,  and  Navitie ;  also  the  lands  of  Dunskeath, 
with  the  pendicle  of  Culbin,  in  the  parish  of  Nigg,  dated  17th 
October  1683  and  20th  June  1684,  the  witnesses  at  Fortrose 
on  the  earlier  date  being  Hugh  Dallas,  Commissary  Clerk  of 
Ross,  Mr.  Charles  Dallas,  son  to  the  Dean  of  Ross,  and  others, 
Mr.  William  Dallas  acting  as  notary  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness, 
v.  fol.  283) ;  and  on  8th  September  1686,  is  sasine  of  George 
Dallas  (per  Thomas  Hood,  husbandman  in  Davidston,  as 
attorney)  on  a  charter  of  resignation  and  regrant  by  George, 
Viscount  Tarbat,  to  him  of  the  same  lands.  The  charter  is 
written  by  Mr.  George  Dallas,  son  to  St.  Martins,  and  is  signed 
at  Edinburgh,  12th  August  1686,  the  witnesses  being  Mr. 
William  Dallas  and  Hugh  Dallas,  writers  in  Edinburgh,  and 
Mr.  George  Dallas,  St.  Martins'  son.  The  sasine  is  written 


330  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

by  John  Dallas,  writer  in  Fortrose.  (Meg.  Sas.,  Inverness, 
v.  fol.  242.) 

On  16th  February  1687,  he  was  admitted  a  burgess  and 
Guild-brother  of  the  city  of  Edinburgh,  the  admission  being 
recorded  as  follows  : — 

'George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  Writer  to  his  Majesty's 
Signet,  compearand,  is  made  Burgess  and  Gild  broyr  of  this 
Burgh  and  that  upon  the  accompt  of  the  good  service  done 
be  him  for  the  good  toun  as  Arbitrator  for  them  in  settling  of 
the  differences  betwixt  them  and  Sir  William  Davidson's 
children  anent  that  debt  due  by  the  good  toun  to  them 
greatly  to  the  toun's  advantage  conform  to  ane  Act  of  Counceil 
of  the  date  the  13th  day  of  Octr  last  lykeas  the  dean  of  Gild 
and  his  counseil  conforme  to  the  said  act  Declares  this  his 
said  admission  shall  be  as  effectual  and  sufficient  to  the  said 
George  Dallas  and  his  children  as  if  he  had  payed  the  whole 
dues  in  use  to  be  paid  by  those  that  buyes  the  freedom.' 

On  5th  October  1688  he  had  sasine  of  two  and  a  half 
oxgates  of  the  lands  of  Caitwall  in  terms  of  a  disposition  of 
Alexander  Monro  of  Caituall  (Beg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  472) ; 
but  though  he  transferred  these  lands  to  his  sister  Margaret 
in  April  1693,  there  is  a  discharge  and  renunciation  dated  at 
Milton  of  Ketuall  7th  October  1693  by  John  Munro  of  Jean- 
rivan,  narrating  that  he  held  a  bond  of  Alexander  Munro, 
portioner  of  Kettual,  dated  8th  July  1687,  for  800  merks 
secured  over  those  lands,  and  George  Dallas  having  paid  him 
an  equivalent  sum,  he  renounces  in  his  favour.  The  deed  is 
written  by  Mr.  John  Dallas,  servitor  to  Mr.  William  Dallas, 
W.S.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Inverness,  v.  fol.  626.) 

About  this  time,  either  in  1694  or  1696,  he  sold  the  lands 
in  Cromarty  in  order  to  purchase  a  property  nearer  Edin- 
burgh, but  this  point  will  be  reverted  to  later.  It  was  doubt- 
less hi  connection  with  this  sale  that  on  18th  August  1697 
there  is  a  deed  of  discharge  and  renunciation  by  George, 
Viscount  of  Tarbat,  in  favour  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  331 

and  Mr.  James  Dallas  younger  thereof  of  all  apprisings  and 
adjudications  led  by  him  against  the  deceased  Sir  John 
Urquhart  of  Cromarty  and  Jonathan  Urquhart,  his  son,  in 
so  far  as  these  affect  their  lands  of  Easter  and  Wester  St. 
Martines,  mill  and  mill  lands  thereof,  Ferritoun,  Auchmartin, 
and  Inches,  the  new  miln  besouth  Risolis,  crofts  besouth  the 
water  of  Gelney,  Keithscrofts,  Croftnisne  and  others  beeast 
and  bewest  the  same,  Knockstappock,  Badasne,  superiority 
and  feu  duty  of  Risolis,  New  Riven,  property  and  superiority 
of  Easter  Balblair  and  Kirkmichael,  Ferry  and  pertinents 
thereof,  caster  half  of  the  Wood  of  Brae  and  lands  called 
Glen  Urquhart.  The  deed  is  written  by  Mr.  John  Dallas, 
writer  in  Edinburgh,  one  of  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  James 
Mackenzie,  '  our  son.'  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  Ixxii.  fol.  339.)  There 
was  previously  registered  in  Edinburgh,  24th  February  1697, 
a  ratification  by  John  Urquhart  of  Craighouse  narrating 
that  as  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  '  my  granduncle,'  had 
acquired  the  lands  of  Easter  Balblair  from  the  deceased  Sir 
John  Urquhart,  who  feued  out  the  same  to  the  deceased 
James  Dallas,  brother-german  of  George,  who  afterwards, 
acquiring  the  right  of  property  thereto  from  George  Dallas, 
eldest  lawful  son  of  the  said  James,  was  infeft  therein ;  and 
he  was  also  publicly  infeft  hi  these  lands  on  a  charter  from 
the  Bishop  of  Ross  as  superior,  upon  these  and  other  rights 
derived  by  him  from  Hugh  Dallas  of  Budzet  and  Mr.  John 
Bain  of  Delny  ;  and  now  for  the  love  the  said  John  Urquhart 
of  Craighouse  has  for  his  said  granduncle,  he  approves  his 
rights  to  Easter  Balblair,  and  renounces  hi  his  favour.  (Ibid., 
fol.  17.)  Thus  the  three  brothers  Hugh,  James,  and  George 
throughout  their  working  lives  were  engaged  in  the  acquisi- 
tion and  consolidation  of  an  insignificant  estate  which  was 
not  even  destined  to  pass  intact  to  the  heir  of  either  of  them, 
for  though  the  details  of  the  sale  of  St.  Martins  have  not 
come  to  light,  there  is  no  question  that  the  Ferritoun  lands 
were  sold  by  George  Dallas  to  Sir  Adam  Gordon  for  £1150 


332  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

sterling,  apparently  in  1696,  and  the  lands  of  North  Newton 
in  Stirlingshire  purchased  in  their  stead. 

Almost  from  his  first  admission  to  the  Society  of  Writers 
to  the  Signet  George  Dallas  appears  to  have  been  an  active 
member  of  that  body.  On  6th  June  1664  he  was  named 
one  of  the  procurators  for  the  poor  for  this  year,  and  on 
22nd  January  1666  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  assistants 
to  the  commissioners  in  subscribing  letters,  summonses,  etc., 
for  absent  brethren,  his  appointment  as  procurator-fiscal 
taking  place  on  the  same  day.  In  virtue  of  this  appointment 
he  is  frequently  found  making  complaints  with  regard  to 
irregularities  on  the  part  of  '  brothers '  of  the  Society,  often 
resulting  in  fines  and  suspensions.  On  3rd  February  1668 
he  tenders  his  resignation  of  the  office  of  fiscal,  and  is  desired 
by  the  commissioners  to  give  in  the  names  '  of  some  brether 
whom  he  conceaved  meet  to  be  listed,'  of  whom  one  would  be 
chosen  to  the  vacant  office,  but  his  final  resignation  did  not 
take  place  until  4th  January  1671,  immediately  after  which, 
on  13th  February,  he  is  himself  complained  against  for 
irregularities  regarding  his  servants  and  apprentices.  It 
would  appear,  indeed,  that  he  was  not  entirely  above  suspicion 
in  his  practice,  for  again  on  21st  December  1676  he  and  two 
other  Writers  to  the  Signet  are  ordained  to  be  cited  for  '  exer- 
cising of  the  office  of  agents,  contrare  the  acts  of  the  calling  '  ; 
but  on  13th  July  1681  he  is  one  of  those  appointed  by  the 
Earl  of  Moray,  sole  Secretary  of  State  for  Scotland,  to  be 
commissioners  for  regulating  the  '  calling '  of  the  Writers  to 
the  Signet,  and  on  3rd  November  1682  he  is  one  of  those 
appointed  a  committee  to  revise  the  acts  of  the  Society,  and 
to  consider  what  new  acts  may  be  for  the  good  thereof,  so 
that  it  is  clear  he  bore  a  blameless  reputation  amongst  his 
brethren.  In  the  following  year  (29th  January)  the  keeper 
of  the  Signet  is  recommended  to  call  the  former  committee 
anent  the  old  accounts,  to  meet  with  St.  Martines,  and  agree 
on  a  draught  of  the  discharge,  that  the  matter  may  be  closed  ; 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  333 

and  on  1st  February  1692  the  commissioners  and  writers 
recommend  the  state  of  the  box  to  be  considered  by  him  and 
four  other  members  of  the  Society.  On  1st  March  1697  he 
presents  his  style  book  to  the  keepers  and  commissioners  for 
the  use  of  the  faculty,  who  tender  him  thanks,  and  give  a 
dollar  to  the  servant  who  carried  the  book.  This  '  seems  to 
have  been  the  first  book  owned  by  the  Writers  to  the  Signet 
as  a  body,'  and  was  the  nucleus  of  the  great  library  now 
recognised  as  one  of  the  first  in  North  Britain.  As  it  was 
also  the  earliest  book  to  bear  upon  its  title-page  the  name  of 
Dallas,  some  account  of  it  may  appropriately  be  given.  The 
title  is  as  follows  : — 

'  System  of  Stiles,  As  now  Practicable  within  the  Kingdom 
of  Scotland  :  And  Reduced  to  a  clear  Method,  not  heretofore. 
Consisting  of  VI.  Parts.  I.  Real  and  Personal  Diligence. 
II.  What  passeth  the  Privy-Seal  only.  III.  Summonds  pass- 
ing the  Signet.  IV.  What  Letters  pass  the  Signet,  and  such 
Precepts  in  Latine  as  upon  Signatures  pass  also  the  Signet 
and  whole  Seals,  except  the  Quarter-seal ;  and  what  passes 
the  Great-seal  per  saltum.  V.  All  Securities,  Contracts  of 
Marriage,  Tailzies,  Mortifications,  Liferent-Rights,  Provisions 
of  Younger-Children,  Excambions,  and  the  like.  VI.  Services, 
Tutories,  Summonds  of  Error,  and  others.  Composed  by 
George  Dallas  of  Saint-Martins,  Begun  in  the  Year  1666,  and 
had  its  Period  Anno  1688.  Edinburgh,  Printed  by  the  Heirs 
and  Successors  of  Andrew  Anderson,  Printer  to  the  King's 
most  Excellent  Majesty  ;  And  are  to  be  Sold  at  their  Shop, 
on  the  North-side  of  the  Street,  over  against  the  Cross,  Anno 
DOM.  1697.  Price,  Bound  and  Guilded  on  the  Back,  Twenty 
Pound  Scots.' 

This  work,  long  forgotten  by  the  legal  practitioner  in  the 
Scottish  Courts,  can  never  wholly  fade  from  remembrance 
so  long  as  the  delightful  romances  of  the  author  of  '  Waverley  ' 
continue  to  form  a  part  of  the  literary  pabulum  of  the  English- 
speaking  race.  When  Waverley  announced  to  Mr.  Duncan 


334  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Macwheeble  his  ambition  to  espouse  the  fair  heiress  of  Brad- 
wardine,  the  worthy  ex- Bailie  and  Commissary  is  recorded  to 
have  mended  his  pen,  '  marked  half  a  dozen  sheets  of  paper 
with  an  ample  marginal  fold,  whipped  down  Dallas  of  St. 
Martin's  Styles  from  a  shelf,  where  that  venerable  work 
roosted  with  Stair's  Institutions,  Dirleton's  Doubts,  Balfour's 
Practiques,  and  a  parcel  of  old  account  books — opened  the 
volume  at  the  article  "  Contract  of  Marriage,"  and  prepared  to 
make  what  he  called  a  "  sma'  minute,  to  prevent  parties  frae 
resiling."  Though,  however,  the  Stiles  was  '  venerable ' 
when  Scott  wrote  hi  1805,  it  was  evidently  still  in  vogue  hi 
the  days  of  Waverley,  and  even,  as  will  be  presently  seen, 
reached  a  second  edition  some  thirty  years  after  the  '45. 

It  was  published  by  the  author  in  a  small  folio  volume  of 
904  pages,  exclusive  of  the  four  preliminary  pages,  and  twelve 
pages  of  closely-printed  index  and  errata.  The  dedication 
of  the  first  part  is  to  John  Murray,  Earl  of  Tullibarden,  Lord- 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland  (afterwards 
first  Marquess  of  Athole),  and  declares  that  '  some  nine  years 
ago,  (and  before  I  resolved  to  expose  my  Works  to  the  Press), 
I  dedicat  this  First  Part  to  your  Lordship,'  referring,  '  and 
so  much  more  to  my  Honour,'  to  the  '  relation '  he  has  to 
the  noble  family  of  Athole.  He  commits  his  works  to  the 
Press,  '  being  perswaded  by  some  Persons  of  the  greatest 
Quality  hi  the  Kingdom,  and  others  in  Publick  Stations  (as 
Lords  of  Session,  eminent  Lawers,  and  others),'  to  that 
course.  In  an  'Address  to  the  Reader'  he  states  that  the  book 
was  originally  compiled  for  the  use  of  his  children,  without 
thought  of  publication,  and  as  a  warning  to  his  readers  says, 
'  let  no  man  so  far  Deceive  himself,  as  to  Conclude,  that 
Speculative  Knowledge,  or  Theory,  (without  the  Practical,) 
will  ever  make  a  Compleat  Pen-man,  but  by  the  Method 
taken,  a  man  may  by  Education  Attain  to  more  knowledge 
in  Two,  than  formerly  hi  Seven  Years '  (pp.  1-88).  The 
second  part  is  dedicated  to  the  same  person,  now  Marquess 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  335 

of  Athole,  reference  being  made  to  the  fact  that  the  author 
had  the  honour  to  serve  his  lordship  as  Depute-Keeper  of  the 
Privy  Seal :  the  remainder  of  this  dedication  is  devoted  to  a 
eulogium  of  the  family  of  Murray  (pp.  89-184).  The  third 
part  is  dedicated  to  the  Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Scotland, 
the  Lord  President  of  the  Session,  and  the  remanent  Lords, 
Ordinary  and  Extraordinary  Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice 
(pp.  185-391) ;  and  the  fourth  part  to  the  Commissioners  of, 
and  Writers  to  His  Majesties  Signet.  In  this  dedication  he 
deprecates  the  suggestion  that  the  work  may  be  detrimental 
to  the  interests  of  his  brethren,  declaring  that  he  has  '  no  other 
Intention  than  the  Good  of  all,'  in  making  it  public.  This 
dedication  is  dated  '  From  my  Writing-Office,  1688 '  (pp.  393- 
691).  The  dedication  of  the  fifth  part  is  to  the  Dean  of 
Faculty,  and  remanent  Brethren  of  that  Honourable  and 
Learned  Society  of  Lawers  (pp.  693-862) ;  and  of  the  sixth 
and  final  part  to  George  Mackenzie,  Viscount  of  Tarbat 
(afterwards  first  Earl  of  Cromarty),  to  whom  he  writes — '  nor 
could  I  as  your  Relation,  and  one  loaded  with  your  Favours, 
omit  your  Lordship  in  my  Works,'  and  signs  himself  '  Your 
Lordships  Affectionat  Cousin,'  though  the  relationship  of 
George  Dallas  either  to  the  Murrays  of  Tullibardine  or  the 
Mackenzies  of  Tarbat  has  not  been  made  out. 

In  1774  a  new  edition  of  the  Stiks  was  published  in  two 
small  quarto  volumes  (containing  together  605  plus  11  pages), 
but  though  the  editor,  in  consequence  of  the  change  in  the 
Church  government  introduced  in  1688,  '  first  thought  of 
new-modelling  the  system,'  he  finally  '  came  to  the  resolution 
of  publishing  Mr.  Dallas's  collection  entire,  with  only  some 
small  improvements,  and  the  correction  of  some  typographical 
errors,'  so  that  the  text  of  this  edition  does  not,  in  fact,  differ 
in  any  respect  from  the  original,  the  '  small  improvements ' 
being  so  infinitesimal  that  they  fail  to  reveal  themselves.  It 
was  issued,  and  doubtless  '  edited,'  by  the  publisher,  John 
Wood,  who,  in  an  advertisement  dated  at  Edinburgh,  16th  May 


336  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1774,  states  that,  in  order  to  make  the  collection  of  more 
universal  use,  he  intends,  as  a  supplement,  to  add  a  third 
volume,  consisting  of  New  Stiles,  and  he  invites  contribu- 
tions to  the  new  volume ;  but  no  such  work  seems  to  have 
been  published  by  the  enterprising  Mr.  Wood. 

George  Dallas  died  in  1701  and  was  buried  in  Greyfriars 
Churchyard  on  13th  April  1701.  His  wife  predeceased  him 
and  was  buried  there  on  16th  October  1697. 

They  had  the  following  children  : — 

1.  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  his  eldest  son,  of  whom 

hereafter. 

2.  George,  bp.  10th  April  1664,  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  George   Dallas   of   Parkley,   of   whom   hereafter,    bp, 

4th  December  1667. 

4.  John,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  who  was  a  subscriber  to 

the  '  Darien  Scheme,'  of  whom  we  have  not  been  able 
to  obtain  any  further  information.  He  probably 
died  unmarried.  He  had  infeftment  of  the  lands  of 
Balblair,  etc.,  on  6th  August  1695,  which  he  resigned 
on  17th  June  1696. 

1.  Margaret,  bp.  16th  November  1662,  m.  (1)  29th  March 
1687,  George  Morison  of  Pitfourie,  (2)  R.  Murray 
of  Pulrossie  before  1696. 

2  Janet,  bp.  9th  January  1666. 

JAMES  DALLAS  OF  ST.  MABTINS,  the  eldest  son,  was  baptized 
in  Edinburgh,  16th  June  1661,  two  of  the  witnesses  being 
John  Grant  of  Moyniss  and  Alexander  Clunnes  of  Dunskeath. 
Of  his  education  there  is  no  record,  but  he  probably  graduated 
at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  as  from  the  time  of  his 
marriage  in  1683  he  is  invariably  styled  '  Mr.  James  Dallas,' 
indicating  that  he  was  a  Master  of  Arts.  If  he  followed  any 
profession  no  indication  of  its  nature  is  to  be  gathered  from 
the  documents  which  have  come  to  light.  That  he  was 
neither  Notary  nor  Writer  to  the  Signet  is,  however,  manifest 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  337 

from  the  Registers  of  those  bodies.  On  7th  November  1678 
he  had  sasine  for  himself  and  as  procurator  for  Judeth  Grege, 
spouse  to  Mr.  John  Methven  of  Craigtoun,  and  .  .  .  Methven, 
his  sister,  of  the  lands  of  Craigtown  in  the  shire  of  Fife,  to 
be  held  by  the  Methvens  in  liferent  and  himself  in  fee,  one 
of  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  John  Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh  : 
in  this  he  is  designated  '  James  Dallas  eldest  lawful  son  to 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins.'  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  Edin.,  xli. 
fol.  378.) 

He  was  married  in  Edinburgh,  19th  February  1683,  to 
Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Walter  Riddell  of  Minto 
by  his  second  marriage  with  Isobel  Riddell,  the  marriage 
contract  being  dated  21st  February  1683.  By  this  contract 
his  father  obliged  himself  to  settle  upon  his  son  and  his  heirs 
male  his  lands  in  Cromarty,  but  intending  to  sell  that  estate 
and  purchase  another  nearer  Edinburgh,  he  undertakes  to 
settle  such  new  estate  to  the  same  uses,  and  James  covenants 
to  resign  such  estate  in  favour  of  himself  and  the  heirs  male 
of  the  marriage  ;  while  Walter  Riddell,  the  bride's  father, 
who  was  a  party  to  the  contract,  agrees  to  pay  to  James 
Dallas  18,000  merks  to  be  similarly  settled.  Accordingly,  on 
25th  April  1684  sasine  is  given  to  Mr.  James  Dallas,  son  and 
apparent  heir  to  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  and  as  attorney 
for  Elizabeth  Riddell,  now  his  spouse,  and  eldest  lawful 
daughter  of  the  second  marriage  of  Walter  Riddell  of  Minto, 
in  terms  of  their  contract  of  marriage  dated  at  Edinburgh 
24th  February  1683,  with  consent  of  his  father  and  mother, 
Margaret  Abercrombie,  and  of  her  father,  Walter  Riddell, 
in  the  superiority  and  feu-duties  of  the  lands  of  Easter  Bal- 
blair,  vulgarly  called  Balblair  and  Kirkmichael,  with  the 
ferry,  ferrytown,  etc.  William  Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh, 
witnesses  the  contract,  and  Mr.  Charles  Dallas,  writer  in 
Edinburgh,  is  a  witness  to  the  sasine,  Hugh  Dallas,  Clerk  of 
the  Diocese  of  Moray,  acting  as  notary.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  1. 
fol.  243.)  On  the  same  day  they  had  sasine  on  a  charter 

Y 


338  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

under  the  Great  Seal,  in  the  lands  of  Ferritoun,  Auchmertin, 
and  Insche,  and  the  superiority  of  Rlsolis,  the  same  persons 
acting  respectively  as  witness  and  notary.  (Ibid.,  246.)  The 
Great  Seal  charter,  which  is  dated  22nd  February  1684, 
mentions  '  the  now  deceased  Walter  Kiddell  of  Minto,  hir 
father.'  (Eeg.  Mag.  Sig.,  Ixix.  No.  161.) 

On  1st  August  1690  there  is  a  Great  Seal  charter  to  Mr. 
James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  younger,  and  Mr.  George  Dallas, 
second  lawful  son  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  his  brother- 
german,  of  the  lands  of  Mount  Lothian  in  the  parish  of 
Penicuik  which  were  resigned  by  Mr.  William  Kintore,  advo- 
cate, under  reversion  for  10,000  merks  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  Ixxii. 
No.  86) ;  and  of  these  lands  sasine  was  given  to  the  two 
brothers,  9th  August  1690,  Mr.  William  Dallas,  Clerk  of  the 
Diocese  of  Eoss,  acting  as  notary  (Part.  Eeg.  Sas.,  Edin., 
Ixvii.  fol.  30.)  What  became  of  these  lands  does  not  appear, 
but  they  were  probably  redeemed  by  Kintore.  Another 
Crown  charter,  dated  21st  February  1690,  gives  much  useful 
information,  though  the  lands  mentioned  evidently  did  not 
remain  in  possession  of  the  Dallases.  It  is  a  grant  to  James 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  younger,  and  Mr.  George  Dallas,  second 
lawful  son  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  of  the  lands  and 
barony  of  Cockburn,  Reulismains,  Samsonswalls,  Crumstane, 
and  '  subjects '  in  the  town  of  Duns  which  belonged  to  Sir 
James  Cockburn  of  that  Ilk  and  William  Cockburn,  advocate, 
his  eldest  son,  and  were  resigned  by  them  for  this  grant  under 
reversion  on  payment  of  5000  merks  and  certain  expenses : 
these  debts  were  due  to  James  Dallas  by  Sir  Archibald 
Cockburn,  senior,  of  Langton  and  Archibald  Cockburn  of 
that  Ilk,  younger,  advocate,  as  principals,  and  by  the  other 
Cockburns  as  cautioners,  in  a  bond  dated  28th  June  1687, 
and  also  another  sum  of  5000  merks  due  from  the  same 
persons  to  Agnes  Riddell,  youngest  (written  eldest)  lawful 
daughter  of  the  deceased  Walter  Riddell  of  Minto,  and  to 
Isabella  Riddell,  his  mother  and  curatrix,  for  her  use,  by 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  339 

'bond  dated  2nd  June  1687,  to  which  George  Dallas  has  right 
by  his  contract  of  marriage  with  the  said  Agnes  Riddell,  now 
his  spouse.  The  date  of  the  contract  is  left  blank.  (Reg. 
Mag.  Sig.,  Ixxii.  No.  10.)  Sasine  was  given  on  this  charter, 
24th  and  26th  February  1690,  Mr.  John  Dallas,  writer  in 
Edinburgh,  being  one  of  those  present.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sets.,  Ix. 
ioL  77.) 

On  13th  December  1690  sasine  is  given  to  Mr.  James  Dallas, 
younger,  of  St.  Martins  on  a  charter  by  George,  Viscount  of 
Tarbat,  in  part  of  the  lands  of  Davidstoun  sometime  occupied 
by  Thomas  Thomson,  and  so  much  of  the  said  lands  occupied 
by  John  Brander  as  will  pay  three  bolls  and  two  pecks  of 
victual  yearly.  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  had  an  interest 
under  this  charter  which  he  made  over  to  Mr.  George  Dallas, 
his  second  son,  in  terms  of  his  marriage  contract  with  Agnes 
Riddell,  and  he  disponed  it  to  his  brother  James.  It  is  men- 
tioned that  resignation  was  made  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  William 
Dallas,  Notary  Public,  and  there  were  present  at  the  giving 
of  the  sasine  the  said  Mr.  George  Dallas,  Mr.  Robert  Dallas, 
schoolmaster  at  Fortrose,  and  Marmaduke  Dallas,  dyer  hi 
Nairn.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  Ixii.  fol.  65.) 

The  lands  of  Balblair,  which  were  resigned  into  the  hands 
of  the  elder  St.  Martins  in  1681  by  his  nephew  George,  were 
now  the  property  of  his  eldest  son,  and  on  17th  September 
1690  there  is  a  Crown  charter  to  Mr.  James  Dallas  and  Eliza- 
beth Riddell,  his  spouse,  of  the  superiority  of  Easter  Balblair, 
and  also  a  piece  of  moorland  of  the  barony  of  Cromartie 
mentioned  and  bounded  in  a  Great  Seal  charter  to  George 
Dallas  of  St.  Marthas  dated  4th  August  1680,  which  was  some- 
time possessed  by  him  and  afterwards  by  Mr.  George  Dallas, 
his  son,  and  now  by  Mr.  James  ;  also  the  wester  half  of  the 
Wood  or  Forest  of  Brae  or  Braelangwell  (also  possessed  as 
above),  acquired  by  Alexander  Urquhart  of  Newhall  from 
the  deceased  Sir  John  Urquhart  of  Cromarty  and  disponed 
by  him  to  George  Dallas ;  which  superiority  belonged  to  the 


340  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

said  George  Dallas ;  and  was  resigned  by  him,  together  with 
all  liferent  right  which  his  spouse,  Margaret  Abercrornbie,  had 
therein  ;  also  by  Mr.  James  (written  George)  Dallas  with  his 
said  father  and  mother's  consent  contained  in  a  contract  of 
marriage  with  the  said  Elizabeth  Riddell  (therein  called  eldest 
lawful  daughter  of  the  second  marriage  of  Walter  Riddell  of 
Minto  by  Elizabeth  Riddell,  then  his  spouse),  dated  at  Edin- 
burgh 24th  February  1683 :  and  reference  is  also  made  to 
the  contract  of  marriage  of  Mr.  George  Dallas  and  Agnes 
Riddell,  youngest  daughter  of  the  said  Walter  and  Isabella 
[sic]  Riddell,  dated  at  Edinburgh  20th  March  1688.  Mr. 
William  Dallas,  W.S.,  Notary  Public,  is  mentioned  as  the 
notary  acting  at  the  resignation.  (Reg.  Mag.  Sig.,  Ixxii. 
No.  89.)  On  this  charter  sasine  was  given  to  Mr.  James 
Dallas  on  13th  and  16th  December  1690,  the  witnesses  being 
Mr.  Robert  Dallas,  schoolmaster  at  Fortrose,  and  Marmaduke 
Dallas,  dyer  in  Nairn.  (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  Ixii.  fol.  65.) 

According  to  the  marriage  contract  of  James  Dallas  and 
Elizabeth  Riddell  it  was  provided  that  if  the  lands  of  St. 
Martins  were  disposed  of  the  money  should  be  expended  upon 
the  purchase  of  lands  nearer  Edinburgh,  and  that  these  lands 
instead  of  St.  Martins  should  be  entailed  upon  the  heir.  As 
has  been  seen,  St.  Martins  was  not  sold  until  1696,  but  in 
the  pleadings  of  William  Dallas  in  a  lawsuit  to  be  more  par- 
ticularly referred  to  later,  it  is  stated  that  James  Dallas  '  pur- 
chased the  Lands  of  North-Newton,  lying  in  the  County  of 
Stirling,  of  the  yearly  value  of  81Z.  or  thereabouts,'  on  8th  June 
1694,  and  this  is  confirmed  by  a  Crown  charter  dated  1st 
August  1694  to  Mr.  James  Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  of  George 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  and  Elizabeth  Riddell,  his  spouse,  for 
her  liferent  use,  and  to  his  heirs  male,  etc.,  of  the  three  and  a 
half  bovates  in  Newton  of  Bothkennar  in  Stirlingshire  lately 
pertaining  to  Hugh  Cunningham,  merchant  and  one  of  the 
bailies  of  Edinburgh,  and  also  a  rig  of  ground  formerly  belong- 
ing to  William  Bruce  of  Newton,  to  be  held  for  payment  of 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  341 

£5,  5s.  7d.  Scots  and  other  payments  in  account.  (Reg.  Mag. 
Sig.,  Ixxiii.  No.  112.)  Sasine  on  this  Charter  was  given  to 
Mr.  James  Dallas  on  20th  August  1694,  Mr.  William  Dallas, 
Clerk  of  Ross,  acting  as  notary,  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins, 
and  Mr.  George  Dallas  of  Parkley,  his  second  son,  being 
witnesses.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Stirling,  viii.  fol.  305.) 

In  1702  Elizabeth  Riddell,  his  wife,  died,  leaving  three 
sons  and  five  daughters,  and  in  the  following  year  he  married 
Barbara  Cockburn,  daughter  of  William  Cockburn,  merchant 
in  Edinburgh,  and  his  spouse,  Jean  Clerk  (Guild  Register, 
Edin.,  14th  June  1671),  and  sister  of  Henrietta  Cockburn, 
wife  of  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  of  Budgate.  By  his  marriage 
articles  dated  30th  November  1703,  he  settled  upon  her  and 
her  issue  a  tenement  in  Edinburgh  and  a  sum  of  7500  merks 
(£416,  13s.  4d.),  including  her  portion  of  £200,  to  the  intent 
that  she  should  have  a  yearly  income  of  1000  merks 
(£55,  lls.  Id.),  the  rent  of  the  house  to  go  in  part  payment 
thereof.  (Dallas  v.  Dallas.) 

On  23rd  December  1710  there  is  sasine  of  Mr.  James 
Dallas,  eldest  lawful  son  of  the  deceased  George  Dallas  of 
St.  Martins,  on  a  bond  of  corroboration  by  the  deceased  John 
Brown  of  Seabegs  to  him  and  any  child  of  his  to  be  designated 
by  him  for  the  sum  of  6000  merks.  The  bond  is  dated  at 
Edinburgh  15th  November  1710,  the  witnesses  being  Mr. 
George  Dallas  of  Parkley  and  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S. 
(Reg.  Sas.,  Stirling,  xii.  fol.  495.)  His  interest  in  the  lands 
of  Seabegs  continued,  and  on  12th  January  1719  he  had 
sasine  in  certain  annual  rents  secured  over  them  (Ibid.,  .  .  . 
fol.  11),  but  the  ultimate  destination  of  his  rights  has  not 
been  disclosed. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  landowners  of  the  parish  of  Both- 
kennar  held  on  30th  October  1723,  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins 
signs  as  a  heritor ;  and  a  list  of  those  possessing  '  lairs '  in 
the  churchyard  submitted  to  the  meeting  records  that 
'  St.  Martins  hath  two  stones  upon  the  north  side  of  the 


342  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Church,  with  some  lairs  upon  the  south  side.'     (Par.  Reg.f 
Bothk.) 

In  1733  the  younger  children  of  his  first  marriage  had  all 
been  '  settled  and  provided  for,'  and  on  13th  November  of 
that  year,  apparently  somewhat  in  derogation  to  his  first 
marriage  settlement,  he  executed  a  strict  entail  of  his  Stirling- 
shire lands,  of  a  great  family  jewel,  consisting  of  sixty  diamond 
sparks,  which  he  valued  at  £500,  and  of  a  Toad  Stone  ring  of 
great  value,  declaring  that  in  case  his  son  George  should 
succeed  him,  he  should,  on  account  of  his  incapacity,  be 
debarred  from  receiving  the  rents  without  the  consent  of  two 
other  heirs  of  entail  living  next  to  him  at  the  time,  and  re- 
serving to  himself  a  power  of  altering  the  entail  and  charging 
the  estate.  A  few  years  later,  on  29th  May  1739,  he  executed 
two  bonds  of  provision,  giving  by  one  his  house  in  Edinburgh, 
subject  to  his  wife's  life-estate,  among  four  of  his  daughters 
and  William,  his  third  son  by  that  wife  ;  and  by  the  other, 
dividing  the  £416, 13s.  4d.,  subject  also  to  his  wife's  life-interest 
therein,  among  Eobert,  Stewart,  William,  Agnes,  and  Clemen- 
tina, five  of  his  children  by  that  wife,  and  obliging  his  heirs 
to  advance  the  portions,  or  part  of  the  portions,  of  such  of  his 
children  of  the  second  marriage  as  should  be  put  out  to 
trades.  He  also  directed  certain  notes  of  his  sons,  Robert, 
Stewart,  and  William,  amounting  to  £87,  12s.  6d.,  he  had 
advanced  to  them,  to  be  delivered  up  to  them  under  certain 
specified  conditions.  His  wife,  it  is  said,  had  now  obtained 
an  entire  ascendency  over  him,  and  prevailed  on  him,  when 
superannuated  and  near  his  end,  to  grant  a  bond  of  provision, 
dated  19th  July  1740,  to  their  third  son  William,  for  £500 
sterling,  over  and  above  his  share  of  the  provision  contained 
in  the  earlier  deeds  ;  and  also  another  bond  dated  30th  July 
1740,  for  £1000  Scots  on  similar  conditions.  On  4th  August 
following  he  executed  a  deed  conveying  to  his  son  William 
his  great  family  jewel,  which  he  valued  at  £500  sterling, 
consisting  of  upwards  of  sixty  diamonds,  as  a  mark  of  his 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  343 

affection ;  also  his  Toad  Stone  ring  (both  which  he  had  for- 
merly entailed) ;  together  with  his  whole  stock  and  crop  of 
corns,  labouring  utensils,  cattle,  horses,  and  other  particulars  ; 
assigned  to  him  all  the  services  and  quit-rents  prestable  by 
his  tenants  ;  and  appointing  him  and  his  heirs  to  receive  the 
whole  rents  as  factors,  and  to  apply  them  in  payment,  first, 
of  his  debts,  secondly,  to  pay  an  annuity  of  £15  to  George, 
his  eldest  son,  and  after  his  death  an  annuity  of  £7,  10s. 
to  George's  son  James,  declaring  such  annuities  to  be  in  full 
of  all  they  could  demand  in  name  of  portion  or  otherwise  ; 
and  lastly  for  payment  of  an  annuity  of  £6  sterling  to  Anne 
and  Jane,  his  daughters  of  the  first  marriage.  Finally,  on 
10th  September  1740,  he  made  a  lease  for  forty  years  to  his 
son  William  of  his  Domain-lands  and  Mansion  House,  with 
the  grounds,  furniture,  etc.,  at  a  yearly  rent  of  £25. 

James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  died  on  10th  November  1740, 
when  he  should  apparently  have  been  succeeded  hi  the  estate 
of  North  Newton  by  his  eldest  son  George,  though  that 
property,  in  fact,  remained  in  the  hands  of  William,  his 
third  son  by  the  second  marriage,  in  accordance  with  the 
terms  of  the  various  deeds  above  cited.  He  is  stated  (Dallas 
v.  Dallas)  to  have  had  eight  children  by  his  first  marriage 
and  thirteen  by  his  second,  but  these  were  apparently  the 
children  who  survived  him.  By  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth 
Riddell,  he  had  issue  : — 

1.  George,  his  lawful  heir. 

2.  James,   6.   14th,   bp.   25th  August    1693   at   the  City 

Parish  Church,  Edinburgh,  the  witnesses  being 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  Mr.  George  Dallas  of 
Parklie,  Mr.  William  Dallas  of  Buidzett,  and  Mr. 
Charles  Dallas,  Burgess  of  Edinburgh.  He  is  men- 
tioned as  the  recipient  of  a  letter  from  John  Lockhart 
(a  connection  of  Alexander  Dallas,  afterwards  of 
North  Newton),  dated  19th  July  1746,  when  he  was 
resident  in  London,  and  Alexander  Dallas  also  refers 


344  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

to  him  as  a  friend  in  '  his  younger  days,'  who  in  '  his 
last  moments '  exacted  a  promise  from  him  that  he 
would  see  justice  done  to  his  nephew  James  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins.  He  appears  to  have  died  unmarried, 
or  at  least  without  issue. 

3.  Walter,  mentioned  as  one  of  the  three  sons  of  his  father's 
first  marriage.  He  purchased  the  rights  of  his  eldest 
brother  George  in  the  Stirlingshire  estates  '  for  a 
very  trifling  consideration,'  21st  October  1720 
(Registered  24th  October  1720,  Mackenzie,  128),  and 
he  referred  to  this  purchase  in  a  letter  dated  17th 
December  1750,  when  he  says  the  transaction  took 
place  'twenty  years  before.'  He  is  described  as  a 
merchant  in  Edinburgh,  and  thereafter  became  a 
merchant  at  Anapolis  Royall  in  Baltimore  county, 
Maryland,  m.,  and  had  issue.  He  was  dead  before 
25th  August  1772,  when  his  sister  Catherine  be- 
queathed a  sum  of  1000  merks  to  his  son  Nathan,  of 
whom  nothing  further  is  known. 

1.  Isobel,  bp.  18th  July  1684  at  the  City  Church,  Edin- 

burgh, the  witnesses  being  Mr.  William  Lauder,  '  in- 
dweller,'  Mr.  James  Henderson,  W.S.,  Robert  Laurie 
of  Maxwelltown,  Thomas  Rutherfuird,  brother 
german  to  the  Laird  of  Edgertoun,  and  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins.  She  m.  William  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
the  contract  being  dated  22nd  September  1712. 

2.  Elizabeth,  bp.  21st  August  1685  at  the  City  Church, 

Edinburgh ;  m.  William  Brown,  merchant,  Edin- 
burgh, 15th  December  1712.  (Edinb.  Mar.  Reg.) 

3.  Jane,  bp.  4th  February  1687  at  the  City  Church,  Edin- 

burgh. She  is  described  as  a  residenter  in  Dunse 
in  the  testament  of  her  sister  Robina,  in  1737,  and 
on  4th  August  1740  she  was,  by  her  father,  appointed 
to  an  annuity  of  £6.  She  died  in  September  1745, 
her  inventor  and  that  of  her  sister  Anne  being  given 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  345 

up  by  their  sister  Catherine,  17th  January  1749, 
with  eik  of  28th  November  1749,  recording  a  bond 
for  £2164,  3s.  3d.  Scots  by  Sir  Alexander  Cockburn 
of  Langton  in  favour  of  Margaret  Yeaman,  dated 
9th  May  1730. 

4.  Agnes,  b.  22nd,  bp.  27th  January  1688  at  the  City 

Church,  Edinburgh,  Mr.  John  Dallas,  writer,  being 
one  of  the  witnesses.  She  appears  to  have  died 
young. 

5.  Marion,  bp.  13th  February  1691  at  the  City  Church, 

Edinburgh.     She  appears  to  have  died  young. 

6.  Anna  (Anne),  bp.  12th  August  1692  at  the  City  Church, 

Edinburgh.  She  m.  before  13th  June  1714  (when 
her  eldest  son,  Alexander,  was  born),  Alexander 
Loraine,  writer  in  and  bailie  of  Dunse  (bp.  23rd 
January  1689),  only  son  of  Alexander  Loraine  in 
Dunse  by  his  wife,  Margaret  Yeaman,  afterwards 
wife  of  John  Dallas  of  Primrosehill :  he  d.  before 
5th  August  1723,  when  his  posthumous  son,  John 
Loraine,  was  baptized.  On  4th  August  1740  she 
was  appointed  to  an  annuity  of  £6  by  her  father. 
She  d.  hi  April  1747,  her  inventor  and  that  of  her 
sister  Jane  being  given  up  together  hi  1749.  By 
Alexander  Loraine  she  had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  Alexander  Loraine,  surgeon  in  Duns,  b.  15th, 
bp.  20th  June  1714. 

(2)  James,    b.    26th    July    1716,    of    Angleraw, 
writer  in  Duns,  who  was  appointed  executor  to  his 
grandmother  5th  July  1743.     He  had  an  only  son, 
Lieut.  Alexander  Loraine  of  the  42nd  Regt.  of  Foot, 
afterwards  Colonel  Loraine  of  Oxendean. 

(3)  Archibald. 

(4)  Elizabeth,  b.  31st  January  1720. 

(5)  John  Loraine,  bp.  5th  Aug.  1723  (posthumous). 

7.  Robina,  had  from   her   husband,   George   Ireland   of 


346  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Drumsey,  a  bond,  dated  8th  November  1731,  and 
written  by  Robert  Blair,  writer  in  Errol,  for  1000 
merks  ;  and  he  also  gives  her  his  household  furniture 
over  and  above  the  provisions  in  her  favour,  his  bond 
of  provision  dated  16th  January  1731  and  recorded 
in  the  Perth  Sasines  (vol.  xx.  pt.  2).  He,  as  only 
son  of  James  Ireland  of  Drumsey  and  Elizabeth 
Shaw  his  wife,  also  conveyed  to  her  the  lands  of 
Pittendynie,  Dunkeld,  which  were  feued  by  David 
Smyth  of  Methven  to  James  Ireland,  his  father,  in 
liferent  and  to  John  Ireland,  then  his  eldest  son,  in 
fee,  on  1st  September  1712  :  in  the  event  of  children 
of  the  marriage  her  liferent  to  be  restricted  to 
200  merks.  She  d.  in  September  1737,  being  then 
a  widow,  and  her  testament  was  given  up  by  Anna 
Dallas,  relict  of  Alexander  Loraine,  writer  in  Duns, 
Katherine  Dallas,  relict  of  William  Eeid,  writer  in 
Edinburgh,  and  Jean  Dallas,  residenter  in  Dunse, 
all  sisters  german  executrices  qua  next  of  kind,  the 
cautioner  being  James  Loraine,  writer  in  Dunse  : 
the  estate  consisted  of  her  husband's  bond  of  pro- 
vision of  8th  November  1731.  (Commiss.  Ct.,  Edin.) 
8.  Katherine,  ra.  Wm.  Reid,  writer,  Edinburgh,  23rd 
January  1718  (Edin.  Mar.  Reg.),  designed  his  relict 
when  giving  up  the  testament  of  her  sister  Robina. 
She  died  at  Dunse  on  15th  January  1776,  'in  her 
84th  year,'  according  to  the  Scots  Magazine,  but  this 
must  be  slightly  erroneous.  By  her  will,  dated  at 
Dunse  25th  August  1772,  she  made  her  nephew, 
James  Lorain  of  Angleraw,  Esq.,  her  heir,  directing 
him  to  pay  to  Elizabeth  Lorain,  her  niece  and  his 
sister,  £92,  4s.  5^d. ;  to  Nathan  Dallas,  her  nephew, 
son  of  the  deceased  Walter  Dallas,  her  brother 
german,  merchant  at  Anapolis  Royall  in  Baltimore 
county,  Maryland,  1000  merks  Scots  ;  to  Catherine 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  347 

Dallas,  her  niece,  daughter  of  the  deceased  James 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  1000  merks ;  to  James  Dallas, 
writer  in  Edinburgh,  her  cousin,  son  of  George 
Dallas  of  Parkly,  W.S.,  £50  sterling ;  to  Alexander 
Lorain,  natural  son  of  the  deceased  Alexander 
Lorain  of  Reedylock,  surgeon  in  Dunse,  her  nephew, 
£36,  13s.  4d.  sterling.  In  case  of  the  death  of 
Nathan  Dallas  his  bequest  of  1000  merks  is  to  go 
to  her  cousin  James  Dallas,  '  and  the  same  nor  no 
part  thereof  shall  fall  to  the  brothers,  sisters,  or  any 
other  representatives '  of  Nathan.  There  are  a 
number  of  specific  bequests  to  Elizabeth  Lorain,  the 
niece,  and  to  James  Dallas,  the  cousin ;  and  to 
Alexander  Lorain,  only  son  of  the  said  James  Lorain, 
she  leaves  her  silver  snuff-box.  By  a  codicil  dated 
at  Dunse  29th  April  1773  she  gives  to  John  Lorain, 
late  surgeon  hi  Jamaica,  now  in  Dunse,  her  nephew, 
£27,  10s.  sterling,  and  restricts  the  provision  to 
Elizabeth  Lorain  to  £83,  4s.  5^d.,  and  to  Alexander 
Lorain  to  £27,  13s.  4d. 

9.  Janet,  ra.  Marmaduke  Dallas,  litster  Burgess,  25th 
November  1712.  (Edin.  Mar.  Beg.) 

By  his  second  wife,  Barbara  Cockburn,  James  Dallas  of 
St.  Martins  had  issue  : — 

4.  Robert,  ancestor  of  DALLAS  IN  JAMAICA  AND  AMEBICA. 

5.  Stewart,  ancestor  of  DALLAS  IN  EDINBURGH. 

6.  Joseph,  occurs  2nd  April  1727,  as  witness  of  the  baptism 

of  Susanna,  daughter  of  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins, 
when  he  is  described  as  '  son  of  St.  Martins ' :  of 
him  nothing  further  is  known,  unless  the  following 
entry  hi  Edin.  Mar.  Reg.  refers  to  him : — '  29  October 
1758.  Joseph  Dallas  Watchmaker  in  the  College 
Kirk  m.  Ann  Crichton  dtr.  of  James  Crichton  journey- 
man wright  now  in  Lady  Tester's  parish.' 

7.  William,  ancestor  of  DALLAS- YOBKE  OF  WALMSGATE. 


348  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

10.  Agnes,  appointed  by  her  father's  bond  of  provision, 

dated  29th  May  1739,  to  a  share  in  a  sum  of 
£416,  13s.  4d.  She  was  served  one  of  the  heirs 
portioners  of  her  father,  28th  May  1746  ;  and  on 
24th  April  1748  she  was  ra.  at  Craigleith  to  William 
Elliot,  writer,  Edinburgh,  son  of  Wm.  Elliot,  writer, 
and  Margaret  Scott,  daughter  of  Wm.  Scott  in 
W.  Auchope,  m.  8th  October  1727  (Reg.  Old  St. 
Paul's,  Edin.,  and  Edin.  Par.  Reg.),  by  whom  she 
had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  Cockburn  Elliot,  bp.  1st  May  1749. 

(2)  Elizabeth,  b.  8th  December  1750. 

(3)  Mary,  bp.  18th  April  1752. 

(4)  William  Elliot  (posthumous),  bp.  at  Hallyards, 
near  Kirkliston,  21  March  1755,  the  sponsors  being 
William   Elliot,   writer    (the   grandfather),   William 
Dallas,  and  Lady  Craigleith.     (Ibid.) 

11.  Barbara,  described   as   spouse   of  William   Callender 

of  Wester  jaw,  had  sasine  hi  an  annuity  of  500 
merks,  18th  October  1725.  (Eeg.  Sas.,  Edin.) 
From  the  Parish  Register  of  Falkirk  it  appears  that 
their  daughter  Janet  was  baptized  8th  February 
1730,  and  another  daughter,  Clementina,  16th  July 
1741  :  the  husband  is  described  as  a  merchant  in 
Falkirk,  and  it  is  said  that  after  her  marriage  she 
was  disowned  by  her  father.  (Dallas  v.  Dallas.) 
She  was  served  one  of  the  heirs  portioners  of  her 
father,  28th  May  1746  ;  and  is  last  found  witness  to 
the  baptism  of  her  niece,  Cockburn,  daughter  of 
William  Elliot,  1st  May  1749. 

12.  Christian,  served  one  of  the  heirs  portioners  of  her 

father,  28th  May  1746.  She  was  a  witness  to  the 
baptism  of  her  niece  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Elliot,  18th  April  1752,  and  appears  to  have  died 
unmarried. 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  349 

13.  Clementina,  included  in  her  father's  bond  of  provision 

dated  29th  May  1739.  She  was  served  one  of  the 
heirs  portioners  of  her  father,  28th  May  1746,  and 
on  15th  November  1748  had  sasine  of  certain  life- 
rents  in  Falkirk  and  Linlithgow,  presented  to  her 
by  William  Dallas,  wright,  burgess  of  Edinburgh, 
when  she  is  described  as  spouse  to  Alexander  Ken- 
nowie,  barber  in  Linlithgow.  Of  her  nothing  further 
is  known. 

14.  Henrietta,  served  one  of  the  heirs  portioners  of  her 

father,  28th  May  1746.  She  married  (1)  William 
Morrison  of  Craigleith,  and  (2),  on  10th  November 
1763,  George  Dallas,  merchant,  London.  William 
Morrison  of  Craigleith,  son  of  William  Morrison  of 
Prestongrange,  had  three  sisters,  (1)  Katherine,  wife 
of  Wm.  Lord  Strathnower,  eldest  son  of  the  15th  Earl 
of  Sutherland,  (2)  Helen,  wife  of  John,  2nd  Earl  of 
Glasgow,  and  (3)  Jean,  wife  of  John,  5th  Viscount 
Arbuthnott,  who  were  appointed  heirs  portioners  of 
his  estate,  showing  he  left  no  issue. 

Under  their  post-nuptial  contract  of  marriage, 
dated  31st  July  1730,  and  only  registered  15th 
December  1749,  Wm.  Morrison,  younger,  of  Preston- 
grange  provided  her  with  a  yearly  income  of  1400 
merks  in  the  event  of  no  issue.  One  of  the  witnesses 
to  the  deed  was  Wm.  Boyle  of  Shewalton,  brother  to 
the  Earl  of  Glasgow.  The  Trustees  were  John,  Lord 
Boyle,  and  Robert  Dundas  of  Arniston. 

15.  Mary,  served  one  of  the  heirs  portioners  of  her  father, 

28th  May  1746.  She  witnessed  the  baptism  of  her 
niece,  Cockburn  Elliot,  1st  May  1749.  She  was  m. 
on  3rd  December  1752  to  Robert  Gib,  coachbuilder, 
Edinburgh.  She  was  buried  in  Canongate,  Edin- 
burgh, 6th  February  1781,  aged  58  years. 

16.  Rachael,  served  one  of  the  heirs  portioners  of  her 


350  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

father,  28th  May  1746;  d.  before  14th  September 
1785. 

17.  Charlotte,  bp.  15th  January  1725  at  Bothkennar.     She 

was  served  one  of  the  heirs  portioners  of  her  father, 
28th  May  1746.  She  had  an  annuity  of  £13  payable  by 
her  brother,  Wm.  Dallas,  under  certain  obligations 
granted  by  him  and  mentioned  in  his  settlement 
(Reg.  6th  October  1785,  Mackenzie,  vol.  235). 

18.  Susanna,   bp.    2nd  April   1727   at    Bothkennar,   the 

witnesses  being  John  Callender  of  Westertoun  and 
Joseph  Dollace,  son  to  St.  Martins.  She  must  have 
predeceased  her  father,  as  she  is  not  one  of  those 
served  heir  to  him. 

GEOBGE  DALLAS,  the  eldest  son  and  heir,  was  born  6th 
and  baptized  7th  June  1689,  among  the  witnesses  being 
George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  elder,  and  Mr.  George  Dallas 
'  his  sone.'  Such  particulars  of  his  life  as  have  been  found 
are  derived  principally  from  the  record  of  the  litigation  which 
arose  after  his  father's  death  in  1740.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  but  whether  he  graduated 
is  uncertain.  He  was  bred  to  the  army  and  obtained  a 
commission  in  the  Dutch  service,  but  this  he  must  have 
resigned  to  join  in  the  Rebellion  of  1715,  after  which  it  is 
said  his  father  would  '  never  give  him  a  night's  lodging.' 
From  this  time  he  appears  to  have  lived  in  a  state  of  indigence, 
his  brother  William  declaring  that  he  was  a  prodigal  and 
spendthrift,  vicious  in  his  morals  and  practice,  and  that  he 
had  attempted  his  father's  life.  These  charges  were  made 
on  15th  November  1758,  but  must  have  referred  to  the  time 
immediately  subsequent  to  the  '15,  as  well  as  another  state- 
ment of  the  brother  that  '  he  was  a  Papist,  and  that  he  should 
have  been  hanged.'  After  the  rupture  with  his  father  he 
became  a  '  Schoolmaster  in  the  City  of  Edinburgh,  teaching 
the  Children  of  People  of  low  Circumstances  to  read  English,' 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  351 

and  so  straitened  were  his  means  that  on  21st  October  1720 
he  granted  to  '  Walter,  his  third  Brother  .  .  .  for  a  very 
trifling  Consideration,  a  Conveyance  of  his  Right  to  the  whole 
Stirlingshire  Estate,  to  take  place  upon  their  Father's  death.' 

On  15th  November  1733,  when  his  father  executed  the 
entail  of  North  Newton  in  his  favour,  he  reserved  a  power 
to  alter  and  to  burden  the  estate  with  debt,  and  declares  that, 
'  to  his  great  Grief,  he  was  too  well  convinced  of  his  [George's] 
bad  Management  and  Readiness  to  contract  Debts  ;  therefore 
he  debarrs  him  from  all  Management  of  his  Estate,  without 
the  Consent  of  the  two  nearest  Heirs  of  Entail,  residing  within 
20  Miles  of  it.'  This  entail  was,  however,  practically  annulled 
by  the  conveyance  of  4th  August  1740,  already  cited,  by 
which  George  was  appointed  to  an  annuity  of  £15,  and  his 
son  James,  after  his  father's  death,  to  one  of  £7,  10s.  On  his 
father's  death  the  estate,  in  accordance  with  this  conveyance, 
passed  into  the  hands  of  William  Dallas,  but  the  heir  '  had 
long  before  this  been  totally  neglected  by  his  Father,  and 
reduced  to  the  lowest  Poverty  and  Want,  so  as  to  be  relieved 
and  supported  as  an  Object  of  Charity,'  and  was  therefore 
by  no  means  reluctant  to  ratify  the  various  deeds  which  had 
been  executed  by  his  father  in  favour  of  the  son  William, 
which  he  did  by  a  deed  dated  15th  January  1741,  whereupon 
William  '  instantly  paid  George  the  Sum  of  11.  10s.  as  his 
lialf  Year's  Annuity  from  Martinmas  to  Whitsunday  1741, 
and  bound  himself  to  pay  him  the  like  Annuity  quarterly 
during  his  Life,  and  after  his  Death  to  pay  his  Son  James 
his  Annuity  of  11.  10s.  during  his  Life.' 

Shortly  afterwards  Robert  Paterson,  a  Writer  to  the 
Signet,  and  described  as  a  cousin  of  Elizabeth  Stewart,  the 
wife  of  William's  elder  brother,  Stewart  Dallas,  intervened 
hi  the  affairs  of  the  family,  and  acquired  a  number  of  debts 
•due  by  the  estate,  including  the  widow's  jointure  and  other 
small  sums,  amounting  in  all  to  £1088,  6s.  8d.  sterling :  the 
assignment  of  these  debts  was  ratified  by  George  1st  April 


352  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1742,  when  he  bound  himself  to  pay  the  accumulated  sum 
'  against  to  10th  April,  then  instant,  with  216Z.  13s.  4d. 
Sterling  Penalty,  and  Interest  of  the  said  accumulated  Sum 
after  that  Day.'  On  the  same  day  Paterson  conveyed  his 
rights  with  respect  to  this  assignment  to  William  Dallas,  by 
whom,  on  13th  April  1742,  George  was  charged  to  enter  heir 
in  special  to  his  father,  in  his  lands  and  estate,  and  on  7th  July 
1742  William  obtained  an  adjudication  against  George  of  the 
whole  estate  for  an  accumulated  sum  of  £15,815,  12s.  Scots 
(£1317,  19s.  4d.  sterling),  upon  which  a  Charter  was  granted 
and  William  duly  infeft. 

The  troubles  of  the  heir  did  not  end  here.  He  had  ap- 
parently borrowed  sundry  small  sums  from  time  to  time 
from  one  David  Miln,  who  ultimately  got  from  him  a  note 
for  £20  sterling,  and  then  an  assignment  of  his  annuity,  con- 
ditionally on  his  obliging  himself  to  educate  and  support 
George's  youthful  son.  Miln  conveyed  this  assignment  to 
William,  6th  December  1742,  and  George,  being  now  left 
entirely  without  means,  betook  himself  to  the  West  Indies. 
Of  his  life  there  little  is  known,  but  when,  after  his  death,  an 
inquiry  was  instituted  as  to  his  character  and  capacity, 
Alexander  Wilson  of  Glanderston  deposes — '  That  he  was 
acquainted  with  George  Dallas  in  the  West  Indies  from  1748 
to  1750,  when  he  employed  him  to  teach  his  two  Sons. — That 
he  did  not  take  him  to  be  a  Man  of  much  Understanding  ; 
nor  did  he  think  him  fit  to  transact  any  Business  of  Conse- 
quence ;  and  the  Deponent  would  not  have  trusted  him  with 
any  Business  of  Consequence  of  his  own.'  Those  who  had 
known  him  earlier  in  his  life  do  not  concur  in  this  severe 
condemnation  of  his  judgment,  though  one  of  them  declared 
him  to  have  been  '  a  weak,  rattling,  volatile  man,'  who  '  fre- 
quently told  Stories,  which  the  Deponent  doubted  the  Truth 
of.'  It  is  stated  that  he  '  went  to  America  as  an  articled 
Servant,  where  he  died  in  1752.' 

Of  his  marriage  nothing  definite  is  known.     He  is,  how- 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  353 

ever,  said  to  have  '  buckled  himself  in  a  disgraceful  marriage,' 
and  it  is  further  stated  that  his  widow  married  a  saddler  in 
Glasgow  after  his  death,  and  'bears  a  fair  character.'  He 
appears  to  have  had  but  one  child. 

JAMES  DAT/LAS,  the  son  and  heir,  was  in  1742  entrusted 
by  his  father  to  the  care  and  custody  of  David  Miln,  but 
shortly  afterwards  he  appears  to  have  been  befriended  by  his 
uncle  William,  though  his  friends  assert  that  he  '  kept  him 
in  the  Country  some  Years,  as  a  Servant  Boy,  in  the  lowest 
Station.'  It  is  further  stated  that  James  was  '  rescued ' 
from  the  custody  of  William  by  his  uncles  James  and  Stewart, 
and  when  later  Alexander  Dallas,  a  silk-dyer  hi  Edinburgh, 
intervenes,  he  declares  his  interference  was  not  a  matter  of 
choice,  but  because  in  his  younger  days  he  had  been  obliged 
to  James  Dallas,  uncle  of  the  heir,  when  at  London,  and 
James  Dallas,  when  he  had  rescued  his  nephew  from  William 
Dallas,  in  his  last  moments  exacted  a  promise  from  Alexander 
that  he  would  see  justice  done  to  the  nephew  James. 

From  this  time  Alexander  seems  to  have  cordially  espoused 
the  cause  of  James,  who  on  1st  March  1754  was  served  heir 
of  provision  general  to  his  grandfather,  James  Dallas  of  St. 
Martins.  Upon  this  he  granted  to  Alexander,  '  who  had 
maintained,  educated,  and  supported  him  a  considerable 
Time,  not  only  a  Bond  of  21 7Z.  Sterling,  then  justly  due  to 
him,  but  also  by  Council's  Advice,  a  Trust-Bond  for  3000?. 
Sterling,  whereupon  having  obtained  a  Decree  of  Adjudica- 
tion of  the  whole  Stirlingshire  Estate,'  they  '  brought  their 
first  Action  in  the  Court  of  Session,  for  setting  aside  the 
Entail  made  by  James  Dallas,  in  1733,  as  irrational,  and 
contrary  to,  and  in  prejudice  of,  his  antecedent  Engagements, 
under  his  Marriage  Articles  of  1683.' 

It  would  be  tedious  to  follow  the  course  of  the  prolonged 
legal  proceedings  which  followed.  In  the  result  the  settle- 
ment of  1733  was  annulled  and  that  of  1683  affirmed  by  the 


354  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Court,  and  the  estate  of  North  Newton  passed  from  William 
to  James  and  his  trustee  Alexander  Dallas. 

As  evidence  of  the  maintenance  by  Alexander  of  the 
youthful  heir,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  one  of  the  witnesses 
of  the  baptism  of  a  daughter  of  Alexander,  25th  April  1750, 
is  '  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,'  who  is  described  as  '  living 
in  the  Tron  Church  parish,'  and,  similarly  styled,  he  witnessed 
another  such  baptism  on  13th  November  1754. 

In  the  course  of  the  proceedings  a  compromise  was  entered 
into  whereby,  under  a  minute  of  agreement,  dated  15th  August 
1754,  and  registered  30th  April  1773,  William  Dallas  and  James 
Dallas  referred  the  questions  in  dispute  to  Andrew  Macdonald 
of  Kingseat  and  Andrew  Pringle,  advocate,  as  arbiters. 

On  23rd  February  1767  James  Dallas  had  a  Crown  charter 
of  the  lands  of  Newton,  in  the  parish  of  Bothkennar,  Stirling- 
shire (Gen.  Reg.  Sas.,  Minute-Book,  cccxiv.  fol.  281) ;  and  on 
19th  October  1770  it  is  recorded  in  the  Register  of  St.  Cuth- 
bert's,  Edinburgh,  that  '  Mr.  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins 
and  Martha  Muir,  daughter  of  the  deceased  James  Muir,  late 
baker  in  Colinton,  irregularly  married  formerly,  now  submit 
to  Church  discipline.'  He  died  without  issue  before  23rd 
February  1774,  when  under  a  deed  of  settlement  executed 
by  him  he  was  succeeded  in  the  estate  of  North  Newton  by 
his  friend  and  trustee,  Alexander  Dallas  of  NOBTH  NEWTON. 

The  following  deeds  explain  the  above  transactions  : — '  I 
James  Dallas  only  child  of  deceased  George  Dallas  who  was 
eldest  son  of  the  also  deceased  James  Dallas  of  North  Newton 
and  heir  of  provision  served  and  retoured  to  my  said  Grand- 
father whereas  I  have  been  engaged  in  a  lawsuit  before  the 
Lords  of  Session  to  vindicate  my  right  and  title  to  my  said 
Grandfather's  Estate  which  has  been  possessed  by  William 
Dallas  my  uncle  since  November  1740  the  sole  expense  of 
which  process  has  been  defraid  by  my  worthy  friend  Mr. 
Alexander  Dallas  Silk  Dyer  in  Edinburgh  as  well  as  the 
expense  of  my  maintenance  etc.  for  several  years  past  and 


DALLAS  OF  ST.  MARTINS  355 

that  the  period  of  this  lawsuit  is  uncertain  and  that  my 
nearest  relations  whose  duty  it  was  to  assist  me  have  taken 
side  with  my  uncle  I  think  it  but  just  to  give  this  testimony 
of  gratitude  to  my  benefactor  and  his  family  and  to  neglect 
blood  relations  whose  conduct  has  forfeited  all  claim  to  my 
friendship.  Therefore  I  grant  and  assign  failing  myself  and 
heirs  lawfully  procreated  of  my  body  the  provisions  power 
and  faculty  after  mentioned  to  and  in  favour  of  my  much 
esteemed  friend  Alexander  Dallas,  Silk  Dyer  in  Edinburgh, 
and  in  case  of  his  decease  before  me  to  and  in  favour  of  James 
Dallas  surgeon  his  second  son  and  the  said  James  Dallas  his 
heirs  and  assignees  whatsoever  all  and  whole  the  Lands  of 
Newton  and  others  in  the  parish  of  Bothkennar  and  all  other 
lands  which  do  belong  to  the  said  James  Dallas  my  Grand- 
father and  to  which  I  have  a  right  as  heir  of  provision.  The 
said  Alexander  Dallas  or  failing  him  the  said  James  Dallas 
can  sell  use  or  otherwise  dispone  the  said  lands  at  their  pleasure 
and  to  persecute  and  follow  the  said  process  and  other  process 
of  reduction  of  certain  deeds  procured  by  William  Dallas  from 
my  Grandfather.  If  the  said  Alexander  Dallas  succeeds  to 
my  estate  he  must  promise  to  pay  any  debts  belonging  to  me 
also  all  donations  written  by  my  hand  to  stated  relations  and 
friends.  Also  he  shall  secure  the  free  reversion  of  my  Estate 
in  fee  to  the  said  James  Dallas  his  second  son  which  I  declare 
no  debt  of  him  shall  affect  the  said  James.  Only  he  shall  have 
liberty  to  burden  the  said  free  reversion  of  my  Estate  with 
Bonds  of  provision  in  favor  of  his  daughters  Janet  and  Sarah 
to  the  extent  of  one-third  of  said  free  reversion  in  such 
proportion  as  he  thinks  proper.  If  said  Alexander  Dallas 
predeceases  me  the  said  James  shall  conform  to  those  same 
instructions.  In  case  of  decease  of  either  Janet  or  Sarah 
Dallas  before  the  said  term  of  payment  the  survivor  shall  only 
get  one-sixth  part.  Signed  at  Whitehouse  near  Edinburgh  1 3th 
September  1765.  (Sgd.)  James  Dallas  wits.  Walter  Ferguson 
and  Alexander  Ferguson.'  (Mackenzie,  vol.  209.) 


356  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

The  above  deed  is  followed  by  the  settlement  by  James- 
Dallas,  dated  15th  October  1770,  and  registered  28th  January 
1771,  under  which  he  left  everything  he  possessed,  including 
an  annuity  of  £30  per  annum,  to  Martha  Muir,  his  spouse. 

There  is  evidence  that  not  only  did  George  Dallas  incur  the 
disfavour  of  his  father,  but  also  his  brothers  James  and  Walter 
fell  into  disfavour  with  their  father,  for  in  the  deed  disponing 
his  moveable  estate  to  his  son  William,  he  expressly  states 
that  owing  to  the  mismanagement  of  his  sons  George,  James, 
and  Walter,  he  makes  such  disposition. 


DALLAS  OF  PARKLEY 

GEORGE  DALLAS  or  PARKLEY,  baptized  4th  December  1667 
in  Edinburgh,  was  the  second  surviving  son  of  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins.  He  was  probably  educated  at  the  University 
of  Edinburgh,  as  on  12th  August  1686  he  occurs,  described 
as  Mr.  George  Dallas,  as  the  writer  of  a  charter  hi  favour  of 
his  father  of  the  lands  of  Davidstoun,  Neilstoun,  and  Navitie. 
On  26th  April  1688  he  had  sasine  for  himself  and  as  attorney 
for  Agnes  Riddell,  his  wife,  on  a  charter  of  adjudication  by 
the  Provost,  Bailies,  and  Council  of  Edinburgh  of  certain 
lands  and  tenements  in  South  Leith,  and  also  half  of  an  annual 
rent  of  20  shillings  Scots  furth  of  certain  lands  there  (of 
which  the  boundaries  are  given)  which  were  adjudged  from 
John  Penman,  younger,  merchant  in  Edinburgh,  by  Agnes 
Riddell  and  her  tutrix  on  llth  March  1685  for  a  debt  of 
1250  merks,  the  said  Agnes  Riddell  and  Isobel  Riddell,  her 
mother  and  tutrix,  disponing  them  to  George  Dallas  hi  terms 
of  their  Contract  of  Marriage,  dated  20th  March  1688.  (Great 
Seal,  vol.  72,  No.  69.)  The  charter  is  dated  at  Edinburgh, 
25th  April  1688.  (Reg.  Sas.,  Edin.,  xliv.  fol.  159.)  As  a 
witness  of  the  baptism  of  a  daughter  of  Mr.  William  Dallas 
of  Budgate,  on  30th  January  1690,  he  is  styled  '  of  Glen- 
urquhart,'  but  on  13th  January  1692  he  and  his  spouse, 
Agnes  Riddell,  had  a  Crown  charter  of  the  lands  of  Meikle 
Parcley  disponed  to  them  by  Thomas  Dalzeel  of  Binns  (Reg. 
Mag.  Sig.,  Ixxii.  No.  164),  and  thereafter  he  is  designated 
'  of  Parkley.'  His  charge  over  the  barony  of  Cockburn  in 
this  year  has  already  been  narrated  in  the  account  of  James 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  where  also  some  further  particulars  of 

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358  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

his  dealings  are  recorded.  He  was  admitted  a  burgess  of 
Linlithgow  in  1697. 

In  1703  he  was  elected  to  represent  West  Lothian  hi  the 
Scottish  Parliament,  but  objection  was  taken  to  his  election 
'  that  he  instructed  not  his  right  to  fourty  shilling  Land  of 
old  extent  distinct  from  the  few-duties  nor  to  lands  lyable  in 
publict  burdens  for  four  hundred  pounds  of  valued  rent, 
And  the  answer  being  considered  with  an  Extract  from  the 
valuation  books  of  the  shire  bearing  the  Lands  to  be  valued 
to  four  hundred  and  two  pounds,  The  objection  was  Repelled 
without  a  vote.'  (Act.  Parl  Scot.,  xi.  52,  62.)  On  5th 
August  1704  the  Parliament  having  taken  '  to  their  considera- 
tion the  danger  that  still  threatens  this  Kingdom  by  reason 
of  the  continuance  of  the  present  war,'  proceeded  to  appoint 
persons  for  ordering  and  uplifting  supply,  the  laird  of  Parkley, 
the  Duke  of  Hamilton,  the  laird  of  Newhalls,  and  others 
being  nominated  Commissioners  for  the  shire  of  Linlithgow. 
(Ibid.,  133,  144.) 

He  occurs  as  cautioner  on  his  son's  admission  to  the 
office  of  Notary  Public  on  13th  November  1717,  but  the  date 
of  his  death  has  not  been  ascertained.  His  wife,  Agnes 
Riddell,  was  second  daughter  of  Walter  Riddell  of  Minto 
by  his  second  marriage  with  Isobel  Riddell,  by  whom  he 
had  issue  :— 

1.  Walter,  bp.  5th  February  1692  in  the  Edinburgh  City 

Parish,  the  witnesses  being  Mr.  Robert  Stewart, 
advocate,  Mr.  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  and  George  and 
James  Dallases,  elder  and  younger,  of  St.  Martins. 

2.  George,  his  father's  successor. 

1.  Isobel,  b.  2nd,  bp.  6th  September  1689  in  Edinburgh 
City  Parish.  She  m.  Henry  Antonicus,  late  deacon 
of  the  wrights,  on  15th  July  1733  ;  their  daughter 
Esther  was  b.  llth,  bp.  15th  December  1734  in 
Edinburgh,  the  witnesses  being  George  Dallas,  W.S., 
John  Antonicus,  wright,  and  others.  Their  daughter 


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Margaret  m.  James  Dallas,  writer  in  Tron,  23rd  May 
1763.  (Edin.  Mar.  Beg.) 

2.  Elizabeth,  bp.  16th  November  1690,  in  Edinburgh  City 

Parish. 

3.  Agnes,  m.  23rd  May  1714,  at  Linlithgow,  to  George 

Cuningham  of  Clonbeth.  (See  MILLEB,  Burke' s 
Landed  Gentry,  1836.) 

4.  Janet,  who  was  m.  to  John  Johnston,  glover,  burgess 

of  Edinburgh  ;  marriage  contract  dated  26th  June 
1735,  and  recorded  22nd  December  1743.  (Dal- 
rymple,  154.) 

GEOBGE  DALLAS  OF  PABKLEY,  the  eldest  surviving  son, 
was  born  about  1696,  and  in  1714  was  a  student  of  Marischal 
College,  Aberdeen.  He  compeared  13th  November  1717,  being 
then  a  writer  in  Edinburgh,  aged  twenty-one  years  or  thereby, 
with  presentation  dated  llth  November,  and  after  examina- 
tion was  admitted  a  notary,  George  Dallas  of  Parkley,  his 
father,  being  cautioner  :  his  motto  is  Lux  venit  ab  alto.  Having 
been  apprenticed  to  George  Wilkie,  W.S.,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Society  of  Writers  to  the  Signet,  17th  June  1723.  On 
5th  December  1728  he  married  Susanna  More  24th  December 
1748  (Edin.  Par.  Reg.),  daughter  of  James  Mure  of  Earnshaw, 
who  died  1st  July  1747.  (Ibid.)  He  died  25th  March  1779, 
aged  eighty-two  years  (Ibid.),  having  had  issue  : — 

i.  James,  6.,  according  to  the  Bible  record,  9th  December, 
but  according  to  the  Edinburgh  Parish  Register,  b. 
and  bp.  9th  February  1732.  He  is  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  Catherine  Dallas,  widow  of  William  Reid, 
25th  August  1772,  and  d.  before  his  father,  6th  April 
1776,  his  testament  being  given  up  16th  May  there- 
after. He  m.  Margaret  Antonius,  daughter  of  Henry 
Antonius,  deacon  of  the  wrights,  by  whom  he  had 
issue  : — 

1.  George,  described  as  a  minor  in  the  will  of  his 


360  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

sister  Catherine,  28th  April  1780.  On  10th  June 
1802  he  was  served  heir  general  to  his  mother, 
Margaret  Antonius,  wife  of  James  Dallas,  writer  in 
Edinburgh,  when  he  is  designed  '  merchant  in 
Christiania.'  He  should,  in  ordinary  circumstances, 
have  succeeded  his  grandfather  in  the  lands  of 
Parkley,  but  these  passed  to  his  uncle,  George  Dallas. 
But  little  has  been  discovered  with  reference  to 
George  Dallas  while  resident  in  Christiania,  but  in 
1791  and  in  1793  '  Merchant  Dallas  '  is  found  in  the 
capacity  of  godfather  there,  and  is  believed  to  have 
left  the  town  early  in  the  following  century.  An 
examination  of  the  documents  in  the  Public  Record 
Office  of  Christiania  discloses  certain  facts  with  refer- 
ence to  the  Dallases  there  which  it  is  difficult  to 
reconcile  with  the  Scottish  genealogy.  George  Dallas 
is  described  as  a  Scotchman,  but  as  having  been  a 
German  '  Under  officer '  at  Hamburg.  He  appears 
to  have  been  the  father  of  three  children  : — 

(1)  Michael,  who  m.  Marie  Hammond,  and  had  a 
son  George,  a  merchant  in  Christiania,  and  a  daughter 
Susanne  Baar,  6.  at  Hamburg  in  1778,  m.  25th  June 
1793,  the  Kev.  Vincent  Stoltenberg  Bull,  perpetual 
curate  of  Vang  in  Hedemarken  (&.  1768,  d.  1836), 
and  d.  in  1815,  having  had,  with  other  issue,  James 
Dallas  Bull  and  Georg  Dallas  Bull. 

(2)  Johanne   Marie    Elizabeth,    6.    in    Hamburg 
1st  March  1764,  where  she  was  engaged  as  a  '  dancer  ' 
until  on  19th  May  1782  she  m.  Frederik  Glad,  land- 
owner at  Grefsen  by  Christiania,  by  whom  she  had 
thirteen  children,  one  of  whom  was  Major-General 
Glad.     She  d.  at  Grefsen  5th  November  1837,  and 
with  her  husband  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
Gamle  Aker. 

(3)  A  daughter,  m.  to  Andreas  Lie,  a  teacher  in 


DALLAS  OF  PARKLEY  361 

the  Military  Academy  at  Christiania,  and  from  the 
year  1778  a  sworn  broker  there  ;  she  appears  to 
have  had  a  son  Georg  Dallas  Lie,  b.  in  1800. 

Though  the  name  Susanne  is  significant  of  re- 
lationship with  Susanna  Mure,  the  wife  of  George 
Dallas  of  Parkley,  the  date  of  the  birth  of  Mrs.  Bull, 
if  correct,  makes  it  impossible  that  she  should  have 
been  a  great-granddaughter  of  James  Dallas  and 
Margaret  Antonius. 

2.  James,  mentioned  as  a  minor  in  1780  in  the 
testament  of  his  sister  Catherine,  and  is  mentioned 
as  in  India  hi  the  will  of  his  sister  Isabel,  dated 
19th  March  and  recorded  4th  April  1794. 

3.  Henry,  also  a  minor  in  1780.     He  became  a 
shoemaker  in  Edinburgh,  and  ra.   on  5th  August 
1789  Mary,  daughter  of          Balantyne,  farmer  hi 
Balado,  near  Kinross. 

1.  Catherine,  d.  in  Edinburgh  in  January  1779. 
Her  testament  dative,  which  describes  her  as  daughter 
of  the  deceased  James  Dallas,  writer  in  Edinburgh, 
is  given  up  by  Margaret  Antonius,  '  widow  of  the 
said  defunct '  [referring  evidently  to  the  father],  and 
tutrix  and  testatrix  appointed  by  the  commissariot 
of  Edinburgh  to  George,  James,  Henry,  Isabell,  and 
Susannah  More  Dallas,  pupils  and  minors  ad  hunc 
effectam  to  give  up  inventory,  etc.  They  are  brothers 
and  sisters  german  of  the  deceased  Katherine.  She 
owned  at  her  death  £5  sterling,  being  part  of  the 
sum  of  £52  sterling  bequeathed  to  her  by  the  de- 
ceased Katherine  Dallas,  lawful  daughter  of  the 
deceased  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins,  and  relict  of 
William  Reid,  writer  in  Edinburgh,  residing  hi  Duns, 
conform  to  her  disposition  and  settlement  in  favour 
of  James  Lorain  of  Appleraw  [i.e.  Angleraw],  Esquire, 
her  nephew,  dated  26th  December  1775,  registered 


362  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  the  Sheriff  Court  Books  of  Berwick  18th  January 
1776,  William  Kerr,  landwaiter  in  Leith,  being 
cautioner.  The  testament  was  confirmed  28th  April 
1780. 

2.  Isabel,  under  her  settlement  dated  19th  March 
1794,  left  legacies  to  her  brothers  George  and  James, 
and  sister  Susan,  but  nothing  to  her  other  relatives, 
who  had  neglected  her  in  her  lifetime. 

3.  Susanna  More,  also  a  minor  hi  1779,  and  is 
mentioned  as  in  Christiania  in  her  sister's  will. 

n.  George,  who  succeeded  his  father  in  the  lands  of 
Parkley. 

in.  Gavin,  b.  3rd,  bp.  at  Old  St.  Paul's,  Edinburgh,  5th  June 
1736,  witnesses  being  Jo.  Stewart  of  E.  Binnie,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Stewart,  his  daughter,  and  Mrs.  Reid. 

iv.  John,  twin  with  Gavin,  appears  to  have  died  at  birth. 
(Bible.) 

v.  William,  6.  7th  November  1739.     (Ibid.) 

VL  Charles,  b.  7th  December  1740.     (Ibid.) 

VH.  Walter,  b.  13th  March  1743.     (Ibid.) 

vm.  Henry,  b.  20th  November  1745.     (Ibid.) 

i.  Agnes,  b.  4th  May  1733.     (Ibid.) 

n.  Susanna,  b.  30th  June  1738  (Ibid.),  m.  9th  November 
1766,  Andrew  Lees,  peutherer,  Edinburgh. 

m.  Margaret,  b.  30th  August  1744.     (Ibid.) 

IV.  Janet,  whose  birth  is  not  recorded  in  the  Parkley 
Bible.  The  particulars  of  her  marriage  are,  how- 
ever, disclosed  in  an  action  at  law  in  which  Jean 
Thomson,  spouse  to  George  Dallas,  writer  and  ac- 
comptant  in  Edinburgh  (p.  291),  sues  Hugh  Mackaile, 
writer  in  Edinburgh,  under  singular  circumstances. 
This  Hugh  Mackaile  had  an  only  son  Walter,  who 
was  bred  a  ship-carpenter  at  Borrowstounness,  and 
having  become  pretty  much  master  of  his  profession 
was  desirous  of  finding  a  wife.  Jean  Dallas  under- 


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took  the  office  of  '  marriage-maker,'  as  is  recorded  in 
a  letter  of  Hugh  Mackaile  to  George  Dallas,  dated  at 
Edinburgh,  16th  March  1767,  explaining  that  Mrs. 
Dallas  had  promised,  'at  the  earnest  and  importunate 
desire  of  my  wife,  our  son  Walter  M'Kaile  master 
ship-builder  in  Borrowstounness,  and  myself,  to  find 
out,  give  notice  of,  and  recommend  to  us,  a  virtuous 
young  gentlewoman  ...  for  a  wife  and  meet-help 
to  our  son,'  for  which  service  he  agrees  to  make  a 
payment  of  ten  guineas  on  the  conclusion  of  the 
marriage  contract.  On  8th  May  following  the  name 
of  '  Miss  Dallas  '  was  first  submitted  to  the  Mackailes, 
but  the  father  desired  time  for  consideration,  and  on 
4th  June  the  son  made  overtures  on  his  own  account 
to  a  Miss  G.  His  letter  was,  however,  returned  to 
his  mother  with  a  '  peremptory  refusal,'  and  he 
then,  on  12th  July,  wrote  Mrs.  Dallas  that  he  was 
'  very  well  pleased  '  with  her  suggestion  that  he 
should  marry  '  Mr.  Dallas  of  Parkley's  daughter.' 
A  meeting  between  the  two  was  next  proposed,  the 
suggestion  being  that  they  should  meet  at  the  young 
lady's  home  or  in  a  friend's  house  in  Linlithgow,  but 
to  this  on  24th  August  she  objects  that  '  she  has  no 
person  she  can  make  her  confident  in  this  matter, 
and  that  she  knows  her  father  and  brother  are  per- 
fectly averse  to  the  match.'  However,  on  31st 
August  she  wrote  from  Parkley,  appointing  a  meet- 
ing with  Mackaile  '  on  the  foot-road  that  comes  up 
to  Parkley,  a  little  above  Mrs.  M'Fun's,'  reiterating 
the  statement  that  her  friends  are  opposed  to  the 
match,  and  asserting  that  Walter  '  will  not  get  a 
farthing  with  me,'  signing  '  Janet  Dallas.'  In 
correspondence  of  about  this  date  Mackaile  speaks 
of  Mrs.  George  Dallas  as  the  '  good-sister '  of  his 
prospective  bride,  and  her  husband  is  described  as 


364  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

cousin  of  Mr.  Dallas  of  Parkley,  W.S.  No  further 
let  occurred,  and  in  due  course  appears  a  certificate 
by  George  Dallas  to  the  following  purpose : — 
'  Tuesday  the  27th  October  1767,  in  the  Afternoon 
they  were  lawfully  married  there  [i.e.  in  the  house 
of  George  Dallas]  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  Butter, 
qualified  Episcopal  Minister  in  Edinburgh,  in  presence 
of  Mr.  Silver  of  London,  Student  of  Physic  in 
Edinburgh,  Mr.  Brodie,  son  to,  and  Partner  with, 
Mr.  Brodie,  Merchant-wright  there,  and  myself, 
my  Wife,  and  our  Daughter  Georgina  Dallas  ;  and 
the  Bridegroom  and  Bride  slept  together,  the  said 
27th  and  28th  October,  in  my  House.  G.  D.' 
Shortly  afterwards  they  visited  Parkley,  where  they 
were  received  with  '  the  greatest  cordiality  by  the 
bride's  father,'  but  the  marriage  did  not  turn  out 
happily,  and  in  a  short  time  Walter  Mackaile  became 
bankrupt  and  was  obliged  to  leave  the  country. 
The  elder  Mackaile  refused  to  pay  the  ten  guineas 
promised  to  Mrs.  Dallas,  and  the  claim  was  brought 
before  the  Bailies  of  Edinburgh,  who,  '  in  respect  it 
is  not  denied,  that  the  Marriage  betwixt  the  De- 
fender's Son  and  Janet  Dallas  arose  from  the  Sugges- 
tion and  Recommendation  of  the  Pursuer's  Wife  ; 
and  in  respect  it  is  not  alledged,  but  the  said  Janet 
Dallas  is  a  virtuous  young  Gentlewoman,  of  a  good 
Reputation  and  Character,  .  .  .  found  the  Defender 
liable  for  the  Sums  libelled,  and  decerned.'  The 
case  was,  however,  carried  further,  and  came  finally 
before  the  Lords  of  Session,  who  on  14th  February 
1770  '  Find  that  no  action  lies  on  the  obligation 
lybelled.  The  Court  was  unanimous  in  this  decision 
and  the  ground  upon  wh  they  went  was  that  such 
pactions  are  contra  bonos  mores,  and  if  sustained 
must  open  a  door  to  the  most  pernicious  conse- 


DALLAS  OF  PARKLEY  365 

quences.  The  Circumstances  of  this  case  &  be- 
haviour of  the  parties  here  were  highly  blameable 
and  therefore  the  Court  gave  Expenses.  But  the 
Ratio  decidendi  was  the  general  consideration  of  the 
Bargain  being  pactum  illicitum.'  Nothing  has  been 
found  as  to  the  subsequent  career  of  Walter  Mackaile, 
but  the  Parkley  Bible  records  the  death  of  Janet 
Dallas  on  30th  June  1799 :  this  can  be  no  other 
than  Mrs.  Mackaile. 

GEORGE  DALLAS  OF  PARKLEY,  the  second  son,  succeeded 
his  father  in  the  lands  of  Parkley,  but  no  explanation  has 
come  to  light  of  the  exclusion  of  his  elder  brother  James's 
issue  from  the  succession.  He  was  born  19th  January  1735 
(Bible),  and  was  '  irregularly  married  '  at  Linlithgow,  1st  July 
1783,  to  Helen  Gilchrist.  He  died  26th  August  1802,  leaving 
an  only  child. 

HELEN  DALLAS  or  PARKLEY,  whose  marriage  to  Mr. 
Thomas  Baird,  surgeon,  Linlithgow,  was  proclaimed  at  Lin- 
lithgow 16th  and  celebrated  26th  June  1805,  had  issue,  George 
Dallas,  born  7th  August  1806,  and  James  and  Helen  (twins), 
born  3rd  April  1809  (Bible),  Marion,  baptized  27th  July 
1812,  Susanna,  baptized  26th  August  1815,  and  Janet  Bertram, 
baptized  7th  November  1817,  who  died  at  Linlithgow  a  few 
years  ago,  and  was  the  last  of  her  race. 


DALLAS  OF  DALLAS  CASTLE,  JAMAICA 

ROBERT  DALLAS  OF  DALLAS  CASTLE,  Jamaica,  was  the  eldest 
son  by  the  second  marriage  of  James  Dallas  of  North  Newton, 
eldest  son  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins.  We  deal  with  his 
family  later  on  when  noticing  the  America  families. 


366 


STEWART  DALLAS  OF  CASTLEBARNS 

STEWART  DALLAS  was  the  second  son  of  the  second  marriage  of 
James  Dallas  of  North  Newton,  eldest  son  of  George  Dallas 
of  St.  Martins.  He  was  a  wright  in  Castlebarns,  Edinburgh, 
and  married  Elizabeth,  third  daughter  of  John  Stewart  of 
Binny,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children  :  (1)  William, 
b.  6th,  bp.  7th  November  1745  (St.  Cuthberfs  Par.  Reg.), 
m.  24th  March  1795  (Edin.  Par.  Reg.},  Isobel,  daughter  of 
Peter  Turner,  wright  in  Haddington ;  (2)  Henrietta,  b.  24th 
November  1747,  bp.  10th  January  1748;  (3)  James  Walker, 
6.  at  Ayr,  19th  January  1755,  bp.  27th  January  1755; 
(4)  Joanna,  legatee  of  her  brother  in  1795.  Stewart  Dallas 
appears  to  have  removed  about  1755  to  Ayr,  where  his  son 
James  Walker  was  born.  He  thereafter  returned  to  Edin- 
burgh. 

In  1772  William  Dallas  took  the  opinion  of  Hay  Campbell, 
advocate,  as  to  whether  he  could  reduce  the  proceedings  under 
which  Alexander  Dallas,  silk-dyer,  had  acquired  the  lands  of 
North  Newton.  Counsel  pointed  out  that,  while  he  might 
overcome  the  difficulties  presented,  the  estates  had  been 
so  burdened  that  he  would  gain  no  pecuniary  advantage  by 
adopting  such  proceedings.  His  uncle,  Robert  Dallas  of 
Dallas  Castle,  afterwards  referred  to,  under  his  will,  proved 
20th  December  1769,  left  him  and  his  sister,  Henrietta,  each 
a  legacy  of  £20  for  mournings.  He  is  designated  in  that 
will  as  millwright  hi  Jamaica. 

Under  his  will,  dated  at  Leith  Walk,  3rd  October  1795, 
William  Dallas  left  a  James  Dallas,  Kirkcaldy  (relationship 
not  stated),  a  legacy  of  £100  for  his  upbringing,  as  well  as  his 

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368  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

watch,  dirk,  and  wearing  apparel,  and  appointed  his  trustees 
tutors  to  his  children : — 

1.  William,  b.  3rd  April  1793,  of  the  East  India  Com- 

pany's Navy,  d.  at  Hammersmith  10th  February 
1859,  m.  28th  August  1827,  Louisa,  only  daughter  of 
John  Joseph  Barnes  of  Faversham,  Kent,  by  whom 
he  had : — 

(1)  William,  of  the  Madras  Royal  Horse  Artillery, 
b. 1830,  d.  1853  without  issue. 

(2)  Barnes,  of  Shanghai,  b.  1831,  d.  1896  without 
issue. 

(3)  Charles   Henry,   also   of   Shanghai,    b.    20th 
January   1843,  d.   there    15th  May  1894,  m.   14th 
October    1873,    Emily   Charlotte,   second   daughter 
of   Francis   Payne  Seymour  of  Havant,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  A.  R.  C.  Dallas  of  Wonston,  by 
whom  he  had  : — 

(i)  William  Loraine  Seymour,  6.  18th  September 
at  Yokohama,  ordained  to  St.  Mary  Abbots,  Ken- 
sington, 1908.  He  went  in  1912  to  Edmonton, 
Alberta,  in  connection  with  the  Archbishop's 
Western  Canada  Fund  and  returned  in  1916.  He 
was  appointed  a  chaplain  to  the  forces  and  was 
killed  in  action  in  France  on  27th  September 
1917. 

(ii)  Glendoline  Seymour,  6.  29th  March  1876, 
d.  1891. 

(iii)  Hilda  Mary,  b.  6th  February  1878. 

(iv)  Lilian  Marjorie,  6.  1881,  d.  1883  at  sea. 

(v)  Irene  Margaret,  6.  at  Nether  Broughton,. 
Leicestershire,  12th  April  1883. 

(4)  Louisa,  6.  13th  January  1836,  m.  Henry  Good 
Wright,  M.D.,  Harley  St.,  London. 

(5)  Rachel,  d.  young. 

2.  Henrietta,  6.  December  1791,  d.  8th  March  1857,. 


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m.  Lieut.  Henry  Rymer,  R.N.,  by  whom  she  had 
two  children  : — 

(1)  Henry  William  Rymer,  &.  28th  January  1825, 
d.  24th  December  1836. 

(2)  Henrietta  Loraine  Rymer,  6.  1823,  d.  1903; 
served  heir  general  to  her  mother  in  1891. 

3.  Charles  Stewart  Dallas,  6.  1795,  d.  young. 

Other  persons  of  the  name  Dallas  appear  in  the  Ayr 
parochial  register  a  little  later,  but  we  would  judge  they  were 
not  connected  with  this  family  : — 

Alexander  Dallas  and  Janet  Kenedy,  both  '  late  servants 
with  Sundrum,'  were  proclaimed  on  10th  November 
1770.  They  had  the  following  children  :  (1)  Mar- 
garet, 6.  24th,  bp.  27th  July  1777  ;  (2)  Alexander, 
6.  1778,  d.  10th  November  1784,  of  water  in  the  head  ; 
(3)  Sophia,  6.  April  1780,  d.  10th  June  1781,  of 
smallpox  ;  (4)  Alexander  (?),  b.  19th,  bp.  21st  April 
1782.  Alexander  Dallas  d.  22nd  June  1783,  of  hay 
fever,  aged  33. 

Alexander  Dallas,  a  soldier's  child,  d.  21st  February  1799, 
aged  7  weeks. 

William  Dallas,  coppersmith,  d.  14th  April  1801,  aged 
26f  years. 

There  were  also  the  following  proclamations : — 

1802,  July  10.  John  Crichton,  merchant,  and  Agnes  Dallas. 
1815,  April  22.  Wm.  Lamb,  Dunfermline,  and  Margaret 
Dallas,  Ayr. 


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DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  AND  WALMSGATE 

WILLIAM  DALLAS,  styled  of  North  Newton,  was  the  third  and 
youngest  surviving  son  of  the  second  marriage  of  James 
Dallas  of  St.  Martins.  In  the  suit  Dallas  v.  Dallas  in  1764 
it  is  stated  for  the  appellant  William,  with  reference  to  the 
deeds  executed  by  his  father  in  his  favour  in  July  and  August 
1740  (under  which  he  very  naturally  took  the  landed  estate), 
that  he  '  was  then  an  Apprentice  not  twenty  Years  of  Age,' 
so  that  he  was  born  in  1719  or  early  in  1720.  He  enjoyed 
the  small  property  of  North  Newton  for  some  years  undis- 
turbed, but  in  April  1754  Alexander  Dallas,  silk-dyer  in 
Edinburgh,  took  the  young  heir  of  St.  Martins  under  his 
protection,  and  as  his  trustee  brought  an  action  against 
William  for  the  recovery  of  Bothkennar  lands.  The  pro- 
ceedings were  prolonged  until  the  year  1776,  and  in  the  sequel 
the  case  was  determined  in  favour  of  Alexander  (who  there- 
after became  '  of  North  Newton  '),  and  against  William,  who 
was  a  wright,  in  apparently  affluent  circumstances,  in  Edin- 
burgh, where  he  resided  in  the  Anchor  Close.  On  3rd 
December  1742  he  had  sasine  of  '  parts  of  Bothkennar,'  when 
he  is  described  as  third  son  of  James  Dallas  and  Barbara 
Cockburn  (Sas.  Edin.),  and  on  28th  May  1746  he  was  served 
one  of  the  heirs-portioners  to  his  father,  James  Dallas  of  St. 
Martins.  He  granted  an  annuity  out  of  the  lands  of  Newton 
of  Bothkennar  to  his  spouse,  '  Mrs.  Margaret  How,'  of  which 
she  had  sasine,  8th  June  1749  (Ibid.).  He  married,  first, 
on  16th  August  1747,  '  Mrs.  Margaret  How,  second  daughter 
to  the  deceased  Captain  John  How,  in  General  B[arrell's  ? 
regiment],  of  Botchardgate,  Carlisle '  (Edin.  Par.  Reg.) ;  and 


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DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  371 

secondly,  '  in  the  Fish  Mercat  Closs,'  16th  April  1754, 
Davidona,  daughter  of  George  Haliburton,  '  late '  Provost 
of  Edinburgh  (Reg.  Old  St.  Paul's,  Edin.),  of  the  family  of 
Muirhouseland :  she  was  served  co-heir  of  provision  general 
to  her  sisters  Ann  and  Elizabeth  Haliburton,  3rd  July  1787. 
He  died  at  Edinburgh,  2nd  October  1785.  By  his  first  wife, 
Margaret  How,  he  had  issue  : — 

I.  James,  bp.  at  Old  St.  Paul's,  Edinburgh,  13th  July 
1748  :  '  This  child  (born  in  the  6th  Moneth)  died 
soon  after  his  Baptism.' 

I.  Elizabeth,  bp.  at  Old  St.  Paul's,  23rd  February  1750. 
She  m.  about  29th  November  1782,  when  a  post- 
nuptial marriage  contract  was  entered  into  between 
her  and  David  Sivright,  only  child  of  John  Sivright 
of  Southhouse,  Blyth,  Northumberland,  and  Eliza- 
beth Philp,  his  wife,  and  had  a  daughter  who  died 
unmarried,  and  a  son,  William  Sivright,  Lieut.- 
Colonel,  8th  Bengal  Cavalry,  ancestor  of  the 
Sivrights  of  South  House,  Meggatland,  etc.  (Burke, 
1906.) 

By  his  second  wife,  Davidona  Haliburton,  he  had  issue  : — 
n.  Thomas  (Sir),  G.C.B.,  a  distinguished  cavalry  officer  in 
India.  He  '  entered  the  world  as  a  midshipman  in 
the  Speaker  East-Indiaman,  under  the  patronage  of 
Capt.  Rob.  Scott,  the  uncle  of  Sir  Walter '  (Lett. 
of  Wm.  Dallas,  W.S.,  1849),  but  later  obtained  a 
commission  in  the  1st  Madras  Cavalry,  with  which 
regiment  he  served  for  many  years.  He  was  with 
Sir  Eyre  Coote  during  his  campaign  in  the  Carnatic 
in  1780,  and  is  frequently  mentioned  in  Col.  Mark 
Wilks'  Hist.  Sketches  of  the  S.  of  India  (1817).  One 
extract  from  this  work  may  serve  to  give  a  living 
picture  of  the  gallant  young  cavalry  officer,  then  in 
his  twenty-fifth  year  : — 

'  To  approach  within  speaking  distance  of  the 


372  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

[British]  flanking  parties,  was  known  by  the  enemy 
from  experience  to  be  safe  for  an  individual  horse- 
man ;  as  the  soldiers  were  expressly  prohibited  from 
throwing  away  their  fire  :  the  conversation  always 
assumed  the  character  of  contemptuous  abuse,  of  a 
mode  of  warfare,  which  they  stigmatised  as  unmanly, 
by  excluding  the  exercise  of  individual  prowess  and 
skill ;  and  not  unfrequently  would  terminate  in  a 
general  challenge  to  single  combat.  There  was  in 
Sir  Eyre  Coote's  body-guard,  a  young  cavalry  officer, 
distinguished  for  superior  military  address  ;  on  ordi- 
nary service,  always  foremost,  to  the  very  verge  of 
prudence,  but  never  beyond  it ;  of  physical  strength, 
seldom  equalled  ;  on  foot  a  figure  for  a  sculptor  ; 
when  mounted — 

"  he  grew  unto  his  seat, 

And  to  such  wondrous  doing  brought  his  horse, 
As  he  had  been  incorps'd  and  demi-natur'd 
With  the  brave  beast." 

'  In  common  with  the  rest  of  the  army,  this  officer 
had  smiled  at  the  recital  of  these  absurd  challenges  ; 
but  while  reconnoitring  on  the  flank  of  the  column 
of  march,  one  of  them  was  personally  addressed  to 
himself  by  a  horseman,  who  from  dress  and  appear- 
ance, seemed  to  be  of  some  distinction.  He  accepted 
the  invitation,  and  the  requisite  precautions  were 
mutually  acceded  to  :  they  fought ;  and  he  slew 
his  antagonist.  After  this  incident,  the  challenges 
were  frequently  addressed,  not  as  formerly  to  the 
whole  army,  but  to  Dallas,  whose  name  became 
speedily  known  to  them  :  and  whenever  his  duty 
admitted,  and  his  favorite  horse  was  sufficiently 
fresh,  the  invitations  were  accepted,  until  the 
Mysoreans  became  weary  of  repetition.  With  a 
single  exception,  the  result  was  uniform.  On  that 


DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  373 

one  occasion,  the  combatants,  after  several  rounds, 
feeling  respect  for  each  other,  made  a  significant 
pause,  mutually  saluted,  and  retired '  (loc.  cit.,  ii. 
391-2). 

He  was  with  General  Baird  at  the  storming  of 
Seringapatam  in  May  1799,  and  with  Sir  Arthur 
Wellesley  during  his  brilliant  Mahratta  campaign  in 
1803.  A  history  of  the  1st  Regiment  of  Madras 
Cavalry,  containing  a  succinct  account  of  his  brilliant 
services,  is  said  to  have  been  printed  before  1850, 
but  it  does  not  appear  to  be  in  any  of  our  public 
libraries.  On  15th  February  1800  he  was  gazetted 
to  take  rank  by  brevet  in  His  Majesty's  Army  in  the 
East  Indies  only,  as  Lieut.-Colonel ;  on  1st  April 
1815  he  was  created  K.C.B.  ;  on  17th  June  1825 
he  was  promoted  Lieut.-General  in  the  Army ;  and 
on  1st  August  1833  he  was  created  G.C.B.  He  was 
bp.  4th  January  1758  ;  and  m.  at  Madras  12th  July 
1793,  Mary  (6.  16th  August  1767,  d.  hi  Harley  Street, 
16th  August  1814),  eldest  daughter  of  Cornelius  Elliot 
of  Wolfelee,  co.  Roxburgh,  by  his  wife,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  James  Rannie.  He  d.  at  Bath,  12th 
August  1839,  having  had  issue  : — 

1.  David  Haliburton,  6.  7th  May  1800,  m.  at 
Walcot,  Bath,  26th  March  1825,  Marianne  (she  m. 
secondly,  13th  May  1834,  Thomas  Coltman,  of 
Hagnaby  Priory,  co.  Lincoln,  by  whom  she  had  an 
only  child,  Marion  Catherine  Coltman,  who  succeeded 
to  Hagnaby  Priory),  only  daughter  of  the  'late '  James 
Whiting  Yorke,  of  Walmsgate,  co.  Lincoln  ;  d.  at 
Bath,  19th  February  1829,  aged  28,  leaving  issue  : — 

(1)  Thomas  Yorke,  D.L.  and  J.P.,  co.  Lincoln, 
served  in  the  Crimean  War,  and  retired  from  the 
Army  as  Captain  hi  the  llth  Hussars.  In  accord- 
ance with  the  testamentary  injunctions  of  his 


374  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

maternal  uncle,  James  Whiting  Yorke,  he  adopted 
the  additional  surname  and  arms  of  Yorke  by  royal 
letters  patent  dated  185-,  on  succeeding  to 

the  estate  of  Walmsgate.  He  was  6.  25th  February 
1826,  and  m.  30th  September  1862,  Frances  Perry 
(d.  in  London,  13th  June  1912),  fifth  daughter  of 
William  Graham  of  Burntshields,  co.  Renfrew,  by  his 
second  wife,  Anne  Matilda,  eldest  daughter  of  John 
Lowndes,  of  Arthurlie  (Burke,  1906)  ;  he  had  issue  : — 

(i)  Haliburton  Francis,  &.  27th  November  1875. 

(i)  Winifred  Anne,  m.  llth  June  1889,  William 
John  Arthur  Charles  James  Cavendish-Bentinck, 
6th  Duke  of  Portland,  and  has  issue  :  (1)  William 
Arthur  Henry,  Marquis  of  Titchfield,  of  the  Royal 
Horse  Guards,  6.  16th  March  1893,  m.  14th  August 
1915,  Hon.  Ivy  Gordon  Lennox,  only  child  of  Lord 
Charles  Gordon  Lennox,  second  son  of  6th  Duke  of 
Gordon,  and  has  issue,  Alexandra  Margaret  Anne, 
6.  6th  September  1916 ;  (2)  Francis  Morven  Dallas, 
6.  27th  July  1900 ;  (3)  Robert  John. 

(ii)  Victoria  Alexandrina  Violet,  for  whom  Queen 
Victoria  stood  sponsor  in  person,  6.  27th  July  1890, 
m.  1918  Captain  Michael  John  Erskine  Wemyss, 
Horse  Guards. 

(1)  Georgiana  Mary,  m.  16th  December  1861,  Sir 
Charles  Burton,  of  Pollacton,  co.  Carlow,  who  died 
without  issue,  2nd  October  1902,  when  his  baronetcy 
became  extinct. 

1.  Eleanor,    m.    Maunsell    Bowers,    Major    13th 
Light  Dragoons. 

2.  Harriet,  m.  2nd  April  1816,  Major  (afterwards 
Major-General,  C.B.,  of  Beenham  House,  co.  Berks) 
Dixon. 

3.  Charlotte  Lavinia,  m.  14th   June  1823,  John 
M'Neile,    D.L.,    of   Parkmount,    son   of   Alexander 


DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  375 

M'Neile,   of  Ballycastle,   D.L.   and   J.P.,   and  had 

issue.     (Burke.) 
in.  James,  bp.  at  Old  St.  Paul's,  Edinburgh,  1st  April  1755, 

having  been  born  on  Easter  Day  ;    sponsors,  Lady 

Craigleith  and  Thomas  Haliburton. 
iv.  Peter,  entered  the  service  of  the  Hon.  East  India 

Company  and  became  Lieut.-Colonel  in  the  Army  ; 

bp.  18th  June  1762,  d.  unmarried  at  Seringapatam, 

26th  January  1806. 
v.  William,  admitted  a  Writer  to  the  Signet,  1st  August 

1788,  and  practised  in  Edinburgh  ;  bp.  25th  January 

1759,  m.  llth  February  1797,  Elizabeth,  youngest 

daughter    of    James    Kerr    (deceased),   of    Jamaica 

(d.  26th  July  1838,  aged  72).    He  d.  27th  March  1852, 

aged  86,  having  had  issue  : — 

1.  William  Philip,  '  died  unmarried.' 

1.  Elizabeth  Anne,  6.  21st  December  1797,  bp. 
26th  June  1800  (Edin.  Bap.  Meg.),  m.  llth  November 
1818,  Major-General  Sir  Robert  Nickle,  K.H.,  and 
left  two  sons  (see  pp.  538-552). 

2.  Davidona  Kerr,  d.  1873,  bur.  Littleham,  Ex- 
mouth. 

VI.  John,  Captain  in  the  46th  Regiment,  m.  Anne,  daughter 
and  co-heir  of  Joshua  Warren,  of  Galtrim,  co.  Meath  ; 
d.  at  Martinico  in  January  1795,  having  had  issue  :— 
1.  William,  '  died  young,'  14th  July  1797. 

1.  Frances  Jane. 

2.  Elizabeth  Warren,  m.  6th  October  1829,  as  his 
first  wife,  William  Donovan,  solicitor,  of  Enniscorthy 
(Mar.  Lie.,  p.  235,  Rep.  No.  30,  Dep.  Keeper  Records, 
Ireland).     She  died  14th  January  1834,  leaving  an 
only  son. 

vn.  Charles,  entered  the  service  of  the  Hon.  East  India 
Company,  hi  which  he  spent  many  years,  but  in 
1828  he  was  appointed  Governor  of  St.  Helena,  and 


376  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

on  14th  February  of  that  year  he  received  the  local 
rank  of  Brigadier-General  at  St.  Helena  and  east- 
ward of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  He  was  born 
about  1767  ;  m.  at  Edinburgh,  9th  January  1801, 
Janet,  only  surviving  child  by  his  first  wife,  Bethia, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Dundas  of  Fingask,  of  George 
Haldane  (ne  Cockburn)  of  Gleneagles  ;  d.  at  Exmouth 
'  in  his  88th  year,'  26th  April  1855.  He  had  issue  :- 

1.  Thomas,  '  died  unmarried.' 

2.  Charles,  '  died  s.p.' 

3.  Henry  John,  '  died  unmarried,  1827.' 

4.  Edward  Herbert,  of  the  Hon.  East  India  Com- 
pany's Civil  Service,  d.  at  Exmouth,  aged  33  years, 
16th  December  1844. 

1.  Janet  Bethia,  m.  at  St.  Helena,  15th  July  1835, 
William  Stuart  Alexander,  of  Ballyarton,  co.  London- 
derry, sixth  son  of  the  Eight  Rev.  Nathaniel  Alex- 
ander, D.D.,  Bishop  of  Meath  ;  d.  13th  October  1876. 

2.  Davidona  Eleanor,  m.  Francis  Harding,  after- 
wards Admiral,  R.N.,  fifth  son  of  William  Harding 
of  Baraset  (Burke),  and  had  issue. 

3.  Caroline  Ann,  m.  at  Littleham,  near  Exmouth, 
10th  September  1840,  William  Kane,  M.D.,  fifth  son  of 
Lieut.-Colonel  Nathaniel  Kane,  4th  Foot,  of  Harold's 
Cross,  co.  Dublin  (Burke) ;  d.  without  issue  in  1862. 

H.  Henrietta,  'died  unmarried.'  Described  as  eldest 
daughter  in  discharge  dated  18th  and  recorded 
19th  October  1791.  (Mackenzie,  vol.  252.) 

m.  Margaret,  bp.  8th  April  1760,  m.  at  Edinburgh,  14th 
June  1791,  as  his  second  wife,  Sir  James  Foulis  of 
Colinton,  6th  Baronet ;  d.  without  issue.  In  a  dis- 
charge dated  14th  June  1791  to  her  father's  trustees 
she  is  described  as  youngest  daughter  in  life. 
(Mackenzie,  vol.  249.) 

iv.  Davidona,  bp.  28th  June  1761. 


DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  377 

It  is  of  interest  to  record  Sir  Walter  Scott's  connection 
with  this  family,  as  preserved  in  the  following  letters,  par- 
ticularly so  as  Mr.  Dallas- Yorke,  father  of  the  Duchess  of 
Portland,  is  now  in  his  ninety-fifth  year. 

Letter  from  William  Dallas,    W.S.,  Edinburgh,   to  his  great- 
niece,  Georgina,  Lady  Burton. 

MY  DEAR  G'A. — I  am  happy  to  find  the  box  has  reached 
you  safely.  There  is  no  charge  of  any  kind  attending  it ;  if  I 
could  have  paid  here  the  carriage  to  Frisby  I  would  not  have 
left  it  undone.  No  more  about  that.  In  regard  to  the 
Haliburton  arms,  it  is  assuredly  proper  to  quarter  them  with 
the  Dallas's.  I  have  not  an  impression  of  these  arms  to  send 
you,  but  I  hope  you  will  be  able  to  make  them  out  from  the 
history  of  the  family.  I  beg  you  will  accept  of  that  history. 
That  tree  was  made  out  by  Sir  Walter  Scott ;  his  reasons  for 
taking  that  trouble  was  to  connect  the  family  of  Scott  of 
Raeburn  (of  which  he  is  a  cadet)  with  a  family  of  such  re- 
spectability as  the  Haliburtons,  and  for  the  similar  reason  he 
put  up  the  arms  of  the  Dallas  family  in  the  New  Hall  described 
in  his  letter  to  me,  of  which,  as  a  matter  of  some  curiosity,  I 
send  you  a  copy.  There  is  not  the  smallest  difficulty  about 
the  quartering  of  the  arms  of  the  two  families ;  indeed,  as  Tom 
is  now  the  chief  of  the  Dallas  tribe,  it  is  proper  that  he  should 
quarter  these  arms. 

Sir  Walter  Scott's  connection  with  our  family  was  very 
distant ;  you  will  trace  to  the  marriage  of  Scott  of  Raeburn 
with  a  daughter  of  the  Haliburton  family  for  the  connexion. 
The  families  at  one  time  were  very  intimate.  Sir  Thomas, 
your  grandfather,  entered  the  world  as  a  midshipman  in  the 
Speaker  East  Indiaman  under  the  patronage  of  Captain 
Robert  Scott,  the  uncle  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  who  commanded 
that  vessel ;  he  was  one  of  the  best  of  men  and  was  warmly 
attached  to  Sir  Thomas. 

The   jewel  you  mention  I  know  well.     It  was  given  by 


378  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

James  Dallas,  who  was  my  grandfather,  to  E.  Riddell,  who  was 
his  first  wife,  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  who  all  died 
in  early  life.  Barbara  Cockburn  was  the  second  wife,  by 
whom  he  had  a  family  of  25,  of  whom  19  were  females. 

Wm.  Dallas,  who  married  Davidona  Haliburton,  was  the 
grandson  of  George  Dallas  of  St.  Martins.  I  should  have 
stated  William  to  have  been  the  son  of  James  Dallas  of  St. 
Martins.  I  hope  I  have  cleared  up  any  difficulties  you  may 
have  had ;  if  not,  take  up  your  pen  on  perusing  this  and  let 
me  know  how  I  can  assist  you.  I  am  quite  delighted  to  have 
you  as  a  correspondent.  My  memory  is  not  much  the  worse 
of  the  wear,  and  it  will  be  at  all  times  at  your  service,  and  I 
do  not  find  it  any  trouble  to  commit  myself  on  paper. 

I  am  glad  that  Tom  is  going  to  Paris ;  it  is  highly  proper 
for  a  young  man  to  be  on  the  spot  when  matters  of  such  im- 
portance are  on  the  tapis.  As  it  seems  evident  to  me  that 
we  shall  see  another  revolution  before  long  in  that  unfortunate 
country,  he  should  be  ready  to  start  off  at  the  shortest  notice, 
that  he  may  keep  out  of  mischief  with  which  he  has  no  earthly 
connexion. 

We  are  here  in  the  midst  of  frost  but  no  snow  ;  that,  I  have 
no  doubt,  we  shall  have  in  plenty.  We  seldom  fail  in  that 
luxury. 

Dona  and  my  granddaughter  join  me  in  best  wishes  for 
yourself,  your  dear  mother  and  brother,  with  whom  I  trust 
I  shall  be  better  acquainted.  This  is  rather  presuming  at 
my  time  of  life,  but  I  really  feel  as  if  I  shall  shake  hands  again 
with  both  you  and  him.  God  bless  my  dear  G'a. — Ever  your 
affectionate  uncle  and  friend, 

WM.  DALLAS. 


ABBOTSFOBD,  29th  April  1824. 

MY  DEAR  SIR, — Will  you  excuse  my  intruding  on  you  a 
rather  hobbyhorsical  request  ?    I  am  finishing   a   new  old 


DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON  379 

entrance  hall  hung  about  with  armour  and  knicknacks,  and 
I  wish  to  place  on  some  of  the  old  oak  pannelling  the  armorial 
bearings  of  what  was  formerly  called  Kith,  Kin,  and  Ally. 

Among  other  creditable  families,  we  have  always  called 
each  other  cousins,  in  virtue  of  which  claim  I  beg  you  will 
have  the  kindness  to  indulge  me  with  a  description  or  draw- 
ing— it  matters  not  which — of  the  arms  which  [blank}  or  an 
impression  of  a  seal,  which  will  do  as  well,  and  I  hope  you  will 
have  no  objection  to  my  making  the  proposed  use  of  them 
with  those  of  the  Keiths,  Swintons,  Halliburtons,  and  other 
reputable  folk.  Excuse  the  trouble  I  give  you  on  such  a 
trifling  matter. — Yours,  etc. 

WALTEB  SCOTT. 
To  WILLIAM  DALLAS,  Esq.,  W.S. 

Note  by  Mr.  Dallas- Yorke 

Sir  Walter  Scott's  grandmother  was  Barbara  Haliburton, 
third  daughter  of  Thomas  Haliburton  of  Newmains. 

My  grandmother  was  Davidona  Haliburton,  daughter  of 
George  Haliburton,  Lord  Provost  of  Edinburgh,  grandson  of 
John  Haliburton  of  Muirhouselaw.  There  was  thus  a  distant 
connection  with  Sir  Walter  Scott  through  the  Haliburtons. 

T.  D.-Y. 


THE  LATER  DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON 

GEORGE  DALLAS  beforementioned  (p.  246),  son  of  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Galcantray,  is  stated  by  Mr.  Dallas,  the  author  of 
this  work,  to  have  been  '  in  all  probability '  the  ancestor  of 
Alexander  Dallas  of  North  Newton,  but  the  editor,  while 
agreeing  with  him  that  there  was  a  family  connection,  adopts 
the  view  that  his  father,  Alexander  Dallas,  cordiner  burgess 
of  Edinburgh,  was  a  brother  of  George  Dallas,  and  was 
probably  an  infant  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  his  father, 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcantray. 

Alexander  Dallas,  cordiner  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  married 
(1)  7th  August  1684,  Agnes  Pollok,  daughter  of  Robert 
Pollok,  cordiner,  Edinburgh  ;  (2)  Margaret  Ramsay,  servitrix 
to  Doctor  Smailholm.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  the  following 
children : — 

1.  Margaret,  bp.  17th  October  1684;  wits.  Robert  Pollok, 

cordiner,  Alexander  Orem,  shoemaker. 

2.  George,  bp.  2nd  May  1686 ;  wits.  George  Dollas  of  St. 

Martins,  W.S.,  and  Alexander  Orem,  cordiner. 

3.  Marion,    bp.    29th   November   1687 ;    wits.   Alexander 

Oram,  Robert  Pollock,  James  Flint,  and  Thomas 
Galloway. 

4.  James,  bp.  25th  February  1690  ;  wits.  Mr.  James  Dallas 

of  St.  Martins  and  Thomas  Galloway,  shoemaker. 

5.  Catherine,   bp.    5th   February  1693 ;   wits.  Alexander 

Orum,  Patrick  Hunter,  Robert  Crinzien,  and  Nicoll 
Livingston,  cordiners,  and  Henrie  Bard,  weaver. 

6.  Marmaduke,  bp.  17th  May  1696 ;  wits.  Alexander  Oram, 

cordiner,  Marmaduke  Dallas,  litster. 

380 


THE  LATER  DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON    381 

7.  Thomas,  bp.  21st  April  1700;  wits.  Thomas  Gibson, 
deacon  cordiner,  Alexander  Oram,  cordiner,  Thomas 
Lowrie,  cordiner,  and  Peter  Williamson,  cordiner. 

By  his  second  marriage  he  had: — 

1.  Sarah,  bp.  3rd  July  1706;  wits.  Dr.  John  Smellholm, 

William  Smith,  cordiner,  and  Alexander  Hamilton, 
brewer  burgess. 

2.  Margaret,  bp.  5th  October  1707;  wits.  John  Waddell 

and  Alexander  Oram,  cordiner  burgesses,  and  Alex- 
ander Hamilton,  burgess. 

3.  Alexander,  bp.  24th  April  1709  ;  wits.  Alexander  Hamil- 

ton, brewer,  John  Waddell  and  Alexander  Orum, 
cordiners. 

4.  James,  bp.  31st  July  1711 ;  wits.  Alexander  Brown  and 

David  Crockett,  cordiners. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  trace  what  became  of  his  family, 
who  seem  to  have  got  scattered,  except  Marmaduke,  and 
Alexander  Dallas,  the  elder  son  of  his  second  marriage,  who 
was  a  silk-dyer  in  Edinburgh.  He  married  (1)  Helen  Borth- 
wick,  daughter  of  John  Borthwick,  weaver  in  Inverleith, 
2nd  November  1729 ;  (2)  Mary  Lockhart,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Lockhart,  merchant,  Edinburgh,  31st  December  1738  ; 
and  (3)  Christian  Esplin,  daughter  of  James  Esplin,  tanner 
in  Portsburgh,  23rd  January  1763.  He  died  19th  May  1797, 
aged  89.  He  was  a  well-known  citizen  of  Edinburgh.  His 
premises  were  in  Niddry  Street.  Under  his  settlement,  dated 
7th  March  1793,  he  disinherited  his  eldest  surviving  son, 
Thomas  Dallas,  writer,  Linlithgow,  on  account  of  his  conduct, 
and  left  the  lands  of  North  Newton  to  his  only  surviving 
son,  John  Dallas,  aftermentioned.  He  had  the  following 
children : — 

1.  William,  bp.  27th  June  1740. 

2.  Alexander,  bp.  23rd  February  1742,  designated  eldest 

son  in  1775,  m.  Margaret  Dallas  of  New  York. 

3.  Mary,  bp.  17th  January  1745. 


382  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

4.  James,  bp.  5th  March  1746,  a  surgeon  in  Florida  and 

Jamaica,  who  died  without  issue,  10th  May  1780. 

5.  Janet,  bp.  24th  June  1747. 

6.  Thomas,   bp.   28th  December   1748.     He  was  first  a 

messenger-at-arms  at  Musselburgh,  and  afterwards 
a  writer  in  Linlithgow;  m.  Henrietta  Williamson, 
only  surviving  daughter  of  William  Williamson, 
macer  in  the  Court  of  Session,  by  whom  he  had  the 
following  children : — 

(1)  James,  bp.  20th  November  1795. 

(2)  Mary  Lockhart,  bp.  7th  February  1787. 

(3)  Elizabeth,  bp.  16th  July  1789. 

(4)  Christian,  bp.  1st  July  1792. 

(5)  Henrietta  Duncan,  bp.  llth  May  1795. 

On  19th  April  1793  Thomas  Dallas  is  described 
as  eldest  surviving  son  of  his  father,  and  accepts  a 
bond  of  annuity  from  his  brother  aftermentioned, 
as  in  full  of  his  claim  on  the  lands  of  North  Newton. 

7.  Sarah,  bp.  25th  April  1750;  m.  (1)  3rd  November  1771, 

John  Tennent,  printer,  Edinburgh,  and  probably 
(2)  Rev.  John  Aikman,  as  his  relict,  Sarah  Dallas, 
died  at  4  Wharton  Place,  Edinburgh,  on  24th  May 
1837,  aged  88.  (Calton  Burial  Reg.) 

8.  Mary,  bp.  25th  April  1752. 

9.  Elizabeth,  bp.  7th  December  1753;  m.   Rev.   Robert 

Shirra,  Kirkcaldy. 

10.  John,  bp.  13th  November  1754 ;  m.  5th  January  1793. 

May  Marshall,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Alexander  Dallas  was,  like  his  father,  a  silk-dyer,  and  had 
the  following  children  : — 

1.  Alexander  Esplin,  b.  28th  January  1773. 

2.  Alexander,  bp.  23rd  June  1775. 

3.  Mary,  designated  only  child  in  her  grandfather's  will, 

dated  1st  July  1794,  who  married  Andrew  Lothian, 
Dublin. 


THE  LATEK  DALLAS  OF  NORTH  NEWTON    383 

John  Dallas,  the  tenth  and  youngest  child,  succeeded 
under  his  father's  settlement  to  the  lands  of  North  Newton. 
He  had  by  his  wife,  May  Marshall,  the  following  children : — 

1.  Alexander  Dallas  of  North  Newton,  b.  15th,  bp,  23rd 

December  1793,  proc.  20th  July  1822  (Bothkennar 
Par.  Reg.).  He  m.  Janet  Russell  Smith,  grand- 
daughter of  Robert  Walker  of  Weedings,  to  whom 
she  was  served  co-heir  of  provision  on  2nd  February 
1827. 

2.  Marion,  6.  4th  December  1795,  bp.  21st  January  1796. 

3.  John,  b.  8th  July,  bp.  llth  August  1797.     He  was  a 

master  in  R.N.  and  was  served  heir  to  Thomas 
Marshall  of  Boxton,  Bowtrees,  etc.,  on  17th  June 
1852. 

John  Dallas  had  also  a  natural  son,  James,  by  Mary 
Morrison,  b.  5th  January  and  bp.  10th  March  1793. 

John  Marshall  Mowbray,  W.S.,  Edinburgh,  was  served 
heir  of  tailzie  and  provision  special,  5th  March  1858,  to  John 
Dallas,  who  died  17th  January  1857,  in  part  of  Ballenbreich 
Lochs,  New  Miln,  etc.,  Stirlingshire  (Service  of  Heirs),  so  that 
this  family  seems  to  have  become  extinct  in  the  male  Line 
unless  James,  son  of  Thomas,  left  issue  which  we  have  been 
unable  to  trace. 

Regarding  Marmaduke  Dallas,  third  son  and  sixth  child 
of  Alexander  Dallas,  cordiner  burgess,  we  think  he  was  the 
same  person  as  Marmaduke  Dallas,  M.A.,  who  was  educated 
as  a  Dissenter  and  went  to  Ireland  and  became  an  Episcopalian 
schoolmaster  and  clergyman.  He  married  Catherine  Travers 
in  1741.  (Marriage  Licence  Bonds,  Diocese  of  Cork  and  Ross, 
County  Cork.)  He  became  deacon,  21st  December  1740,  priest, 
28th  February  1741,  licensed  as  schoolmaster  at  Charleville, 
22nd  December  1741.  On  13th  January  1745  he  was  licensed 
as  curate  of  Garrycloyne,  Cloyne.  A  child  of  his  was  buried 
at  St.  Mary  Shandon,  Cork,  on  13th  August  1748. 

He  created  considerable  stir  in  Cork  about  1749  by  carry- 


384  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

ing  through  a  clandestine  marriage.  He  was  silenced  by 
Jemmett,  Bishop  of  Cork,  for  two  years,  voided  of  his  school 
at  Charleville,  and  inhibited  in  his  half-quarter  curacies.  A 
number  of  pamphlets  relating  to  his  case  are  to  be  found  in 
Trinity  College  Library,  Dublin.  His  chief  fault  seems  to 
have  been  marrying,  in  a  private  house,  on  6th  April  1748, 
Philip  Oliver  and  Miss  Lucy  Grey.  He  is  said  to  have  had 
a  large  family,  but  we  have  not  succeeded  in  tracing  any  of 
his  descendants. 


DALLAS  OF  RIDDOCHHILL 

ALEXANDER  DALLAS,  tenant  in  Barrivan,  afterwards  in  Easter 
Juan  and  Standalane,  Cawdor  parish,  married  Sophia  Mackin- 
tosh, Auldearne,  on  1st  August  1747.  He  died  in  1788.  She 
died  hi  1804.  They  had  the  following  children  : — 

1.  Sophia,  6.  20th  October  1748. 

2.  Isobel,  6.  5th  July  1750. 

3.  Alexander,  b.  3rd  March  1752. 

4.  Duncan,  6.  30th  October  1755,  m.  Jean  Falconer,  of 

whom  hereafter. 

5.  Sophia,  6.  17th  March  1757. 

6.  William,  6.  7th  July  1760. 

7.  John,  6.  27th  February  1762. 

8.  Hendret,  6.  27th  March  1765. 

9.  Alexander,    6.    27th   November   1770.     He   became   a 

W.S.  in  Edinburgh,  and  owner  of  the  estate  of 
Riddochhill,  Linlithgowshire ;  m.  (1)  Ann  Forbes, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Forbes.  She  d.  25th  January 
1831,  aged  57 ;  (2)  Catherine  Johnston,  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Honey  man  of  Armadale,  d.  14th  May 
1881.  He  d.  4th  February  1834.  He  had  the  fol- 
lowing children : — 

(1)  Alexander  Duncan,   6.    1798,   d.   22nd  June 
1820. 

(2)  Sophia,  6.  1804,  d.  25th  May  1828. 

(3)  William,  6.  25th  December  1805,  a  W.S.,  of 
whom  hereafter. 

(4)  Elizabeth  Sutherland  Dallas,  m.  (1)  Colonel 
Simpson  of  Plean,  (2)  John  Borthwick  of  Crookston. 

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386  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

(5)  Ann,  b.  26th  June  1807,  m.  James  J.  Baird, 
W.S.,  and  died  without  issue. 

(6)  Kobert,  6.  17th  October  1818,  d.  12th  August 
1821.     (See  tombstone,  St.  Cuthbert's.) 

William  DaUas,  W.S.,  was  admitted  21st  December  1832, 
married,  (1)  30th  June  1832,  Mary  Anne,  daughter  of  John 
Thomson  of  Northfield;  (2)  28th  October  1845,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  late  Peter  M'Ewen.  He  died  without  issue, 
24th  February  1851.  He  was  served  heir  to  his  father  on 
14th  December  1835. 

Duncan  Dallas,  farmer,  Standalane,  married  Jean  Falconer, 
by  whom  he  had  : — 

1.  Alexander,  6.  27th  April  1784. 

2.  Alexander,  b.  5th  July  1785. 

3.  Janet,  &.   5th  June  1790,  m.   14th  July  1809,  Peter 

M'Intyre  in  Balnarite. 

4.  Hugh,  6.  10th  May  1792. 

5.  John,  6.  10th  February  1794. 

6.  Sophia,  6.  29th  April  1795. 

7.  Margaret,  b.  13th  May  1796. 

8.  Duncan,  6.  3rd  January  1800. 

9.  Hugh,  b.  6th  March  1803. 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY 

THE  lands  of  Galcantray  adjoined  Cantray,  and  lay  chiefly  on 
the  banks  of  the  river  Nairn.  They  were  held  in  property  at 
various  times  by  either  the  Lairds  of  Cantray  or  Budgate, 
or  members  of  their  families,  and  were  usually  occupied  by 
them  or  their  dependants.  It  may  therefore  be  assumed  that 
any  Dallas  found  there  was  in  some  way  related  to  the  pro- 
prietor. The  lands  were  divided  into  two  portions,  Nether  or 
Easter  Galcantray,  and  Over  or  Wester  Galcantray,  situated 
about  half  a  mile  apart.  Over  or  Wester  Galcantray  lay 
higher  up  the  Nairn,  and  nearer  to  Cantray. 

On  7th  June  1627  we  find  Henry  Dallas  in  Galcantray 
witness  to  a  deed.  He  was  possibly  a  son  of  Alexander  Dallas 
and  Marjorie  Dallas  of  Cantray,  or  their  tenant  who  harried 
the  lands  of  Meikle  Pennyk  in  1601,  with  Hutcheon  Dallas, 
and  three  hundred  others  (Reg.  Priv.  Counc.  Scot.,  vol.  viii. 
pp.  75-78). 

John  Dallas,  third  son  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray 
and  Christian  Dunbar,  referred  to  on  p.  164,  was  in  occu- 
pation at  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  century. 

He  was  probably  born  about  1650,  and  is  first  mentioned  in 
the  records  in  his  father's  bond  of  provision  in  favour  of  his 
younger  children,  dated  Meikle  Geddes,  7th  November  1671, 
whereby  his  father  provided  3000  merks,  to  be  apportioned 
among  them  :  1000  merks  to  his  elder  brother  Hugh,  school- 
master in  Bellafries,  ancestor  of  the  Dallases  of  Petsal,  1000 
merks  to  him  (John),  and  1000  merks  to  his  three  daughters, 
Christian,  Elspat,  and  Marjory,  equally  among  them.  In 
this  bond  the  sons  are  described  as  '  boys,'  possibly  indicating 


S87 


388  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

that  they  were  then  minors.  John  Dallas  was  on  5th  March 
1697  cautioner  for  his  brother-german  [full  brother]  Hugh 
Dallas  in  a  bond,  subscribed  at  Bellfreish,  and  on  18th  July 
1708,  he  appears  as  witness  to  the  baptism  at  Petty  of  Bessie, 
daughter  of  George  Dallas  in  Bailmacree.  On  30th  January 
1710  he  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  marriage  contract 
between  his  sister  Christian,  eldest  daughter  of  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Cantray,  and  John  Maclean  of  Dochgarroch ;  and 
on  3rd  October  1713  at  Cantray  he  witnessed  a  discharge 
granted  by  his  grand-nephew  John  Dallas  to  his  brother 
William  Dallas  of  Cantray.  He  died  in  May  1719.  The 
lands  were  then  held  in  property  by  Alexander  Dallas  of  Gal- 
cantray,  eldest  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate. 

It  would  seem  that  at  this  time  he  was  a  tenant  in  Gal- 
cantray  in  conjunction  with  a  James  Dallas.  They  may  have 
occupied  Easter  and  Wester  Galcantray  separately  or  jointly. 
They  are  witnesses  to  a  sasine  in  favour  of  William  Dallas  of 
Budgate,  W.S.,  on  a  disposition  in  his  favour  by  his  father, 
Hugh  Dallas,  dated  22nd  September  1684.  John  and  James 
Dallas  were  tenants  with  others  of  these  lands  at  5th  May  1714. 
They  pay  customs  (rent)  £19,  14s.  in  1719  to  Henrietta  Cock- 
burn,  widow  of  the  above  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  W.S. 

James  is  elected  an  elder  of  Croy  on  22nd  December  1719 
(Sess.  Records),  but  John  died  in  May  of  that  year.  His 
widow,  Bessie  Dallas,  younger  daughter  of  James  Dallas  of 
Kirkmichael,  was  decerned  his  executrix  dative,  and  con- 
firmed on  25th  July  1722.  The  cautioner  was  Lachlan 
Dallas,  peutherer  in  Inverness,  his  eldest  son.  In  his  in- 
ventory there  is  given  up  a  debt  of  2000  merks  due  by  a  John 
Dallas.  This  John  Dallas  is  always  designated  as  '  son  to 
Bessie  Dallas  in  Galcantray,'  which  is  a  peculiar  and  unusual 
way  of  designating  a  person.  It  may  either  be  inferred  that 
he  was  a  son  of  Bessie  Dallas  by  a  former  marriage,  or  that  he 
was  so  described  to  distinguish  him  from  some  other  John 
Dallas.  In  any  case,  he  was  not  a  son  of  John  Dallas  in  Gal- 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  389 

cantray,  and  he  was  older  than  Lachlan,  the  eldest  son,  still 
pointing  to  an  earlier  marriage  of  his  mother.  Peter  Dallas, 
the  second  son  of  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray,  became  tacks- 
man  of  Wester  Galcantray,  but  not  until  17th  June  1743. 
We  have  also  traced  two  daughters  of  John  Dallas :  (1) 
Christian,  the  eldest,  who  married  John  Burgess  in  Auchna- 
gall  of  Strathspey,  and  who  had  an  only  daughter,  Bessie,  in 
whose  favour  Lachlan  Dallas  granted  a  bond  for  300  merks  on 
6th  December  1733  (Mackenzie,  173),  and  (2)  Henrietta,  who 
is  mentioned  in  the  settlement  of  Peter  Dallas,  afterwards 
referred  to,  and  who  probably  married  John  Rose  in  old  town 
of  Kilravock,  to  whom  she  had  a  daughter  Ann,  b.  and  bp. 
20th  November  1749.  (Croy  Par.  Reg.) 

James  Dallas  appears  as  a  witness  to  the  sasine  in  favour 
of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  on  5th  December  1723,  and 
again  to  another  in  his  favour,  dated  5th  July  1724.  He  is 
witness  to  a  disposition  by  William  Dallas  in  favour  of  his 
spouse  Isabella  Dallas,  in  terms  of  their  marriage  contract, 
dated  12th  September  1724,  and  to  the  sasine  of  the  same 
date  following  thereon,  to  both  of  which  John  Dallas,  son  to 
Bessie  Dallas,  is  a  witness.  This  may  indicate  that  these  two 
were  among  the  nearest  relatives,  and  were  therefore  selected 
as  witnesses  to  these  important  family  deeds. 

John  Dallas,  the  son  of  Peter  Dallas,  the  second  son  of 
John  Dallas  in  Galcantray,  was  bp.  20th  February  1740.  He 
predeceased  his  father  and  mother,  Lilias  Dallas,  for  Lachlan 
Dallas  was  appointed  tutor  dative  to  the  only  surviving  child, 
Isobel,  as  after  stated. 

The  conclusion  we  arrive  at  is  that  John  and  James  in 
Galcantray  were  not  brothers,  and  that  when  John  dies  in 
1719  his  place  as  a  witness  in  family  deeds  is  taken  by  John 
Dallas,  son  to  '  Bessie  Dallas,'  and  that  the  continued  intro- 
duction of  these  persons  as  witnesses  to  Cantray  family  deeds 
would  indicate  that  they  belonged  to  that  family,  or  were  at 
least  closely  linked  up  with  them  in  their  transactions. 


390  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

John  Dallas,  oig  (younger)  in  Galcantray,  obtained  a  bond 
for  200  merks  from  Angus  Macdonald,  brother-german  to 
John  Macdonald  of  Abercalader  in  Abertari e,  dated  Culduthil, 
3rd  June  1713,  registered  in  Inverness,  15th  May  1719.  It 
might  be  that  he  was  the  same  person  as  John  Dallas  in  Gal- 
cantray, seeing  the  deed  is  not  recorded  till  about  the  time 
of  the  death  of  the  latter,  otherwise  it  might  infer  the  presence 
of  another  John  Dallas. 

Bessie  Dallas  is  recorded  as  being  still  in  Galcantray  as 
late  as  6th  November  1725  (Inverness  8.  C.  Deeds)  (see  p.  279). 
We  question  if  she  was  there  as  holding  under  a  tack  in 
favour  of  her  late  husband,  as  tacks  are  held  to  be  heritable 
in  Scotland  and  pass  to  the  heir-at-law.  We  observe  that  it 
was  not  until  17th  June  1743  that  Peter  obtains  a  tack  from 
James  Dallas  of  Cantray  of  the  lands  of  Over  or  Wester  Gal- 
cantray in  favour  of  himself,  so  that  there  is  a  hiatus  in  the 
tenancy  of  the  lands  of  some  nineteen  years  or  thereby.  Tacks 
are  usually  for  nineteen  years,  so  that  it  might  be  assumed 
that  there  were  tenants  during  the  pupillarity  and  minority 
of  Peter  Dallas.  The  bond  in  favour  of  Bessie  Burgess  by 
Lachlan  Dallas,  to  which  Peter  is  a  witness,  has  again  the 
continued  expression,  '  John  Dallas,  son  to  Bessie  Dallas  in 
Galcantray,'  still  indicating  that  he  was  not  a  full  brother  or 
'  brother-german '  of  Lachlan  and  Peter,  and  that  possibly 
he  was  the  son,  as  we  suggest,  of  a  former  marriage  of  Bessie 
Dallas  to  another  Dallas.  He  first  occurs  on  12th  September 
1724  as  witness  to  a  disposition  by  William  Dallas  of  Cantray 
to  his  spouse,  Isabella  Dallas,  when  he  is  described  again  as 
son  to  Bessie  Dallas  in  Galcantry  (Inverness  Sas.,  viii.  fol.  196). 
On  23rd  February  1734  he  entered  into  a  contract  of  marriage 
with  Margaret,  only  child  in  Me  procreat  betwixt  the  deceased 
Murdo  Fowler,  sometyme  merchant  in  Inverness,  and  Margaret 
Fraser,  his  relict,  her  tocher  being  2000  merks,  to  which  must 
be  added  other  property  inherited  from  her  father  and  mother, 
*  to  be  used  and  disposed  of  be  her  exclusive  of  his  the  said 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  391 

John's  jus  mariti.'  He  on  his  part  adds  the  sum  of  4000 
merks  '  in  name  of  tocher.'  The  witnesses  were  Paul 
M'Pherson,  lieutenant  of  the  Independent  Company  com- 
manded by  Lord  Lovat,  William  Dallas  of  Cantray,  Lachlan 
M'Intosh,  merchant  in  Inverness,  Lachlan  Dallas,  peutherer 
there,  and  John  Taylor,  the  writer  of  the  deed.  The  young 
couple  were  for  a  year  or  two  engaged  in  litigation  arising  out 
of  the  estates  of  David  Fouler,  merchant,  her  uncle,  and  David 
Fouler,  elder,  merchant  and  sometime  bailie  in  Inverness, 
her  grandfather,  which  was  apparently  brought  to  an  end  by 
a  decreet  of  forthcoming  by  the  Bailies  of  Inverness,  dated 
8th  January  1737.  In  the  testament  of  Peter  Dallas,  tacks- 
man  of  Galcantray,  dated  30th  April  1750,  mention  is  made 
of  a  bill  accepted  by  John  Dallas, '  late  merchant  in  Inverness, 
and  now  factor  or  merchant  in  London,'  which  shows  that  he 
left  Inverness  before  the  year  1750 — probably  he  left  not  long 
after  13th  April  1737.  A  letter  of  John  Steuart,  bailie  of 
Inverness,  dated  27th  August  1749,  referring  to  a  letter  written 
by  John  Dallas  on  3rd  April  1735,  giving  up  a  stable,  shows 
that  he  had  removed  shortly  before  that  date  to  London,  and 
another  letter,  dated  8th  December  1749,  contains  a  com- 
plaint that  Dallas  had  not  paid  the  rent  and  had  set  up  a 
sham  defence  that  Steuart  was  due  £4  to  Dallas' s  father-in- 
law,  Murdoch,  who  had  died  forty  years  before,  but  that 
Dallas' s  wife  had  stated  she  knew  of  no  such  obligation 
(John  Stevarfs  Letter-Book,  pp.  461  and  463,  Scot.  Hist.  Soc., 
vol.  9,  second  series).  After  the  above  date  he  ceases  to  appear 
in  the  baptismal  register  of  Inverness  ;  but  that  he  returned 
to  his  native  town  before  his  death  appears  from  a  petition 
dated  5th  July  1765  by  Margaret  Fouler,  relict  of  John  Dallas, 
merchant  hi  Inverness,  for  delivery  of  certain  titles  of  pro- 
perty by  George  Bailie  of  Leys,  son  and  heir  of  John  Bailie, 
W.S.  [Documents  formerly  with  Sidney,  son  of  Alexander 
Grant  Dallas.]  She  probably  long  survived  her  husband, 
and  on  28th  February  1776  there  is  a  disposition  by  Margaret 


392  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Fouler,  spouse  to  John  Dallas,  late  merchant  in  Inverness,  only 
daughter  and  child  in  life  of  the  deceased  Murdoch  Fouler, 
sometime  merchant  in  Inverness,  brother-german  to  the  de- 
ceased David  Fouler,  junior,  merchant  there,  heritable  pro- 
prietor of  a  large  tenement  and  yard  described  in  the  deed,  by 
which,  for  the  love,  favour,  and  affection  she  bears  to  William 
Dallas,  her  grandchild,  son  of  John  Dallas,  now  merchant  in 
Inverness,  her  son,  she  conveys  to  him,  whom  failing,  Angus 
Dallas,  her  grandchild,  whom  failing,  Murdoch  Dallas,  her 
grandchild,  whom  failing,  her  other  grandchildren  and  their 
heirs,  that  tenement,  shop,  and  yard  sometime  belonging  to 
John  Robertson  of  Laurenceson,  and  known  as  the  Redhouse, 
in  Inverness.  She  also  conveys  to  them  her  movable  estate 
at  her  death,  and  in  the  event  of  that  occurring  before  they 
have  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  she  appoints 
William  Gumming,  glazier  in  Inverness,  her  cousin,  her  trustee. 
(Ibid.)  She  afterwards,  22nd  August  1778,  disponed  the  said 
subjects  in  liferent  to  her  son,  John  Dallas,  and  his  spouse, 
Margaret  Campbell,  the  fee  remaining  as  in  the  earlier  deed  : 
the  witnesses  to  this  disposition  were  James  Dallas,  pewterer  in 
Inverness,  and  James  Cuming,  the  writer  of  the  deed.  (Ibid.) 
The  Inverness  parish  register  records  the  baptism  of  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  John  Dallas  and  Margaret  Fouler,  in  Nov- 
ember 1734,  the  witnesses  being  Hugh  Fraser  of  Belnain  and 
Lachlan  Dallas,  peuterer,  and  there  is  a  baptismal  entry  on 
16th  November  1735,  but  the  name  of  the  child  is  not  recorded. 
Perhaps  it  was  that  of  their  eldest  son  : — 

John  Dallas,  mentioned  in  the  disposition  above  re- 
corded, 22nd  August  1778.  He  was  a  merchant  in 
Inverness.  He  married  Margaret  Campbell,  by  whom 
he  had : — 

(1)  William,  bp.  Inverness,  1st  October  1764,  one 
witness  being  James  Dallas.  He  is  mentioned  in  his 
grandmother's  settlement  of  1776,  but  died  un- 
married. 


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(2)  Angus,  bp.  8th  August  1767,  but  died  un- 
married. 

(3)  Murdoch,  M.D.,  for   some  time  a  physician 
in  the  colony  of  Berbice ;    bp.  24th  January  1774, 
James  Dallas,  peutherer,  being  a  witness ;  ra.  Helen, 
(b.  25th  February  1788,  d.   25th  February  1870), 
eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Patrick  Grant,  of  Strath- 
enrick,  by  his  wife,  Margaret,  daughter  and  in  his 
issue  heir  of  Peter  Fraser,  of  Fingask ;  died  1816. 
He  had  issue  : — 

(i)  Peter  Grant  Dallas,  brev.-capt.,  2nd  Bombay 
Light  Cavalry ;  d.  18th  May  1842  at  Cambay  (Gent. 
Mag.,  vol.  18,  p.  446). 

(ii)  Arbuthnot  Dallas,  Bengal  Grenadiers,  assist- 
ant secretary  to  Military  Board,  Fort  William ;  m.  at 
Sydney,  N.S.W.,  Sophia  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter 
of  Colonel  Henry  Despard,  C.B.,  99th  Regiment,  on 
30th  December  1846  (Gent.  Mag.,  vol.  28,  p.  198) ;  d. 
31st  December  1847.  Their  only  child,  Anne,  d.  at 
Florence,  4th  February  1865,  aged  17. 

(iii)  Alexander  Grant  Dallas,  b.  1818.  He  was 
Governor  of  Rupertsland,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  and 
Depute-Lieutenant  of  the  county  of  Inverness ;  m. 
9th  March  1858,  Jane,  second  daughter  of  Sir  James 
Douglas,  K.C.B.,  and  had  the  following  children : — 
(1)  Helen  Amelia,  b.  1859,  d.  1860;  (2)  Mary 
Jane,  6.  1861  ;  (3)  Robert,  6.  1863,  d.  1879  ;  (4) 
James  Douglas  Dallas,  6.  1864,  m.  Charlotte  Howard, 
eldest  adopted  daughter  of  J.  E.  Taylor  ;  (5)  Alister 
Grant  Dallas,  b.  1866,  captain,  16th  Lancers,  Simla, 
m.  1890,  Mabel  Alice  Brook,  and  has  issue  four 
children;  (6)  Cecilia,  6.  1868;  (7)  Octavia ;  (8) 
Sidney,  b.  1871 ;  (9)  Hubert,  6.  1875. 

John  Dallas  and  Margaret  Campbell  had  the  following 
daughters :  Catherine,  bp.  25th  October  1765  ;   Margaret,  bp. 


394  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

21st  June  1769  ;  Elizabeth,  bp.  23rd  March  1771 ;  Henrietta, 
6.  1775,  d.  26th  January  1847,  aged  72,  ra.  Peter  Anderson, 
manufacturer,  Inverness,  who  had  an  only  surviving  child, 
m.  Mackenzie,  Registrar  of  Friendly  Societies,  Edinburgh, 
and  had  three  children :  (1)  Alexander  MacKenzie,  who  went 
to  America  ;  (2)  Peter  Mackenzie,  and  a  daughter. 

Peter  Dallas,  second  son  of  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray, 
was  tacksman  of  Wester  Galcantray,  and  married  Lilias, 
daughter  of  John  Dallas  of  Bannans.  Their  marriage  con- 
tract is  dated  3rd  March  1739.  They  had  a  tack  of  these 
lands  of  Galcantry,  dated  17th  June  1743,  recorded  20th  De- 
cember 1749.  She  married  (2)  Angus  Mackintosh  in  Gal- 
cantray, tutor  of  Corriburgh,  and  possibly  (3)  Hector  Mackin- 
tosh in  Galcantry. 

Peter  Dallas  had  the  following  children :  (1)  John,  bp. 
20th  February  1740  (Croy  Par.  Reg.),  who  predeceased  his 
father  and  died  without  issue ;  (2)  Isabella,  to  whom  her 
uncle,  Lauchlan  Dallas,  was  served  tutor  at  law  before  1750. 
She  was  served  heir  to  her  father  on  19th  February  1751.  He 
died  on  29th  January  1749.  Under  his  will,  dated  24th  June 
1748,  he  left  his  estate  to  his  only  surviving  child  Isobel.  In 
the  event  of  her  death  his  sister  Henrietta  to  receive  300  merks, 
the  balance  to  go  to  the  poor  of  Croy.  She  married  (1) 
Munro,  (2)  William  Bartlett,  Eltham,  West  India  merchant, 
d.  about  1838.  She  had  one  daughter,  m.  (1)  Spain,  (2) 
Milne. 

We  now  revert  to  Lauchlan  Dallas,  the  eldest  son  and  heir 
of  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray,  who  was  a  peutherer  in  Inver- 
ness. He  was  6.  in  1697,  m.  22nd  July  1721,  Beatrix  Ritchie, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Ritchie  and  Hannah  Fowler.  He  was 
admitted  a  burgess  of  Inverness  on  2nd  October  1721,  d. 
5th  December  1752.  He  was  in  Galcantray  on  5th  May  1714, 
but  he  was  a  peutherer  in  Inverness  shortly  after.  On  llth 
July  1751  reference  is  made  to  an  action  by  him  as  tutor  at 
law  to  Isabella,  only  child  in  life  of  Peter  Dallas,  against 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  395 

Angus  M'Intosh,  tutor  of  Corriburgh,  who  had  married  Lilias 
Dallas,  Peter's  widow,  for  removal,  showing  that  M'Intosh 
was  holding  the  tenancy  against  the  child.  By  his  wife, 
Beatrix  Ritchie,  who  died  17th  June  1746,  he  had  the  follow- 
ing thirteen  children :  (1)  Joan,  bp.  25th  May  1722  ;  (2) 
Thomas,  bp.  25th  October  1723  ;  (3)  Hannah,  bp.  3rd  Sep- 
tember 1725,  m.  D.  Taylor,  1748  ;  (4)  James,  bp.  26th  January 
1730,  peutherer  in  Inverness,  who  married  Marjory  Campbell, 
of  whom  hereafter  ;  (5)  Bessie,  bp.  llth  December  1731 ;  (6) 
Lauchlan,  bp.  5th  November  1733,  glover  in  Inverness,  d.s.p.  ; 
(7)  Marmaduke,  bp.  13th  November  1734 ;  (8)  Isabel,  bp. 
2nd  May  1736  ;  (9)  John,  bp.  13th  April  1737  ;  (10)  Beatrice, 
bp.  5th  June  1738 ;  (11)  Jean,  bp.  20th  August  1739  ;  (12) 
William,  bp.  June  1741  ;  (13)  Mary,  bp.  5th  May  1743. 

James,  the  eldest  surviving  son,  who  married  Marjorie 
Campbell,  daughter  of  William  Campbell  of  Torrich,  had  the 
following  children :  (1)  Lachlan,  bp.  8th  June  1772,  and  d. 
young ;  (2)  William,  bp.  4th  August  1773,  d.  1842,  of  whom 
hereafter ;  (3)  Lilias,  bp.  30th  September  1774,  d.  14th  De- 
cember 1847,  m.  at  Gibraltar,  22nd  March  1793,  George 
Sweetland,  Depute  Paymaster-General  at  Gibraltar.  She 
while  resident  in  Inverness  kept  an  account-book,  showing 
her  housekeeping  accounts  and  general  expenditure  for  the 
period  1844-47.  In  these  days  of  high  wages  it  is  interesting 
to  notice  the  wages  then  paid  to  domestic  servants.  Two 
were  employed  by  Mrs.  Sweetland,  Nanny  Newman  and  Bell 
M'Farquhar.  They  were  paid  at  Whitsunday  and  Martinmas, 
Nanny  first  receiving  £1,  5s.  per  half  year,  and  latterly  £2, 
while  Bell  received  £2.  Cotton  gowns  were  provided  at  9s., 
including  linen,  and  there  was  a  payment  of  5s.  each  for  caps. 
In  1847  a  payment  of  £1  was  made  for  half  tea  money  for  each 
half  year.  In  1846  £1,  5s.  was  paid  for  them  for  five  weeks' 
board  wages,  £1,  10s.  for  six  weeks,  and  £1,  4s.  for  the  month 
of  August  and  to  the  17th  September.  Garden  work  was 
equally  inexpensive :  2s.  per  day  was  given  to  the  gardener, 


396  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

and  Is.  6d.  per  day  to  his  assistant.  Portions  of  a  day  were 
paid  at  the  same  rate ;  thus  two-thirds  of  a  day's  work  is 
stated  at  Is.  4d.  (4)  Lachlan,  bp.  24th  December  1776  ;  (5) 
James,  bp.  16th  March  1778  ;  (6)  Beatrix,  bp.  24th  May  1779  ; 
(7)  Barbara,  bp.  8th  August  1780;  (8)  John,  bp.  1783,  of 
whom  hereafter;  (9)  Hugh,  bp.  3rd  August  1784;  (10) 
Marjorie,  bp.  4th  March  1786  ;  (11)  Thomas,  bp.  24th  January 
1789  ;  (12)  Margaret,  bp.  not  recorded. 

Marjorie  Campbell  had  a  long  and  interesting  pedigree, 
which  the  reader  will  find  in  Cosmo  Innes'  Thanes  of  Cawdor, 
but  we  quote  from  a  manuscript  diary  kept  by  her  great-grand- 
mother, Lilias  Dunbar,  wife  of  Alexander  Campbell  of  Torrich, 
which  gives  a  striking  account  of  the  persecutions  of  the 
Covenanters  of  that  day. 

Marjorie  Campbell  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  William 
Campbell  of  Torrich.  She  was  born  about  1740-41.  One 
sister  was  married  to  Dunbar,  and  another  to  John  Mor- 
rison, subsequently  Judge  Advocate  in  Gibraltar.  Her 
daughter,  Lilias  Dallas,  d.  28th  April  1814,  in  her  seventy- 
first  year,  and  was  buried  in  Greyfriars  Churchyard  (see 
tombstone).  Her  eldest  son,  William  Mansfield  Morrison 
Dallas,  colonel  and  brevet-general,  ra.  Lauder,  and  had 

an  only  son,  Douglas,  d.  unmarried,  aged  nineteen.  Their 
other  children,  Charles,  John  Campbell,  George,  and  Lilias, 
died  unmarried. 

Regarding  Marjorie  Campbell,  we  quote  from  a  letter 
written  on  6th  May  1870  from  12  Middleby  Street,  Edinburgh, 
by  Miss  Marjorie  Lilias  Dallas  to  her  nephew,  the  author  of 
this  work,  in  which  she  says  :  '  I  was  just  going  to  write  to  you 
when  Aunt  Rosie  came  in  with  the  baby,  and  as  it  has  turned 
out  I  have  given  the  old  book  to  Aunt  Rosie  out  of  which  I 
intended  copying  a  bit  for  your  edification.  She  was  one  of 
those  who  suffered  for  hearing  and  harbouring  Presbyterian 
ministers,  and  was  imprisoned  in  Elgin.' 

After  referring  to  private  family  matters,  Miss  Dallas  gives 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  397 

the  introduction  to  the  manuscript  by  Mr.  John  Calder,  the 
grandson  of  the  writer,  and  extracts  from  her  diary.  Mr.  John 
Calder  says : — 

'  Mistress  Lilias  Dunbar,  spouse  to  Alexander  Campbell 
of  Torrich,  wrote  with  her  own  hand  all  that  is  contained  in 
the  following  sheets,  which  have  been  faithfully  transcribed 
under  my  eye  from  the  original  manuscript  at  the  desire  of 
some  of  this  gentlewoman's  pious  posterity,  and  other  worthy 
Christians  who  cannot  read  the  old  hand  in  which  it  was 
originally  written. 

'  It  is  transcribed  in  the  plain,  pleasing  simplicity  of  its 
native  dress,  without  any  material  alteration  except  the 
omission  or  leaving  out  some  passages  of  a  more  private  and 
domestic  nature,  which,  though  they  breathe  the  same  amiable 
spirit  of  vital  religion  which  animated  her  whole  Diary,  yet  are 
of  little  importance  to  many  who  may  have  access  to  see  this 
copy  of  it. 

'  I  learned  a  great  deal  of  the  private  character  and  history 
of  this  excellent  person,  my  ever  honoured  grandmother,  from 
her  worthy  son  and  my  uncle,  Mr.  Hugh  Campbell,  from  his 
pious  brother-in-law,  Mr.  John  Campbell  of  Longniddry,  who 
attended  and  supported  her  in  the  time  of  her  persecution, 
and  from  that  eminent  saint  of  God,  Mrs.  Jean  Taylor,  her 
fellow  prisoner  for  the  glorious  Gospel  of  our  Lord,  her  in- 
separable companion  in  tribulation,  and  in  the  kingdom  and 
patience  of  Jesus  Christ. 

'  As  to  her  parentage,  she  was  the  only  daughter  of  Mr. 
Dunbar  of  Boggs  and  Mrs.  Christian  Campbell,  daughter  to 
Sir  John  Campbell,  the  fifth  knight  of  Calder.  Being  deprived 
of  both  her  parents  by  death  when  she  was  very  young,  she 
came  under  the  tutorage  of  her  cousin,  Sir  Hugh  Campbell, 
who  succeeded  her  grandfather  as  the  nearest  male  heir  of  the 
family  of  Calder.  But  she  owed  the  best  part  of  her  education 
to  her  cousin-german,  the  pious  Lady  Duffus,  who  acted  the 
part  not  merely  of  the  kind  cousin,  but  of  the  indulgent 


398  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

mother  to  her  for  twelve  years.  But  Lady  Duffus,  this  young 
and  eminent  saint  of  God,  being  early  called  home  from  the 
house  of  her  pilgrimage  to  the  Kingdom  of  her  Father,  her 
young  pupil  and  cousin,  the  author  of  these  memoirs,  was 
quite  disconsolate,  and  looked  on  herself  once  more  as  a  waif 
orphan  being  unexpectedly  deprived  of  her  best  friend  on 
earth. 

'  But  the  blessed  and  delightful  manifestation  she  had, 
precisely  at  that  mournful  juncture,  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
as  her  adorable  Redeemer  and  Heavenly  Husband,  and  of 
God  in  Christ  as  her  God  and  Father,  did  infinitely  more  than 
supply  the  want  of  all  creature  comforts  and  mortal  friend, 
and  spread  through  all  the  regions  of  her  soul  joy  unspeakable 
and  full  of  glory. 

'  Some  time  thereafter  Providence  brought  about  her  mar- 
riage to  Alexander  Campbell  of  Torrich,  a  pious  young  gentle- 
man, a  cousin  of  hers,  being  also  descended  from  the  family  of 
Cawdor. 

'She  had  not  been  long  married  when  the  persecution 
which  then  raged  through  the  greatest  part  of  Scotland 
reached  Moray  and  brought  no  small  trouble  on  her  family. 
Her  husband,  being  intercommuned  for  hearing  and  counten- 
ancing the  persecuted  Presbyterian  ministers,  was  obliged  to 
flee  for  safety  first  to  Strathnaven,  and  afterwards  to  Ireland. 
For  the  same  reason  she  was  carried  prisoner  to  Elgin,  being 
great  with  child.  She  was  brought  before  the  Lords  Com- 
missioners, who  held  court  there,  and  witnessed  a  good  con- 
fession. She  made  so  noble  and  steady  an  appearance  for 
the  honourable  cause  in  behalf  of  which  she  suffered  as  to 
strike  its  adversaries  with  conviction  and  the  Judges  with 
admiration,  one  of  whom  spoke  in  her  favour  in  the  face  of 
the  court.  There  was,  however,  a  sentence  of  banishment 
passed  against  her  and  the  above-named.  Mr.  John  Camp- 
bell, who  attended  her  during  her  confinement  at  Elgin,  and 
from  whom  I  had  an  account  of  the  whole  affair,  became 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  399 

security  for  her  under  a  great  penalty  that  she  should  depart 
out  of  the  British  Dominions  within  six  or  seven  weeks  after 
her  delivery.  Meanwhile  King  Charles  n.  dying  [on  6th  Feb- 
ruary 1685],  and  his  brother  the  Duke  of  York  succeeding 
to  the  Crown,  the  Act  of  Toleration,  which  made  so  much 
noise  in  England,  procured  relief  for  the  persecuted  in  Scot- 
land, and  prevented  the  sentence  of  banishment  taking  place 
with  reference  to  this  gentlewoman  and  many  other  worthy 
persons. 

'  As  her  Diary  was  written  hi  different  parcels,  that  which 
relates  the  story  of  her  persecution  and  some  other  passages 
of  her  Ufe  and  spiritual  experiences  is  lost.  I  was  particularly 
informed  by  the  above-named  Mrs.  Jean  Taylor,  who  resided 
with  her  from  the  end  of  the  persecution  till  her  decease,  that 
she  attained  to  very  great  stability  with  respect  to  the  state 
of  her  soul  and  a  glorious  sunshine  of  spiritual  comfort  and 
joy  in  the  Lord  for  some  years  before  her  death,  at  the  ap- 
proach of  which  she  expressed  a  holy  exaltation  of  soul,  and 
a  little  before  she  expired,  being  perfectly  sensible  and  pos- 
sessed of  a  heavenly  tranquillity  of  mind,  she  called  on  her 
pious  attending  friends  to  sing  with  her  once  more  on  earth 
the  praises  of  her  best  beloved,  in  which  exercise  I  was  told 
she  joined  with  particular  ardour,  in  so  much  that  the  sweet- 
ness, the  melody,  and  elevation  of  her  voice  were  distinguished 
by  all  who  were  present.  Then  having  spoken  a  sentence  or 
two  in  the  language  of  a  triumphant  faith,  with  eyes  lifted  up 
to  Heaven  and  arms  stretched  out,  this  Heaven-born  soul 
quitted  its  cottage  of  clay  with  a  smile  and  sprung  forward  to 
meet  her  celestial  Bridegroom,  Who  was  now  come  to  receive 
her  into  the  Beatifick  embracement  of  His  Everlasting  Love. 

'  This  short  and  imperfect  account  of  the  worthy  person 
who  wrote  the  following  sheets  I  have  prefixed  to  this  copy 
at  the  desire  and  satisfaction  of  several  of  her  pious  descend- 
ants— descendants  who  had  had  little  access  to  know  her 
story. 


400  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

'  May  we  be  followers  of  Christ  and  of  them  who  through 
Faith  and  Patience  inherit  the  promises  (J.  C.,  pp.  i-xiii.). 

'  "  Some  remains  of  the  memoirs  of  Mrs.  Lilias  Dunbar, 
spouse  to  Alexander  Campbell  of  Torrich,  transcribed  from 
the  original  manuscript,  written  with  her  own  hand.  There 
is  scarce  one-half  of  this  valuable  manuscript  extant,  a  vast 
number  of  leaves  having  been  cut  out  by  some  unknown 
hand.  Transcribed  at  Croy,  May  1764,  by  John  Calder, 
great-grandson  to  the  said  Mrs.  Lilias  Dunbar  (p.  1). 

'  "  Experiences  of  the  goodness  of  God  in  His  word  and 
Providence  to  me,  who  am  the  ill  and  unthankful.  When  I  was 
near  seventeen  years  old,  in  the  year  of  God  1674,  I  took  the 
smallpox  in  my  Lord  Duffus'  family  at  Elgin,  and  was  in 
danger  of  my  life  (p.  3).  It  pleased  the  Lord  I  recovered  that 
sickness,  and  when  I  was  fully  come  to  my  health,  I  went  to 
Calder  again,  from  whence  I  had  come  to  Elgin  (p.  5).  At 
Elgin,  1st  May  1677  .  .  .  for  it  was  but  15  days  after  the  death 
of  my  Lady  Duffus,  who  was  in  place  of  my  parents  and  all 
relations  to  me  ...  I  was  deprived  of  my  parents  by  death,  and 
had  not  the  expectation  of  other  means  to  supply  my  wants, 
it  was  there  I  was  deprived  of  the  only  person  in  the  world 
who  took  care  of  me  when  it  pleased  the  wise  Lord  by  death 
to  put  a  separation  'twixt  my  Lady  Duffus  and  me,  who  died 
April  16th,  1677  (pp.  18-19),  that  was  the  day  I  gave  up  the 
charge  I  had  in  her  family,  came  out  in  the  evening  without 
any  creature  with  me  to  comfort  me,  nor  knew  I  then  where 
my  residence  should  next  be.  .  .  .  Three  weeks  afterwards 
...  I  went  to  Moiness,  where  Don  Campbell,  the  Laird  of 
Calder' s  brother,  was  dwelling  (p.  20).  I  went  to  Calder 
5  weeks  after  my  bonds  were  loosed,  where  I  formerly  passed 
near  four  years  of  my  life  (p.  28).  I  went  to  Tain  in  June  1677 
to  see  blessed  Mr.  Thomas  Ross  (p.  30).  I  returned  to  Tain 
from  Moiness,  where  I  stayed  some  weeks  with  Mr.  Campbell's 
lady,  who  was  kind  to  me,  and  I  had  freedom  to  communicate 
my  mind  to  her,  she  being  one  that  had  trusted  that  the  Lord 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  401 

is  gracious  (pp.  34-35).  While  I  was  in  Moiness  I  received  a 
letter  from  a  young  man  who  was  in  suit  of  me  some  years 
before,  but  I  had  declared  myself  against  it  a  year  ago,  it 
being  made  clear  to  me  that  it  was  my  duty  to  do  so  by  a 
sermon  I  had  heard  from  Mr.  Thomas  Ross,  yet  the  young 
man,  knowing  that  my  expectations  were  much  broken  by 
the  death  of  my  Lady  Duffus,  thought  I  would  be  content  then 
to  embrace  his  offers.  The  next  day  after  I  had  received  his 
letter,  when  I  was  seeking  the  Lord  in  secret,  I  found  the 
Lord  Jesus  manifesting  His  Love  to  me  with  His  Kingly 
power  (p.  38).  What  I  found  that  day  in  the  blessed  Son  of 
God  was  not  only  killing  sinful  inclinations  in  me,  but  was 
also  drawing  my  affections  from  lawful  objects  except  in  so 
far  as  it  would  please  Him  who  had  chosen  me,  and  be 
subservient  to  my  Soul's  good,  and  seeing  neither  of  these  in 
my  embracing  the  present  offer  I  gave  no  answer  to  that 
letter  (p.  39). 

'  "  July  1677. — Lady  Innes,  younger,  sent  for  me  to  Moiness 
to  go  home  to  her  service  to  Dipple,  upon  which  I  had 
deep  impressions  on  my  spirit  of  my  being  desolate  an  orphan, 
having  neither  father  nor  mother,  and  those  who  supplied 
their  room  to  me  were  taken  from  me,  first  my  Aunt,  Lady 
to  the  Master  of  Forbes,  and  soon  after  my  Lady  Duffus, 
her  daughter,  who  was  indeed  as  a  mother  home  for  12  years, 
my  love  to  her  did  exceed  its  due  bounds,  my  expectations 
from  her  and  my  fears  of  being  deprived  of  her  were  both 
great  (p.  40).  When  I  went  from  Moiness  to  Dipple  I  was  fully 
of  a  mixture  of  comfort  and  sorrow  because  of  the  present 
dispensation,  going  among  strangers,  and  my  going  to  service 
made  me  have  a  sense  of  my  condition  in  this  world  (p.  43). 
I  opened  my  mind  to  the  Lady  Boghole  before  I  left  Moiness, 
which  gave  me  some  ease.  She  was  kind  to  me,  and  at 
parting  gave  me  some  money,  which  I  had  need  of,  though  she 
knew  it  not.  When  I  came  to  Dipple  the  Lady  Innes  was  in 
pains  of  child-bearing,  and  was  safely  brought  to  bed  that 

2c 


402  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

night.  I  stayed  a  year  with  her  (pp.  43-44).  That  year  I  was 
with  the  Lady  Inness  I  found  the  Lord  favoring  me  much  in 
His  Providence.  She  whom  I  was  serving  was  a  real  seeker  of 
God,  and  zealous  for  the  Truth,  a  wise,  reserved  woman,  easy 
to  be  served,  of  a  pleasant,  natural  temper.  I  never  got  an 
angry  word  from  her.  Her  regret  would  be  that  I  was  not 
so  well  with  her  as  she  would  desire,  and  my  complaint  was  that 
any  service  done  to  her  was  very  small.  Her  eldest  daughter, 
Mrs.  Margaret,  who  was  then  about  11  years  of  age,  had  such 
a  love  to  me  that  my  service  and  myself  might  be  the  more 
acceptable  to  her  father  and  mother  ;  she  was  wise  and  of  a 
good  capacity ;  I  found  profit  in  hearing  her  and  in  speaking 
to  her  of  the  Scriptures.  The  servants  of  the  family  carried 
respectfully  to  me,  only  Mrs.  Margaret's  woman,  who  taught 
her  music,  etc.,  had  a  great  dislike  at  me  the  first  half  year  I 
was  there  (p.  53). 

'  "  May  24,  1679.— I  was  helped  to  desire  the  presence  of 
God,  and  that  He  would  be  with  me,  carrying  me  through 
everything  I  would  meet  with,  and  especially  in  my  Ma : 
because  it  was  His  will,  and  the  promise  was  renewed  to  me 
which  I  had  gotten  formerly  to  support  me  under  all  I  would 
meet  with  in  a  Ma :  state  His  Grace  should  be  sufficient  for 
me  (pp.  58-59). 

'  "  May  25. — Then  on  this  Lord's  day  I  was  helped  to  seek 
to  glorify  God  when  in  a  Ma  :  state.  All  the  week  after  my 
spirit  was  possessed  with  much  deadness  and  was  greatly 
straitened  in  secret,  and  was  meeting  with  trials  in  my  out- 
ward condition.  I  being  now  about  to  enter  upon  the  married 
state  I  was  trysted  with  some  difficulty  with  respect  to  the 
ceremonial  part,  because  I  would  not  have  that  office  done  by 
the  present  preachers  (pp.  71-75)." 

[Here  the  memoirs  are  suddenly  interrupted,  and  we  have 
no  record  of  the  marriage  nor  of  the  subsequent  persecution 
and  escape  of  the  writer,  the  next  day  occurring  being  eleven 
years  later.] 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  403 

'  "  Torrich,  12  September  1690. — I  intended  to  go  to  Muir- 
town  to  see  the  Lady  Muirtown,  that  I  might  have  Christian 
fellowship  with  her  (p.  77).  When  I  was  going  away  my  hus- 
band became  very  unwilling  that  I  should  go  from  home  that 
day,  there  being  companies  of  soldiers  on  the  road  the  day 
before,  and  it  was  likely  there  would  be  some  that  day  also. 
He  was  apprehensive  they  would  take  my  horse  from  me, 
there  being  but  two  boys  with  me.  Yet  I  would  go,  not  having 
any  fear  myself.  A  little  after  I  went  away  I  was  vainly 
taken  up  in  my  thoughts  with  my  having  the  Master  of 
Forbes,  cousin-german  to  me,  who  was  one  of  the  commanders 
in  King  William's  army  in  the  north,  and  was  at  that  time 
at  Inverness,  to  whom  I  thought  I  would  with  boldness  have 
recourse  and  get  reparation  of  any  wrongs  I  should  meet  with 
from  those  of  that  army.  I  also  had  some  thoughts  of  my 
having  a  brother  in  King  James'  army,  which  was  called  the 
Brechin  Army,  who  had  gone  through  the  country  a  week  or 
two  before.  While  my  mind  was  thus  roving,  as  I  came  to 
Woodfield  near  Auldearn  my  horse  stumbled,  and  I,  falling 
backwards,  broke  my  right  arm  (pp.  78,  79).  When  my  hus- 
band saw  me  coming  home  he  came  to  me.  I  told  him  I  had 
hurt  my  arm,  and  I  fear  it  was  broken.  They  that  saw  me 
did  not  at  first  believe  that  my  arm  was  broken,  I  was  so 
composed.  Praise  be  to  Him  Who  supported  me  in  body 
and  spirit.  It  was  near  a  four  hours  before  I  came  home  ere 
there  came  a  man  to  bind  up  my  arm.  But  they  took  my 
clothes  off  that  arm  as  soon  as  I  came  home  and  laid  it  on  a 
pillow.  I  had  sometimes  sore  pains  and  sometimes  flames 
of  heat  and  faintings  till  the  man  came.  When  I  saw  him 
my  heart  grew  very  faint  with  fear  that  I  would  not  be  able 
to  endure  the  handling  of  my  arms.  I  looked  unto  the  Lord 
to  pity  and  help  me  in  that  hour  of  distress.  After  this  I  had 
courage  and  desired  the  man  to  do  what  was  meet  to  be  done 
to  my  arm,  and  not  to  spare  because  of  my  crying.  The 
man  set  the  bone  right  in  the  midst  of  my  arm  where  it  was 


404  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

broken,  and  laid  the  web  of  a  sheep  not  about  my  arm  and 
scobs  which  did  keep  it  soft  till  the  next  day,  and  then  there 
was  a  binding  plaster  applied  to  it  (pp.  81-83).  Three  weeks 
after  my  arm  was  broke  the  Lady  Kilravock  died,  and  though 
this  was  not  a  surprise  to  me,  yet  my  heart  was  much  affected 
with  it,  there  having  been  love  and  familiarity  betwixt  us 
(p.  87). 

"May  14,  1691. — I  contracted  a  violent  colic  in  my 
stomach  a  little  before  I  went  to  bed,  which  represented  death 
to  my  view,  but  by  smoking  and  chewing  tobacco  and  vomit- 
ing it  pleased  the  Lord  that  the  violence  thereof  was  abated. 
My  husband's  tender  affection  and  care  of  me  in  all  my  bodily 
distresses  was  one  of  the  great  mercies  the  Lord  had  bestowed 
on  me  (pp.  100-101).  My  body  was  much  weakened  by  my 
late  distemper,  so  that  this  confirmed  me  in  the  thoughts 
which  I  had  often  entertained  that  my  time  in  this  world 
would  be  but  short  (p.  101).  Next  Lord's  day,  being  the  17th 
May,  I  was  not  well  in  my  body,  then  the  Lord,  Who  sees 
further  than  man,  discovered  to  me  where  my  break  lay  and 
was  in  want  of  submission,  Rachel-like,  give  me  children,  else 
I  die;  Jonah-like,  I  do  well  to  be  angry,  even  unto  death.  After 
this  I  saw  the  Lord  calling  me  unto  a  holy  submission  to  what- 
ever was  His  will,  though  it  should  be  to  deny  me  what  in  this 
world  I  most  desired,  and  what  cost  me  my  prayers  and  tears 
(pp.  104  and  105).  May  31st  being  the  Lord's  day,  the  third 
thing  that  burdened  me  was  my  former  exercise  which  seized 
on  me.  Then  I  cried  unto  the  Lord  to  see  it  how  I  had  been 
mourning  and  praying  these  12  years  concerning  that  matter, 
and  how  it  was  a  matter  of  importance  to  me.  Upon  this  I 
was  put  upon  considering  what  ground  of  hope  have  I.  I 
looked  to  probability  and  likelihood,  and  then  I  found  little 
ground  of  hope  (pp.  1 00- 1 1 2) .  June  1 3th  being  Saturday,  I  got 
confirmation  of  what  I  met  with  on  the  Lord's  night  before 
that  God  would  prove  true  to  me  (to  speak  with  reverence  of 
Him)  and  answer  His  Name.  That  night  my  husband  and 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  405 

I  went  to  Moy  in  order  to  hear  Mr.  Thomas  Hog  preach  at 
Forres,  next  day  being  the  Lord's  day  (p.  122).  July  3,  when 
I  went  to  prayer  I  had  a  sore  challenge  that  I  was  like  to  have 
a  hand  in  my  death  by  excess  of  grief,  and  that  I  was  almost 
laying  aside  my  duty  to  my  husband  and  children,  and  if  I 
continued  this  way  I  should  shortly  be  incapable  of  doing 
any  duty  to  them  or  myself  (pp.  130  and  131). 

'  "  Sep.  13,  1692. — About  this  time,  when  I  was  going  with 
child  of  my  son  John,  my  gracious  God  and  Father  in  Christ 
dealt  very  bountifully  with  me,  so  that  I  expected  that  the  end 
of  my  time  was  near,  which  was  desired  by  me  if  my  work  was 
done.  But  it  pleased  the  Lord  in  His  great  goodness  to  give 
me  a  manifestation  of  His  design  to  prolong  my  days,  and 
though  I  had  a  desire  to  be  with  Christ,  which  is  best  of  all,  yet 
it  was  needful  that  I  should  continue  in  the  body  for  some  time 
for  the  good  of  my  husband  and  children.  This  happened  five 
weeks  before  I  was  delivered.  My  deliverance  was  in  many 
respects,  which  I  shall  not  mention,  far  above  what  is  common. 
When  my  child  came  into  this  world  I  offered  him  up  to  the 
Lord  to  be  His  and  for  Him  who  had  been  so  gracious  to  me. 
But  this  I  did  more  particularly  on  the  day  on  which  he  was 
baptised  "  (pp.  191,  194-97).' 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  this  diary  has  not  been  traced, 
as  it  would  have  thrown  much  light  upon  the  history  of  the 
struggles  and  sufferings  of  those  tunes  in  the  district  in  which 
this  lady  resided,  but  some  idea  may  be  formed  from  the 
above  extracts  of  the  mental  exercises  through  which  she 
was  passing. 

William  Dallas,  eldest  surviving  son  of  James  Dallas  and 
Marjorie  Campbell,  m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Henry  Day  of 
Dudley,  by  whom  he  had : — 

1.  James  Henry,  graduate  in  medicine,  b.  — ;  d.  without 

issue  in  1818. 

2.  Elmslie  William,  6.  27th  June  1809;  buried  January 

1879;     m.    16th    June   1859,  Jane  Fordyce,   elder 


406  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

daughter  of  James  Rose,  W.S.  (6.  7th  January  1811, 
d.  3rd  March  1908,  aged  85).  He  left  an  only  sur- 
viving son  James,  6.  14th  March  1860;  he  is  a 
General  in  the  Royal  Engineers.  They  had  also  the 
following  children : — 

(2)  Ehnslie  William  Alexander,  b.   29th  March 
1865;  rf.  llth  May  1866. 

(3)  Susan  Rose,  b.  23rd  November  1867 ;  d.  20th 
August  1892. 

(4)  Evelyn  Elmslie  Glyn,  b.  6th  July  1874. 

3.  John  6.  ;  m.  Agnes,  daughter  of  Rev. 

John  Bower  of  Marycoulter,  who  had  an  only  son, 
Robert  John  Dallas,  M.A.,  Aberdeen  and  King's  Col- 
lege, Cantab.,  Wrangler  in  1889,  who  died  unmarried. 

4.  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas,   6.    15th  March   1818,  first  of 

Newcastle-on-Tyne,  partner  in  Shirland  Colliery  Com- 
pany, Derbyshire,  thereafter  of  London;  m.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Bostock  Whinney,  and  had  the  following 
children  :  (1)  Hugh  Whinney,  b.  March  1850  at  South 
Shields,  d.  without  issue ;  (2)  William,  6.  1852 ; 
(3)  Bostock,  b.  1855,  d.  1881,  unmarried ;  (4)  James 
Henry,  b.  September  1858,  m.  18th  October  1889, 
Alice  Elizabeth  Adie,  third  daughter  of  deceased  S. 
Adie,  Brechin  Place,  South  Kensington,  by  whom  he 
had :  (i)  Alice  Marjorie,  b.  1890  ;  (ii)  Vera  Mary,  6. 
1893  ;  (iii)  Hugh  Waldron,  6.  1895,  m.  Gwendolen 
Dallas,  daughter  of  A.  E.  Dallas  (p.  518),  1919,  and 
has  a  son,  Alexander  James,  b.  1920 ;  (iv)  Edith 
Janet,  6.  1899  ;  (5)  Waldron,  b.  22nd  April  1860;  (6) 
Sarah  Isabella,  b.  1847  ;  (7)  Harriet,  b.  6th  April 
1853;  (8)  Mary,  d,  young. 

5.  William  Sweetland,  F.L.S.,  etc.,  6.  31st  January  1824. 

He  was  educated  at  University  College  School,  and 
became  a  celebrated  naturalist.  He  m.  in  1850 
Frances  Esther,  third  daughter  of  Liscombe  Price, 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  407 

solicitor,  London.  He  d.  29th  May  1890,  and  his 
widow  d.  3rd  May  1919. 

The  Times  of  14th  June  1890  contained  the  following 
obituary  notice  of  Mr.  Dallas :  '  The  death  is  announced  of 
Mr.  W.  Sweetland  Dallas,  F.L.S.,  F.G.S.,  in  his  sixty-seventh 
year.  Mr.  Dallas  early  made  his  mark  as  an  entomologist, 
and  contributed  to  the  Annals  of  Natural  History  and  the 
Transactions  of  the  Entomological  Society.  He  was  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  former  journal  up  to  his  death,  and  he  also  con- 
ducted for  a  time  the  Popular  Science  Review.  After  acting 
for  some  years  as  curator  to  the  Yorkshire  Society's  Museum, 
he  was  appointed  assistant  secretary  to  the  Geological 
Society.  Deceased  was  the  author  of  Elements  of  Entomology 
and  a  Natural  History  of  the  Animal  Kingdom,  and  he  contri- 
buted largely  to  the  Zoological  Record,  and  to  scientific  serial 
literature  generally.  He  was  also  a  distinguished  linguist, 
and  executed  translations  of  the  following  works :  Buchner's 
Man's  Past  and  Present,  Oswald  Heer's  Primeval  World  of 
Switzerland,  Fritz  Miiller's  Facts  and  Arguments  for  Darwin, 
Nitzsch's  Pterylography,  and  Siebold's  True  Parthenogenesis  in 
Moths  and  Bees."1 

He  had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  John,    6.    13th    October    1850;    d.    April    1886,    un- 

married. 

(2)  William  Liscombe,  6.  8th  November  1851 ;  educated 

at  Edinburgh  under  Mr.  Archibald  Munro,  M.A. ; 
m.  Agnes  Alford,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(i)  Lilias  Mary,  b.  27th  April  1884  at  Simla ;  m. 
24th  October  1907,  Lieut. -Colonel  F.  W.  Loveday 
(6.  12th  July  1879,  third  son  of  George  Loveday), 
D.S.O.,  K.A. 

(ii)  John  Sweetland,  6.  30th  August  1885,  at 
Pembridge  Villas,  South  Kensington.  He  died  of 
wounds  in  the  hospital  at  Alexandria  on  12th  Sep- 
tember 1915,  aged  30.  He  was  educated  at  Blun- 


408  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

dell's,  Tiverton,  and  Sandhurst.  He  joined  the 
Indian  Army  in  March  1906,  as  lieutenant  in  the 
6th  Gurkhas.  In  December  1908  he  was  appointed 
A.D.C.  to  Sir  Edward  Norman  Baker,  Lieutenant- 
Governor  of  Bengal.  On  the  outbreak  of  the  War 
he  accompanied  his  regiment  to  Egypt,  where  he 
first  saw  active  service  in  the  defence  of  the  Suez 
Canal.  Early  in  1915  he  was  sent  to  the  Dardanelles, 
where  he  was  severely  wounded,  and  was  sent  to  the 
hospital  at  Alexandria.  He  made  a  rapid  recovery, 
and  was  passed  for  duty  on  28th  June,  and  again 
went  to  the  front.  Very  shortly  afterwards  he  was 
dangerously  wounded  in  the  head.  He  was  sent 
back  to  Alexandria,  where  it  was  found  that  one 
eye  was  destroyed  and  the  brain  seriously  injured. 
Hopes  were  entertained  of  his  recovery,  but  he 
scarcely  regained  consciousness,  and  died  of  his 
wounds.  (Times,  21st  September  1915.) 

(iii)  Dorothy,  b.  at  Simla,  1st  November  1886 ; 
m.  21st  November  1910,  at  Simla,  Melville  Macfadyen, 
of  Campbeltown,  Argyllshire,  managing  director, 
Alliance  Bank  of  Simla,  Ltd.,  Simla,  India. 

(3)  James  Dallas,  F.L.S.,  etc.,  6.  10th  April  1853 ;  m.  at 

Exeter,  26th  September  1895,  Charlotte  Latimer 
Glanville  (b.  1874,  d.  October  1913).  He  died  on 
12th  September  1916,  leaving  one  surviving  child, 
Patrick  Dunbar  Glanville  Dallas,  b.  12th  December 
1899.  He  was  the  author  of  this  work. 

(4)  Francis  Henry,  b.  26th  February  1865,  Treasurer  and 

Member  of  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  State  of 
Sarawak.  He  married  in  1889,  Ethel  Jane,  daughter 
of  Sir  Charles  Santley,  by  whom  he  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Margaret  Ethel,  b.  1891. 

(5)  Frances  Sarah,  6.  23rd  December  1856 ;  d.  1863. 

(6)  Lilias  Mary,  6.  18th  September  1858. 


DALLAS  IN  GALCANTRAY  409 

(7)  Louisa  Joanna,  6.  29th  April  1861 ;  m.  1885,  Frederick 

Llewellyn  Natusch,  of  Lloyds,  London. 

(8)  Margaret  Henrietta,  6.  1862 ;  d.  8th  July  1863. 

John  Dallas,  eighth  child  of  John  Dallas  and  Marjorie 
Campbell,  m.  Elizabeth  Baillie,  daughter  of  Dr.  Angus 
Mackintosh,  minister  of  Tain,  by  whom  he  had  the  following 
children : — 

1.  Aeneas  Sweetland,  6.  18th  November  1827 ;  m.  Isabella 

Glyn,  1853,  and  had  no  issue. 

2.  William,  b.  8th  February  1829,  a  solicitor  in  Calcutta, 

afterwards  of  Feltham  Hill,  Middlesex;  m.  Jessie 
Fraser,  daughter  of  Hugh  Fraser,  by  whom  he  had 
one  son,  6.  1865. 

3.  Ann  Jamisina,  b.  20th  March  1831 ;  d.  unmarried. 

William  Dallas  and  Sarah  Day  had  the  following  daugh- 
ters :  (1)  Marjorie  Lilias,  6.  7th  January  1811,  d.  at  34  Clare- 
mont  Street,  Edinburgh,  23rd  January  1888.  Her  will,  dated 
17th  September  1886,  is  recorded  in  the  Books  of  the  Com- 
missary of  Edinburgh ;  (2)  Sarah,  6.  1816,  d.  1880. 

Bessie  Dallas,  relict  of  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray,  was 
owing  £10,  13s.  to  William  M'Gillivray,  brother-german  to 
Dunmaglas,  since  15th  August  1725,  and  was  put  to  the 
horn  and  denounced  as  rebel  on  1st  April  1732.  (Inverness 
Inhibitions,  vol.  xii.  p.  1.)  Her  son,  John  Dallas,  merchant  in 
Inverness,  is  put  to  the  horn  by  George  Cuthbert  of  Castlehill 
on  10th  January  1735.  (Ibid.,  p.  296.) 

Only  two  other  Bessie  Dallases  have  been  traced  in  the 
records — Bessie,  daughter  of  George  Dallas  in  Balmachree, 
and  Bessie,  daughter  of  Lauchlan  Dallas.  The  editor  sug- 
gests that  this  George  Dallas,  probably  of  the  Brackley  family, 
was  the  first  husband  of  Bessie  Dallas,  and  having  died  young, 
his  widow  married  his  cousin,  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray. 


DALLAS    CORRESPONDENCE  WITH   THE   MARQUIS 
OF  WELLESLEY  AND  WARREN  HASTINGS 

THE  defence  of  Warren  Hastings  is  referred  to  at  page  208. 
We  now  print  certain  letters  preserved  in  the  British  Museum 
showing  the  intimate  friendship  which  subsisted  between 
Sir  Robert  and  Sir  George  Dallas  and  Warren  Hastings,  and 
the  esteem  in  which  they  were  held  by  the  Marquis  of  Wellesley, 
the  Governor-General  of  India. 

Sir  Robert  Dallas  to  the  Marquis  of  Wellesley.     (Brit.  Mus., 
AMI.  MS.  29162,  /.  336.) 

SIR, — Nothing  but  repeated  fits  of  illness  could  have  pre- 
vented my  offering  you,  long  ere  now,  my  sincere  congratu- 
lations upon  the  late  Triumphs  you  have  obtained.  It  will 
ever  be  my  highest  pride  to  have  seconded  the  Motion  in 
consequence  of  which  you  received  the  Thanks  of  your  Con- 
stituents, and  their  request  to  continue  in  the  government  of 
their  affairs,  and  to  have  had  that  Motion  crowned  with  the 
most  brilliant  success,  at  a  period  when  the  most  powerful 
exertions  were  making  to  drive  you  dishonourably  from  your 
Station. 

Give  me  leave  to  assure  you,  that  upon  all  future  occasions 
I  shall  be  no  less  zealous  to  contribute  (as  far  as  my  poor 
abilities  will  enable  me)  to  the  success  of  every  measure  that 
may  conduce  to  your  private  satisfaction,  or  to  your  public 
fame. — I  have  the  honour  to  be,  with  great  respect,  Sir,  your 
most  obedient  humble  Servant, 

ROBERT  DALLAS. 
LINCOLN'S  INN,  March  6th,  1784. 

410 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  411 

To  the  Same.     (Brit.  Mus.,  AMI.  MS.  29163,  /.  154.) 

SIB, — Tho'  materially  engaged  in  the  conduct  of  a  very 
important  Prosecution,  and  having  barely  time  to  read,  much 
less  consider,  as  I  would  wish  to  do,  the  Papers  which  relate 
to  it,  betwixt  the  present  day  and  that  upon  which  it  must 
be  determined,  yet  I  should  reproach  myself  (tho'  I  am  sure 
you  would  excuse  me)  if  I  did  not  by  this  opportunity  acknow- 
ledge the  obligation  you  have  confer' d  upon  me,  by  the  late 
appointment  you  have  bestowed  upon  my  Brother  [afterwards 
Sir  George  Dallas]. 

It  is  not  my  temper  at  any  time  to  be  abundant  of  Pro- 
fessions, but  upon  the  present  occasion,  I  should  betray  a 
very  inadequate  sense  of  your  generosity,  indeed,  if  I  were  to 
offer  you  any  such  return.  I  will  only  say  (and  I  am  not 
without  sensibility)  I  feel  it  as  warmly  as  it  is  in  my  nature 
to  feel  any  obligation  whatever. 

One  assurance,  permit  me,  however,  hi  the  perfect  sincerity 
of  my  heart,  to  lodge  with  you. — It  may  possibly  be  my  lot, 
in  the  ensuing  years  of  my  life,  to  act  with  different  Men,  and 
in  various  Scenes  upon  the  public  Stage.  Whoever  treads 
this  ground  can  scarcely  avoid  being  placed  in  opposite  and 
inconsistent  situations.  But  in  whatever  situation  I  may 
be  placed,  or  whatever  may  be  the  vicissitudes  of  Party,  the 
advancement  of  your  prosperity,  the  defence  of  your  honour, 
and  the  establishment  of  your  fame,  are  purposes  to  which  I 
will  prove  myself  warmly  and  inflexibly  attached.  When  I 
am  found  acting  in  opposition  to  these,  let  me  experience 
(what  I  am  proud  to  say  I  can  never  deserve)  your  scorn,  and 
your  contempt ! 

You  have  confer' d  upon  me  obligations  not  to  be  estimated, 
and  my  attachment  shall  be  as  unceasing,  as  your  bounty  has 
been  unlimited. — I  have,  etc. 

ROBERT  DALLAS,  Jr. 

LINCOLN'S  INN,  April  23rd,  1784. 


412  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Sir  George  Dallas  to  Warren  Hastings,     (Brit.  Mus., 
29168,  /.  415.) 

CALCUTTA,  5th  August  1785. 

MY  DEAE  SIR, — By  this  time  I  hope  that  you  are  safely 
landed  in  England — that  a  warm  reception  from  a  grateful 
nation  has  welcomed  you  to  your  native  shore,  and  that  in 
the  calm  of  retirement,  and  coolness  of  recollection,  you  are 
partaking  of  those  enjoyments  which  are  the  inseparable 
charms  of  Private  life,  and  which  must  be  doubly  pleasing  to 
yourself  after  the  active  and  stormy  scene  to  which  you  have 
been  so  long  exposed. 

Although  you  did  not  immediately,  upon  your  departure, 
desire  me  to  write  to  you,  yet  I  consider  that  you  left  behind 
you  many  friends  in  whose  welfare  you  are  interested,  and 
that  you  may  be  pleased  to  hear  of  their  progress,  when  you 
are  no  longer  in  a  situation  to  witness  it.  Among  these  I  am 
encouraged,  by  your  kindness,  to  class  myself,  and  to  found, 
upon  my  personal  attachment  to  you,  that  claim  which  I 
cannot  establish  by  any  particular  merit  of  my  own.  I  will 
therefore  proceed  to  give  you  a  brief  account  of  myself,  by 
telling  you,  that,  since  we  parted,  the  colour  of  my  life  has 
assumed  a  vivid  hue,  and  a  morning  of  promise  has  ushered 
in  a  day  of  certainty.  The  feeble  attempt  I  made,  on  your 
departure,  to  express  the  sense  of  the  Settlement  upon  your 
long  and  arduous  administration  was  honoured  by  an  indul- 
gent reception  from  the  Public,  and  drew  me  shortly  after- 
wards upon  the  theatre  of  public  notice.  Mr.  Pitt's  act 
arrived,  and  the  flame  of  dissatisfaction  spread  far  and  wide. 
Many  of  the  first  characters  here  assembled  privately,  anxious 
to  convene  a  general  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  remonstrating 
against  its  oppressive  tendency ;  and  in  the  interim  they 
formed  a  private  Committee  consisting  of  five  Gentlemen  to 
prepare  Petitions  against  it  to  the  throne — though  absent  at 
the  City  they  did  me  the  honor  of  appointing  me  one  of  the 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  413 

Members,  and  wrote  to  me  to  know  if  I  would  act ;  whilst 
gratitude  and  inclination  equally  impelled  me  to  accept  the 
offer,  for  my  feelings  reprobated  the  principle  of  that  act, 
and  I  was  hopeful  that  present  popularity,  and  future  dis- 
tinction, might  be  the  result  of  an  active  exertion,  on  my 
part,  in  favor  of  the  rights  and  interests  of  this  community, 
I  therefore  resolved  boldly  to  advance  upon  the  front  of  the 
scene.  A  meeting  was  accordingly  held  on  the  25th  ultimo, 
and  though  I  was  much  indisposed,  yet  I  spoke  upwards  of 
an  hour,  flattered  by  warm  applause,  and  by  a  very  silent 
attention.  Of  my  success  I  will  say  nothing,  leaving  you  to 
form  your  judgment  upon  the  test  of  public  opinion,  and  upon 
the  merits  of  the  enclosed  verbatim  copy  of  my  speech.  I 
have  received  very  flattering  attentions  from  all  ranks  of 
people  here,  and  they  have  almost  guiled  me  into  an  opinion 
that  fortune  is  a  bubble  when  compared  to  fame.  I  know 
you  will  peruse  my  speech  with  that  indulgence  and  friend- 
ship which  you  have  ever  shewn  me,  and  that  you  will  not 
try  it  by  the  rigid  scrutiny  of  scholastic  rule,  from  the  con- 
sideration of  my  having  passed  the  better  part  of  my  life  in 
this  Country,  deprived  of  the  means  of  arriving  at  the  graces 
of  elocution,  and  that  it  is  merely  the  first  essay  of  a  mind 
untutored  in  the  arts  of  Rhetoric. 

Of  the  present  Government  of  this  Country  I  will  say 
nothing,  as  your  friends  will  write  to  you  volumes  thereon 
— however,  they  will  only  amount  to  this — that  it  is  degraded 
by  deplorable  imbecility,  and  infatuated  credulity.  We 
have  recently  recd  accounts  of  Lord  Macartney's  promotion 
to  the  Government,  which  has  overwhelmed  Mr.  Macpherson 
with  disappointment,  and  plunged  the  Settlement  into  general 
despondency. 

The  Collectors  have  all  taken  the  oath,  and  were  desired  to 
return  to  their  stations  with  a  promise  that  Government 
would  take  our  situation  into  their  consideration,  after  sett- 
ling the  allowances  to  be  made  to  the  heads  of  Office  in  Cal- 


414  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

cutta.  Accordingly  these  have  been  adjusted,  and  they  have 
now  limited  the  ultimatum  of  our  prospects,  under  this 
Government,  to  1200  Es.  a  month,  having  struck  off  our  house 
rent.  It  is  true,  they  have  promised  us  a  commission  upon 
all  we  may  realise  beyond  what  was  collected  under  your  ad- 
ministration, but  is  there  the  prospect  of  a  considerable  in- 
crease ?  and  if  there  were,  we  are  only  to  be  rewarded  in  the 
proportion  of  3000  Rs.  a  month,  in  lieu  of  every  advantage. 
This,  if  it  were  permanent,  would  however  satisfy  us ;  but 
when  there  is  no  prospect  of  its  being  so,  we  cannot  but  con- 
sider our  labours  ungenerously  rewarded.  You,  who  are  so 
well  acquainted  with  India,  must  be  sensible,  that  to  serve  upon 
such  terms  is  to  shake  hands  with  poverty  for  life,  and  to  swear 
to  perpetual  penury,  and  that  it  is  better  to  withdraw  for  a 
while,  in  the  hope  of  better  times,  than  to  continue  in  an 
Office  where  there  is  neither  a  prospect  of  reward,  or  an  in- 
centive to  emulation.  Accordingly,  many  intend  to  retire 
home  at  the  end  of  the  year,  and  among  these  I  am  one — 
indeed,  the  state  of  my  health  would  alone  impel  me  to  a 
temporary  retreat  for  two  or  three  years,  nor  do  I  intend  to 
remain,  upon  better  terms,  so  much  do  I  feel  the  necessity  of 
recruiting  my  constitution.  I  therefore  intend  to  embark 
upon  the  January  ship.  The  Settlement  consider  me  as  a 
proper  person  to  be  deputed  to  wait  upon  his  Majesty  with 
their  Petition.  They  already  talk  of  appointing  an  Agent,  or 
Representative,  at  the  Court  of  Great  Britain,  and  it  is  prob- 
able I  may  be  selected  from  among  more  able  Candidates 
to  fill  this  respectable  office ;  which  will  be  very  flattering 
to  me,  and  enable  me  to  retire  from  the  Service  with  eclat. 
I  shall  leave  it  also  with  less  regret  from  a  hope  that  you  will 
be  pleased  to  learn  that  the  Company  have  derived  those 
benefits  from  my  Office  which  you  stated  to  be  the  objects 
of  its  institution  in  your  minute  of  Augst  1783,  so  flattering 
to  my  character,  and  so  grateful  to  my  feelings.  I  have 
quieted  the  Country  under  my  charge,  and  considerably 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  415 

encreased  its  cultivation.  The  Settlement  last  year  was  for 
twenty-four  lacks,  and  it  has  all  been  realized,  except  a  trifling 
balance  of  32,000  Rs  which  by  this  time  is  liquidated,  and  my 
two  years'  Collections  exceed  the  two  preceding  ones  in  the  sum 
of  450,000  Rup8,  which  sufficiently  silences  every  objection 
contained  in  Mr  Stables' s  protest,  and  evinces  my  ambition  to 
be  thought  worthy  of  what  is  said  in  that  Minute.  If  I  have 
an  honor,  or  an  advantage,  I  owe  it  to  you,  for  your  friend- 
ship brought  me  forward,  and  gave  the  spur  to  my  ambition, 
and  with  a  heart  actively  alive  to  the  sensations  of  gratitude, 
I  can  truly  assure  you,  that  through  life  I  shall  indelibly  re- 
member from  whence  they  spring,  by  remaining  inviolably 
attached  to  your  interests ;  and  whether  in  prosperity,  or 
adversity,  at  home,  or  here,  you  should  have  occasion  to  call 
me  once  more  into  action,  be  assured  I  shall  fly  to  obey  any 
summons  that  shall  mark  me  as  the  faithful  follower  of  your 
fortunes,  and  under  this  declaration  I  will  conclude  by  re- 
questing that  you  will  convey  my  kindest  respects  to  Mrs. 
Hastings,  and  believe  me  with  unalterable  attachment,  etc. 

GEO.  DALLAS. 

Sir  George  Dallas  to  W.  Windham,  1802.     (Brit.  Mus., 
Addl  MS.  37880,  /.  224.) 

UPPER  HABLEY  STREET,  Thursday  Morning. 
SIR, — I  am  very  much  obliged  to  you  for  the  honor  you 
have  done  me  in  sending  me  your  speech  on  the  preliminaries 
of  the  Peace.  I  have  read  it,  as  I  heard  it,  with  equal  pleasure 
and  attention.  It  well  defends  those  elevated  opinions  you 
have  so  consistently  maintained  throughout  the  war,  and 
pictures,  I  fear  with  but  too  much  truth  and  eloquence,  the 
after  dangers  we  have  to  dread  from  making  peace  with  such 
an  enemy.  If  there  were  patriotism  and  virtue  enough 
throughout  the  Country  to  feel  the  force  of  your  sentiments, 
and  that  a  loyal  and  united  people  were  ready  to  increase  their 


416  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

sacrifices  in  the  pursuit  of  a  peace  of  greater  security  for 
Europe  and  themselves,  then  I  have  little  doubt,  but  that 
your  opinions  would  obtain  the  triumph  they  deserve,  and 
that  France  compelled  into  more  moderate  terms  would 
become  less  dangerous  to  the  world  at  large.  But  unfortun- 
ately, there  is  not  a  correspondent  spirit  among  us  with  your 
own  ;  and  in  the  divisions  and  distractions  of  the  Empire,  with 
sedition  kept  down  only  here  by  coercive  laws,  with  Ireland 
preserved  only  to  the  Crown  by  military  authority,  with  the 
bulk  of  the  nation  more  clamorous  for  Peace,  even  on  worse 
terms,  than  for  a  continuance  of  the  war,  and  with  France 
shewing  something  of  a  disposition  to  outrage  less  the  rights 
of  justice  and  human  nature,  I  am  inclined  to  think,  on  the 
whole,  under  the  circumstances  of  a  case  so  awful  and  so  new, 
without  the  warm  support  of  the  country  in  the  prosecution 
of  the  war,  that  in  the  comparative  choice,  as  you  may  justly 
state  the  question  to  be,  between  the  danger  resulting  from 
the  further  continuance  of  the  war,  and  from  the  after  effects 
to  be  dreaded  from  such  a  peace,  that  Ministers  were  placed, 
by  the  unfortunate  circumstances  of  the  nation,  in  the  situation 
of  feeling  the  former  to  predominate,  and  as  such,  were  justi- 
fied in  terminating  the  contest,  even  on  the  terms  obtained. 

In  the  meanwhile,  let  us  hope,  Sir,  that  our  apprehensions 
may  not  be  realised ;  we  have  seen  the  predictions  of  the 
wisest  Statesmen's  judgment  were  well  entitled  to  public  con- 
fidence ;  and  in  the  difficulty  of  tracing  the  distant  conse- 
quences from  such  a  complicated  state  of  things  let  us  hope 
that  future  events  may  impeach  the  accuracy  of  even  your 
own  predictions.  At  all  events,  you  have  acted  the  part  of 
Demosthenes,  you  have  told  to  your  Countrymen  forcible 
truths,  and  if  they  want  the  wisdom  or  the  virtue  to  feel  their 
weight,  the  blame  may  be  theirs — the  merit  will  be  yours. — I 
have,  etc.  GEORGE  DALLAS. 

P.S. — An  accident  to  my  hand  has  compelled  me  to  dictate 
this  letter,  and  only  to  sign  it. 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  417 

The  Marquis  of  Wellesley  to  Sir  George  Dallas,  Bart. 
(Brit.  Mus.,  AMI.  MS.  37283,  /.  60.) 

Private. 

BABBACKPORE,  March  1th,  1803. 

SIB, — I  have  the  honor  to  return  you  many  thanks  for  the 
favor  which  you  have  been  pleased  to  confer  upon  me,  in 
transmitting  to  me  your  able  work  on  the  subject  of  the 
Private  Trade  between  India  and  Great  Britain.  No  publi- 
cation which  has  reached  me  on  that  subject  contains  more 
valuable  materials,  arranged  with  more  judgement,  or  sup- 
porting more  solid  argument. 

I  am  extremely  nattered  by  the  manner  in  which  you  have 
made  this  communication  ;  and  I  should  have  offered  you 
my  acknowledgements  at  a  much  earlier  period  of  time,  if  I 
had  not  been  prevented  by  the  pressure  of  indispensable 
business. — I  have,  etc. 

WELLESLEY. 

I 

Sir  Robert  Dallas  to  Warren  Hastings,  5th  March  1804. 
(Brit.  Mus.,  Addl.  MS.  29179,  /.  291.) 

MY  DEAB  ME.  HASTINGS, — I  do  not  lose  one  moment  in 
saying  how  very  sorry  I  am  I  had  not  the  pleasure  of  seeing 
you  when  you  did  me  the  favor  to  call  in  Bedford  Square, 
and  that  I  had  not  an  opportunity  of  giving  in  person  an 
answer  to  the  application  by  which  I  cannot  but  feel  myself 
very  highly  nattered  and  honored. 

I  shall  always  consider  it  as  the  proudest  incident  of  my 
life  to  have  been  in  a  situation  in  which  I  could  endeavour  to 
be  instrumental  to  an  acquittal,  which  while  it  rescued  you 
from  unjust  accusation,  did  so  much  honor  to  the  justice  of 
the  Country.  That  we  felt  zeal  upon  the  occasion,  and  that 
it  was  an  affectionate  zeal  is  certainly  true,  and  independent 

2D 


418  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

of  the  cause  we  had  to  support,  we  should  have  been  very 
discreditably  distinguished  from  all  those  who  have  had  the 
happiness  of  ever  knowing  you,  if  it  could  have  been  other- 
wise. You  will  permit  me  to  say  that  I  never  now  look  back 
upon  the  long  and  anxious  period  during  which  we  met  from 
Day  to  Day  for  so  many  years,  without  feeling  encreased 
sentiments  of  attachment  and  affection,  and  without  lament- 
ing that  from  the  causes  you  mention  it  has  not  been  in  my 
power  to  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting  you  as  constantly  as  it 
would  have  been  my  wish. 

I  have  no  portrait  of  myself,  and  will  therefore  with  the 
greatest  pleasure  sit  to  Mr  Cosway.  I  am  under  the  necessity 
of  setting  out  now  for  the  Circuit,  but  I  shall  return  early  in 
April,  and  be  ready  at  any  time  to  obey  Mr  Cosway' s  summons. 
— I  am  ever,  etc. 

ROBT.  DALLAS. 
BEDFORD  SQUARE,  Monday  Evening. 

The  Marquis  of  Wellesley  to  Sir  G.  Dallas,  Bart.    (Brit.  Mus., 
Addl  MS.  37283,  /.  525,  1803-11.) 

Sm, — I  have  the  honor  to  return  you  my  most  cordial  and 
respectful  acknowledgements  for  your  flattering  letter  of  the 
10th  January,  and  for  the  kind  manner  in  which  you  have 
been  pleased  to  express  your  approbation  of  the  late  trans- 
actions on  the  Marhatta  Empire. 

In  returning  to  you  the  enclosed  letters  from  Colonel  Kirk- 
patrick  and  Sir  John  Macpherson,  I  feel  it  to  be  a  duty  to  ex- 
press to  you  the  high  satisfaction  which  I  derive  from  the 
reflection  that  the  Interests  of  the  British  Empire  have  found 
in  you  an  Advocate  whose  talents,  experience,  and  local 
knowledge  render  him  particularly  well  qualified  to  pass  a 
judgement  upon  that  important  subject.  I  anticipate  there- 
fore the  sure  and  beneficial  consequences,  not  only  to  your 
own  Reputation,  but  to  the  character  of  the  late  transactions 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  419 

in  India  and  to  the  honor  of  my  Administration  from  the 
Publication  of  the  work  which  it  is  your  intention  to  submit 
to  the  Public.  I  am  satisfied  that  it  is  unnecessary  for  me 
to  peruse  in  the  first  instance  the  Manuscript,  and  that  you 
will  concur  with  me  in  opinion  that  it  will  be  most  consistent 
with  the  principles  which  have  uniformly  regulated  my  conduct 
in  India  to  refrain  from  any  interference  in  a  Controversy 
respecting  the  meaning  of  my  Government,  more  especially 
as  I  have  communicated  hi  the  fullest  manner  both  to  His 
Majesty's  Ministers  and  to  the  Court  of  Directors  every  docu- 
ment which  can  tend  to  illustrate  the  principles  of  my  ad- 
ministration, and  the  motives  of  my  conduct.  But  while  it 
appears  to  me  to  be  most  prudent  to  abstain  from  any  personal 
interference  on  this  subject,  I  am  fully  sensible  of  the  great 
advantages  which  will  be  derived  from  the  discussion  of  our 
Interests  in  India  by  so  able  a  Master  of  the  Question  as  your- 
self, and  I  therefore  request  you  to  exercise  without  further 
reference  to  me  your  own  judgement  both  as  to  the  Contents, 
Time  of  publication  and  Title  of  the  work  which  for  the  Public 
interests  as  well  as  for  my  own  honor  I  shall  be  anxious  to  see 
printed  as  soon  as  may  appear  to  you  to  be  proper. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be  with  great  respect  and  esteem,  etc. 

Sir  George  Dallas  to  the  Marquis  of  Wellesley.     (Brit. 
Mus.,  Addl  MS.  37278,  /.  151.) 

DAWLISH,  May  29th,  1806. 

MY  LOED, — I  have  but  time  by  this  day's  post  to  acknow- 
ledge the  receipt  of  Your  Lordship's  most  valuable  and  highly 
interesting  Observations  on  the  proposed  letter  intended  to 
have  been  sent  to  your  Lordship  by  the  Court  of  Directors, 
which  have  occupied  me  all  this  morning.  I  conceive  it  of 
great  moment  that  their  contents  should  circulate  through 
the  Proprietary :  The  great  difficulty  in  London  is  to  get 
People  to  read  :  I  have  lately  received  a  letter  from  a  principal 


420  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Proprietor  who  had  imbibed  an  unjust  prejudice  agst  your 
Lordship's  measures,  in  common  with  many  others,  from  the 
unjust  means  taken  to  excite  it :  He  acknowledges  my  feeble 
work  totally  to  have  removed  it ;  and  as  he  mixes  much  with 
the  Proprietary,  and  is  a  very  able  Man,  I  think  it  may  prove 
serviceable  to  Your  Lordship's  Cause,  if  you  direct  a  Copy  of 
the  Observations  to  be  sent  to  him  in  my  name  ('  from  Sir 
G.  D. ')  under  a  Cover  directed  to 

William  Gemmel,  Esqr, 

No.  7  Bedford  Square  ; 
also — another  in  the  same  way — to 

Robert  Williams,  Esqr,  Senior, 

No.  3  Bedford  Square. 

Mr.  W.  is  a  considerable  Banker  in  the  City,  of  the  greatest 
among  the  Proprietary,  and  one  of  the  largest  and  oldest 
Proprietors.  I  have  already  written  to  him  in  expectation  of 
his  being  at  the  Ballot  to-morrow.  No  one  commands  so 
many  votes.  I  have  four  myself,  which  it  is  unnecessary  to 
say  are  always  most  assuredly  at  Your  Lordship's  devotion. 
I  much  regret  I  cannot  poll  them  to-morrow  agst  the  Question. 
— I  have,  etc. 

GEO.  DALLAS. 


Sir  George  Dallas  to  the  Marquis  of  Wellesley.     (Brit. 
Mus.,  AMI.  MS.  37310,  /.  59.) 

HENRIETTA  STREET, 
CAVENDISH  SQUARE,  AprilBrd,  1811. 
MY  LORD, — I  had  the  honor,  in  the  month  of  July  last,  of 
submitting  to  Your  Lordship  a  Minute  on  the  subject  of  the 
late  unfortunate  convulsions  at  Madras. 

In  this  Minute  I  did  myself  the  pleasure  of  stating  to  Your 
Lordship,  that  on  a  notion  that  these  alarming  disturbances 
would  lead,  at  no  distant  period,  to  a  change  in  the  Govern- 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  421 

ment  there,  and  that  the  reins  of  it  would  most  probably  be 
entrusted  to  hands  entirely  disconnected  with  the  dissentions 
of  Sir  George  Barlow's  administration,  I  had  been  advised  by 
some  respectable  friends  to  become  a  Candidate  for  the  Chair 
of  that  Presidency  whenever,  from  any  cause,  it  should  become 
vacant.  They  flattered  me  with  a  hope  that  I  should  find  a 
disposition  hi  the  Court  of  Directors  to  approve  of  my  offering 
my  Services  to  the  Company  on  such  an  occasion  ;  and  I  have 
the  satisfaction  to  inform  Your  Lordship  that,  as  far  as  I  have 
in  confidence  felt  my  way  with  individual  Members  of  it,  in 
this  hope  I  have  not  been  deceived. 

Ample  opportunities  have  been  afforded  me  to  ascertain 
the  sense  of  several  of  the  most  respectable  Directors  [on  both 
sides  of  the  Question]  and  leading  Proprietors,  on  the  late 
transactions  at  Madras  ;  and  no  doubt  can  exist,  that  a  strong 
opinion  prevails  in  favor  of  the  change  I  mention.  And  how- 
ever much  every  just  mind  is  alive  to  the  long  services  of  Sir 
George  Barlow,  and  must  admire  the  inflexible  fortitude  and 
Courage  he  displayed  in  a  crisis  of  unexampled  danger,  yet  a 
laborious  investigation  into  the  causes  of  these  unhappy  events 
enables  me  to  say,  without  the  fear  of  rashly  committing 
myself  to  Your  Lordship,  that  a  Mutiny  which  all  must  view 
with  indignation,  was  preceded  by  measures  of  indiscretion 
and  improper  severity  hi  the  Government  which  none  can 
approve,  which  the  Court  of  Directors  have  themselves  been 
the  first  to  condemn,  and  which  laid  the  foundation  of  a 
calamity  which  never  can  be  sufficiently  deplored.  The 
Parliamentary,  and  other  documents,  demonstratively  estab- 
lish this :  And  however  much  it  was  wise  in  the  first  instance 
firmly  to  put  down  Rebellion,  and  support  the  Civil  Power  at 
Madras  with  the  whole  weight  and  authority  of  Government 
here,  yet  the  moment  is  not  distant  when  under  the  just  re- 
establishment  of  its  legitimate  rights,  the  change  prescribed 
by  policy,  and  called  for  by  so  large  a  portion  of  the  Direction 
and  the  Proprietary,  must  ensue.  To  that  moment  my 


422        THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

attention  is  directed ;  the  most  respectable  Directors  have 
pledged  to  me  their  support ;  and  when  I  say  to  Your  Lord- 
ship, that  the  unanimous  voice  of  the  Court  would  crown  the 
sanction  of  Government,  I  do  but  state  the  impression  the 
best  assurances,  from  the  first  authorities  in  it,  have  left  on 
my  mind. 

Under  these  circumstances,  I  have  thought  it  adviseable 
to  communicate  to  Your  Lordship  confidentially  the  progress 
I  have  made.  I  am  now  placed  in  the  situation  in  which 
nothing  is  wanting  to  my  success  but  the  support  of  Govern- 
ment, which  I  do  not  doubt  of  obtaining  if  Your  Lordship's 
great  weight  and  authority  should  be  exerted  in  my  favor  at 
the  moment  when  the  subject  of  a  successor  to  Sir  George 
Barlow  comes  under  the  consideration  of  His  Majesty's 
Ministers. 

It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  add  how  much,  in  the  event  of 
success,  I  must  feel  it  to  be  the  consequence  of  Your  Lord- 
ship's interference,  and  how  deeply  I  shall  stand  indebted  to 
your  goodness. — I  have,  etc. 

GEORGE  DALLAS. 

Sir  George  Dallas  to  Warren  Hastings.     (Brit.  Mus., 
AMI.  MS.  29187,  /.  29.) 

HENRIETTA  STREET,  CAVENDISH  SQUARE, 

February  15th,  1812. 

MY  DEAR  SIR, — I  was  not  in  time  for  the  Post  yesterday  to 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  very  kind  Letter,  and  en- 
closure to  Lord  Melville,  which  I  got  late  on  my  return  from  the 
City.  It  is  impossible  that  anything  can  be  more  gratifying 
to  myself,  or  better  adapted  to  its  purpose,  than  the  Letter 
you  have  been  so  very  kind  as  to  favor  me  with,  and  for 
which  you  have  every  grateful  feeling  on  my  part.  Hitherto, 
since  you  left  Town,  I  have  remained  on  my  Oars,  to  see 
what  turn  the  Cabinet  divisions  would  take.  Nothing  could 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  423 

happen  more  mal  a  propos  for  myself  than  the  disunion 
between  Lord  Wellesley  and  Mr.  Percival ;  they  have,  how- 
ever, long  differed  in  their  view  of  the  manner  in  which  the 
war  should  be  carried  on  in  the  Peninsula ;  the  former  con- 
tending for  exertions  proportioned  to  the  magnitude  of  the 
crisis,  the  other,  for  efforts  more,  as  he  conceives,  within  the 
means,  and  the  opinions,  of  the  Country :  P.  charging  Lord  W. 
with  being  too  daring  ;  Lord  W.  imputing  to  P.  that  he  is  too 
cautious.  A  few  days  will  reveal  to  us  what  are  the  Prince's 
intentions.  At  this  moment,  the  most  opposite  rumours 
prevail.  Yesterday  Lord  Charles  Somerset  (Pay  Master 
General  with  Mr.  Long)  called  on  me  and  assured  me,  that  the 
Administration  would  stand,  headed  by  Mr.  Percival.  On 
the  other  hand,  Sir  Rob*  Wilson  just  now  tells  me,  that  last 
night  the  Prince  sent  to  Lords  Grey  and  Grenville  the  list  of 
such  an  Administration  as  he  would  approve  of  their  forming. 
The  Report  is  general  that  Lord  Eldon  has  resigned,  and 
should  this  be  the  case,  it  is  very  like  a  dissolution  of  the  present 
Administration.  I  doubt,  however,  the  fact.  The  Prince  is 
rather  in  a  precarious  way ;  he  is  extremely  nervous,  very 
averse  from  business,  and  a  friend  of  mine,  occasionally  about 
him  (Capto  Seymour),  tells  me,  that  both  his  hands  are  attacked 
in  the  way  you  have  probably  heard.  These  are  not  times 
to  weaken  the  hands  of  our  Princes ;  they  require  a  strong 
grasp,  to  hold  their  Sceptre  securely ;  when  Thrones  are 
tottering,  their  Sovereigns  should  be  strong. 

I  shall  wait  the  course  of  events  before  I  use  the  Letter  you 
have  been  so  obliging  as  to  give  me.  I  beg  you  will  present 
our  best  respects  to  Mrs.  Hastings,  and  believe  me  ever,  etc. 

GEORGE  DALLAS. 

To  the  Same.     (Brit.  Mus.,  Addl.  MS.  29192,  /.  224.) 

My  DEAR  SIR, — As  Member  of  the  Committee  appointed  to 
address  you  upon  your  departure  I  am  deputed  to  know  where 


424  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

you  will  be  pleased  to  receive  it — here  (at  your  house)  or  at 
the  Council  house — the  Committee  will  wait  upon  you  accom- 
panied by  many  Gentlemen  all  equally  desirous  of  shewing 
you  this  last  mark  of  respect.  — Your  faithful  Servant, 

GEO.  DALLAS. 
[Endorsed]  The  Honble  Warren  Hastings. 

Sir  Robert  Dallas  to  Warren  Hastings.     (Brit.  Mus., 
AMI.  MS.  29190,  /.  224.) 

MY  DEAB  SIR, — I  can  with  perfect  truth  assure  you  that  few 
things  could  give  me  equal  pleasure  to  having  it  in  my  power 
to  pay  my  respects  to  you  and  to  Mrs.  Hastings  on  my  way 
to  Worcester  from  this  place.  But  I  must  be  at  Worcester  on 
Saturday  Night,  if  possible,  and  the  circuited  business  here  is 
heavy  beyond  example,  and  I  shall  be  detained  so  long  that 
I  shall  not  be  able  to  reach  Worcester  till  Sunday  Evening, 
and  then  only,  by  travelling  almost  day  and  night.  The  other 
Judge  must  therefore  get  there  on  Saturday  so  as  to  open  the 
Commission.  I  lament  this  much,  as  I  cannot  but  highly 
prize  every  opportunity  of  seeing  you  for  however  short  a 
time.  It  would  recal  many  anxious,  many  pleasing  recol- 
lections, and  make  me  live  over  again  the  most  important 
period  of  my  life.  I  could  say  more — but  I  write  under  the 
pressure  of  much  business  and  in  the  hurry  of  the  moment. 
I  rejoice,  however,  to  find,  as  far  as  I  can  ascertain  it  by 
common  information,  that  you  and  Mrs.  Hastings  are  well. 
Your  letter  having  been  delivered  to  me  from  the  Grand  Jury 
Box,  I  was  not  able  to  enquire  of  the  Gentleman  who  was  so 
good  as  to  take  charge  of  it. 

I  beg  to  be  most  kindly  remembered  to  Mrs.  Hastings,  and 
believe  me  ever  to  be  with  unalterable  attachment,  my  dear 
Mr  Hastings,  your  faithful  and  affect46, 

ROBT.  DALLAS. 

OXFORD,  March  7,  1816. 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  425 

Sir  Robert  Dallas  and  his  brother,  Sir  George  Dallas,  were 
men  of  remarkable  ability.  Sir  Robert's  great  speeches  in 
defence  of  Warren  Hastings  are  contained  in  two  large  MS. 
volumes  deposited  in  the  British  Museum  (Addl.  MSS.  Nos. 
24238  and  24242),  and  are  marvellously  eloquent  and  con- 
vincing appeals.  His  choice  language  is  reflected  in  the  note- 
book of  his  sister,  Miss  Anne  Dallas,  from  which  we  make 
the  following  extracts  : — 

'  Our  most  excellent  dear  father  [Robert  Dallas]  departed 
this  life  at  5  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  9th  April  1797, 
aged  71. 

'  "  T'  assist  the  needy  was  so  much  his  pride, 
That  e'en  his  failings  lean'd  to  virtue's  side." 

'  Blessed,  ever  blessed  be  his  memory.' 

'  1811.  At  six  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  19th  February 
1811,  in  the  82nd  year  of  her  age,  our  dearest,  most  tenderly- 
beloved  mother  departed  this  life,  full  of  years,  benevolence, 
and  virtues.  To  attempt  a  delineation  of  her  character  in 
detail  would  be  a  vain  attempt,  therefore  suffice  it  to  say  it 
formed  a  combination  of  all  those  virtues  which  constitute 
perfection  in  woman.  Meek,  humble,  pious,  charitable,  and 
kind,  she  was.  In  the  hearts  of  all  who  had  the  blessing  of 
knowing  her  she  lived,  in  her  weeping  children's  arms  she 
gently  sunk  to  rest,  and  as  the  glorious  reward  of  all  her 
virtues,  in  the  bosom  of  her  God  she  now  reposes.  Dear 
venerable  shade,  farewell !  Yet  but  a  little  while  and  we 
shall  meet  again.' 

'LONDON,  October  5,  1811. 

'  Sybilla  too !  And  must  my  pen  the  mournful  office 
undertake  to  register  in  terms  the  loss  of  all  most  dear  to 
me  ?  Yes,  it  is  even  so  at  present — yet  but  a  little  while  and 
I  shall  claim  the  same  sad  duty  from  some  surviving  friend. 
But  to  proceed.  Sybilla,  the  lovely,  timid,  affectionate 
Sybilla,  is  no  more.  At  Paris  on  the  whither 


426  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

she  went  for  the  benefit  of  medical  advice,  her  angel  spirit 
fled  this  world,  to  mingle  with  its  kindred  saints  in  heaven. 
Her  age  was  only  47,  but  though  so  short  her  life,  long  sickness 
and  sorrow  had  added  much  to  its  natural  course.  In  face 
and  figure  she  was  beauty's  self — in  Mind  and  Principles 
correct  and  just ;  in  Manners  gentle  and  engaging,  and  with 
an  heart  that  teemed  with  Nature's  best  affections — Such  was 
the  Being  whose  untimely  Death  I  here  record  ;  whose  Memory 
will  be  for  ever  fondly  cherished  by  her  weeping  friends 
and  whose  many  amiable  qualities  have  erected  a  Monu- 
ment to  themselves  in  every  breast  where  she  was  known. — 
Sweet !  gentle  spirit,  rest  in  Peace  !  nor  for  a  Day,  no,  not 
for  a  single  hour,  My  loved  Sybilla,  wou'd  I  arouse  thee  from 
thy  heavenly  slumbers  ! — though  but 

'  "  An  heap  of  Dust  alone  remains  of  thee, 
"Tis  all  thou  art,  and  all  I  SOON  SHALL  BE." 

'LONDON,  October  5,  1811.' 

'  Christmas  Day,  1824 ! — On  that  Day  !  on  that  most 
glorious  day,  so  appropriate  to  the  emancipation  of  the  Chris- 
tian soul  from  its  sinful  Tenement  of  mortal  clay,  the  spirit 
of  our  most  dearly  beloved  Brother,  gloriously  ascended  Elijah 
like  without  a  Pang  or  Sigh,  to  the  regions  of  his  Heavenly 
Father,  there  to  receive,  no  doubt,  the  blessed  reward  of  his 
virtuous  and  well  spent  life.  His  years  were  only  68 — but 
the  mortal  Disease  with  which  he  had  wrestled  for  some 
years,  with  a  meek  and  Christian-like  resignation,  had  added 
much  to  them,  in  his  appearance. 

'  As  a  Public  character,  it  would  require  a  far  more  able 
pen  than  mine  to  do  him  justice,  but,  I  have  the  proud  satis- 
faction of  knowing,  that  his  name  stands  too  prominent  in 
the  Annals  of  the  Profession  to  which  he  was  so  bright  an 
ornament,  to  render  important  any  delineations  of  mine — 
but  as  a  Private  Character  his  nature  was  so  reserved,  his 
Disposition  so  serenely  mild,  and  his  habits  of  life  so  very 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  427 

retired,  that  he  was  best,  and  only  known  by  those  in  his  own 
domestic  circle ;  and,  in  the  bosom  of  that  family,  by  whom 
his  loss  will  ever  be  so  deeply  mourned,  he  lived  an  Idol,  and 
died,  enshrined  in  tears  ! 

'  Such  was  the  Right  Honble  Sir  Robert  Dallas,  Knight, 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and  one  of  his 
Majesty's  Privy  Counsillors.  The  Eldest  Brother  of  his 
Family,  and,  OUR  second  Father  ! 

'  "  His  life  was  gentle,  and  the  Elements 

So  mix'd  in  him,  that  Nature  might  stand  up : 
And  say  to  all  the  World,  '  This  was  a  Man  ! '" 
'Janry.  1825.' 

'  Yes ;  it  is  even  so !  Another  of  my  tenderest  heart-strings 
is  now  rent  assunder,  for  ever,  and  I  am  once  more  entering 
on  the  mournful  office  of  filling  up  our  little  Family  Bill  of 
Mortality ! 

'  On  Monday,  Jany  14th,  1833,  my  most  excellent  and 
dearly  Beloved  Brother  Sir  George  Dallas,  departed  this  Life 
full  of  years  (viz.  74).  Benevolence  and  every  Moral  and 
Christian  Virtue,  that  adorns  and  ennobles  the  character  of 
Man — as  a  Husband,  Father,  Brother,  Friend,  he  lived  un- 
rivalled ;  and  as  he  was  beloved  in  Life,  so  does  he  now 
command  the  universal  tear  of  regret  from  all  who  had  the 
happiness  of  knowing  him. 

'  At  an  earlier  period,  I  might  have  attempted  a  more 
enlarged  detail  of  the  many  excellent  qualities  which  so  pre- 
eminently distinguished  this  pattern  of  human  excellence ; 
but  I  am  far  too  ill  myself,  and  apparently,  too  fast  approaching 
to  that  bourn  from  whence  no  Traveller  returns,  to  admit  of 
more  than  a  Sad  Farewell !  a  long  and  last  Farewell  to  my 
now  dear  Sainted  Brother  ! 

'  "  God  of  the  just,  who  fills  the  Cup, 

To  thy  Behest  I  bow,  and  drink  it  up ! " 
'Febry.  1833.' 


428  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

'  Scarce  had  the  all-absorbing  hand  of  Time  dried  the 
Fraternal  tear  shed  over  a  Brother's  Bier  ere  the  Tomb  has 
once  more  re-opened,  to  receive  another  of  the  dearest  objects 
of  my  tenderest  affections  !  My  Beloved,  dearest  Harriet  ! 
The  Parent-Sister  of  our  orphan  race  !  On  the  30th  of  July 
1833,  aged  72,  after  an  illness  of  18  lingering  months,  She 
gently  fell  into  that  last  heavenly  sleep  which  has  no  waking 
here,  but  from  which,  she  will  no  doubt  in  due  time  arise  again, 
and  when  we  shall  all  once  more  assemble  in  those  regions 
of  Bliss  and  immortality  where  sickness,  and  sorrow,  will  be 
no  more  !  Fain  would  I  add  the  tribute  of  Praise,  due  to  the 
many  exalted  virtues  which  so  distinguished  this  dear  Angel's 
Character,  but  they  are  too  well  known  to  all  of  those  whose 
eye  alone  can  fall  on  this,  to  render  any  such  delineation 
necessary  on  the  part  of  any  one,  added  to  which  I  am  myself 
but  too  fast  approaching  to  that  Haven  of  Peace  myself  to 
admit  of  more  than  a  short  Farewell,  to  this  kind  Sister  of 
my  heart,  till  we  do  meet  again  ! 

'August  1833. 

'  Harriette  !   adieu  !   a  long  and  last,  adieu  ! ' 

The  following  letter  by  Sir  George  Dallas  on  the  Irish 
question  is  specially  interesting  at  the  present  moment:— 

UPPER  HABLEY  STREET, 

July  23rd,  1801. 

SIR, — I  believe  it  is  your  recollection  that  when  Lord 
Moira  attacked  the  Conduct  of  Administration,  in  the  year 
1798,  for  its  treatment  of  the  people  of  Ireland,  and  his  speech 
was  published  on  the  occasion,  I  had  the  honour  of  vindicating 
the  Conduct  of  Ministers  in  a  publication  which  obtained, 
in  manuscript,  your  previous  approbation.  Since  then,  the 
Rebellion  has  occurred  ;  and,  both  in  and  out  of  Parliament, 
your  Administration  has  been  charged  with  having  occasioned 


DALLAS  CORRESPONDENCE  429 

it,  by  '  oppression  and  misrule.'  The  night  before  the  third 
reading  of  the  Martial  Law  Bill,  during  the  debate  on  the 
Indemnity  Bill,  this  language  was  revived  by  Opposition. 
To  have  attempted  a  refutation  of  this  serious  charge  at  so 
late  an  hour  of  the  night,  and  on  such  an  occasion,  would 
have  been  injudicious.  But  it  occurred  to  me,  that  on  the 
next  day,  at  the  third  reading  of  the  Bill,  I  might  hazard  the 
attempt  of  exposing  its  injustice.  I  was  well  aware  that  the 
moment  was  not  as  favourable  as  I  could  have  wished ;  yet 
being  the  only  one  within  my  reach,  and  the  Session  closing, 
I  thought  it  wiser  to  embrace  it,  with  a  view  to  the  advantage 
of  publishing  hereafter  a  complete  refutation  of  the  accusation, 
than  altogether  to  forego  the  only  opportunity  presented  to 
me,  merely  because  the  moment  was  not  as  fortuitous  as  I 
could  have  desired.  I  felt  I  was  not  committing  Ministers. 
I  knew  I  could  provoke  no  debate  but  what  would  have  left 
me  in  possession  of  ground  not  to  be  shaken,  and  seeing  Mr. 
Ponsonby  in  his  place,  I  considered  that  his  not  refuting  me, 
on  a  ground  so  interesting  to  himself,  might  fairly  be  assumed 
as  a  proof  of  the  accuracy  of  my  statement.  Under  these 
feelings  I  determined  at  all  hazards  to  address  the  Chair, 
and  thereby  acquire  a  right,  which  otherwise  I  should  not 
have  possessed,  of  giving  to  both  Islands  a  Parliamentary 
refutation  of  this  injurious  Calumny.  The  Case  of  Ministers, 
in  respect  of  Ireland,  is  not  rightly  understood  on  either  side 
of  the  water :  I  am  in  the  daily  habit  of  observing  this : 
and  that  it  is  for  the  interest  of  His  Majesty's  Government 
that  it  should  be  justly  conceived,  I  believe  you  will  readily 
admit.  The  Rebellion  in  Ireland  forms  an  important  period 
in  the  History  of  your  Administration  ;  and  it  is  that  part  of 
it  which  is  the  most  assailed  by  misrepresentation.  To  do 
you  justice,  therefore,  was  the  object  of  the  accompanying 
Speech.  And  it  shall  be  given  to  the  world,  if  you  think  it 
can  meet  the  public  eye  with  advantage  to  the  memory  of  an 
Administration  so  deservedly  regretted  by  the  Nation.  Before 


430  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

I  ventured  to  lay  it  before  you  I  thought  it  right  to  send  it 
to  Lords  Clare  and  Carleton.  Their  opinions  I  enclose ; 
and  you  will  perceive  they  jointly  adopt  it  as  the  case  of 
Ministers.  Under  these  circumstances  I  take  the  liberty  of 
submitting  it  to  your  perusal,  in  the  persuasion  that,  as  it 
has  for  its  object  to  elucidate  a  very  important  period  in 
the  History  of  your  Administration,  you  will  excuse  the 
trouble  its  perusal  must  occasion.  I  request  you  will  do  me 
the  honour  of  returning  it  to  me,  whenever  it  may  suit  your 
convenience,  in  order  that,  if  you  approve  of  it,  I  may  lose 
no  time  in  having  it  published. — I  have,  etc. 

GEOBGE  DALLAS. 
(P.R.O.,  Chatham  Papers,  vol.  cxxviii.) 

There  is  a  long  letter  from  Sir  Robert  Dallas,  M.P.,  to  Mr. 
Pitt,  sent  by  Mr.  Addington,  referring  to  Sir  Robert's  policy 
in  Parliament,  also  preserved  in  the  British  Museum. 


DALLAS   OF   BRACKLIE   OR   BRACKLEY  AND   THE 
REBELLION  OF  1745 

REFERRING  to  the  account  of  this  family  at  pp.  158-59,  the 
editor  has  obtained  additional  information  which  shows 
further  connection  of  this  branch  with  several  of  the  chief 
families  of  Mackintosh  and  their  participation  in  the  rebellions. 

William  Dallas  in  Balmachree,  eldest  son  of  Hugh  Dallas 
of  Bracklie,  who  was  third  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
and  eldest  son  of  his  second  marriage,  married,  as  we  have 
recorded,  Grissald,  daughter  of  John  Mackintosh  of  Dalmigavie, 
on  13th  August  1709.  His  eldest  son,  Hugh,  was  evidently 
first  in  Petty,  when  he  obtained  from  George  Cuthbert  in 
Castlehill  an  acknowledgment  for  2000  merks  on  12th  July 
1742  in  favour  of  himself  and  his  spouse,  Georgina  Forbes. 
He  was  in  Karrow  of  Brae  Moray,  and  designated  eldest  son 
of  William  Dallas  in  Balmachree,  when  on  17th  December  1756 
he  granted  at  Edinburgh  a  bond  for  £1662,  11s.  8d.  to  James 
Mackintosh  of  Woodend.  (Mackenzie,  vol.  clxxxiii.)  James 
Mackintosh  of  Woodend  was  youngest  son  of  Angus 
Mackintosh  of  Kyllachy  and  Marjorie,  daughter  of  John 
Farquharson  of  Invercauld.  He  was  tenant  of  Woodend  on 
the  Kyllachy  estate  and  factor  for  the  Earl  of  Moray.  He 
married  in  1727,  Marjorie,  daughter  of  John  Mackintosh, 
Midcoul  of  Petty,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Mackintosh 
of  Dalmigavie,  who  was  second  son  of  William  Mackintosh 
of  Kyllachy,  so  that  he  married  his  cousin's  daughter,  which 
explains  his  assistance  of  Hugh  Dallas  hi  Karrow,  his  relative. 

In  this  connection  it  is  interesting  to  observe  that  there  is 
a  tombstone  at  Dalarossie  Church,  erected  in  1751,  to  Lieut. 
John  Mackintosh  of  Midcoul  (a  cadet  of  Kyllachy),  and 


432  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Euphin  Mackintosh,  his  spouse,  by  their  son,  James  Mackin- 
tosh. Arms  quartered,  (1)  lion  rampant,  (2)  hand  holding 
heart,  (3)  lymphad,  (4)  salmon  naiant,  which  are  the  same 
as  those  registered  by  the  late  Lord  Kyllachy  in  1886.  Lord 
Kyllachy  was  a  collateral  descendant  of  Lieut.  Mackintosh, 
and  his  arms  varies  only  in  the  second  quarter,  which  gives 
or  a  dexter  hand  couped  fessways  holding  a  dagger  in  pale 
gules  (the  mark  of  difference  in  Nisbet's  Heraldry),  with 
crest,  a  cat-a-mountain  salient  ppr.  charged  in  the  breast  with 
a  crescent  gules.  (See  Mackintosh  History,  p.  530.) 

On  7th  November  1696,  Hugh  Dallas  of  Bracklie  and  his 
spouse,  Christian  Urquhart,  had  sasine  of  the  half  davoch 
lands  of  Davidston,  and  4200  merks  lying  upon  the  same  in 
liferent  and  their  son  William  in  fee.  (Inverness  Sasines, 
vol.  vi.  fol.  89.) 

There  was  a  Hugh  Dallas  hi  Karrow,  Edinkillie  parish,  who 
had  the  following  children:  (1)  John,  bp.  30th  August  1751, 
(2)  James,  bp.  16th  August  1754,  and  (3)  Grace,  bp.  23rd 
February  1758,  but  this  is  probably  another  person. 

We  have  not  been  able  to  trace  the  above  Hugh  Dallas  in 
Karrow  any  further,  or  discover  what  became  of  John,  the 
brother  of  Hugh,  or  any  of  their  sisters. 

Donald  Dallas,  the  eldest  son  of  John  Dallas  in  Dalziel, 
the  younger  brother  of  William  Dallas  in  Balmachree,  appears 
to  have  been  the  Lieut.  Donald  Dallas  who  served  under  James 
Dallas  of  Cantray  in  the  Mackintosh  Regiment  commanded 
by  Colonel  Alexander  M'Gillivray  of  Dunmaglass.  His 
relationship  to  Cantray  and  the  several  Mackintosh  marriages 
further  support  this  view.  The  Mackintoshes  were  more  or 
less  supporters  of  the  rebellion.  Though  their  chief  was  not 
personally  involved  in  the  interests  of  the  young  Pretender, 
his  wife  took  an  active  part  in  the  rebellion.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  John  Farquharson  of  Invercauld,  and  was  married 
to  The  Mackintosh  when  she  was  only  sixteen  (contract, 
2nd  February  1741).  She  was  therefore  only  twenty  when  she 


DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE  433 

determined  to  support  the  Prince  and  raised  a  company  of  300 
Mackintoshes,  as  recorded  by  Sir  Walter  Scott  in  his  Tales 
of  a  Grandfather.  So  much  has  been  written  of  this  noble 
lady  that  we  need  only  refer  to  the  following  works  :  Stewart's 
Sketches,  vol.  i.  p.  114;  Taylor's  Braemar  Highlands,  p.  277  ; 
Sir  ^Eneas  Mackintosh  MS.,  etc. 

Lieut.  Donald  Dallas  was  born  on  10th  May  1714  in 
Dalziel.  He  was  first  in  Cantray  (1748-55),  afterwards  in 
Bellafreish  (1756-65),  and  finally  in  Galcantray  (1768-69). 
He  was  witness  to  the  baptism  of  William,  son  of  James 
Dallas  in  Drumore  of  Cantray  and  Marjory  Mackay,  on  27th 
October  1745.  He  is  said  to  have  crawled  off  the  field  of 
Culloden  with  the  loss  of  an  eye,  a  large  slash  on  his  fore- 
head, and  a  piece  off  his  elbow.  (A.  M.  Mackintosh's  History 
of  the  Mackintoshes,  p.  482.)  The  Rev.  James  Hay  adds 
that  he  crawled  to  the  house  of  Cantray,  three  miles  off, 
and  recovered  from  his  wounds  (Jacobite  Memoirs,  p.  314), 
while  the  late  William  Dallas  in  Newton  of  Cawdor  wrote 
the  late  Mr.  James  Dallas  hi  1880  that  his  great-grand- 
father, Donald  Dallas,  carried  the  colours  off  the  field.  This 
gentleman  died  in  1892.  We  deal  with  his  family  below. 

Lists  of  those  who  took  part  in  this  rebellion  are  given 
in  several  works  (A.  M.  Shaw's  Hist.  Mackintosh,  pp.  332  and 
333,  Lord  Rosebery's  Lists,  Scot.  Hist.  Soc.,  vol.  viii.,  etc.), 
yet  we  have  found  no  other  Dallases  involved  beyond  the 
two  already  referred  to.  From  the  fact  of  the  numerous 
Mackintoshes,  Macgillivrays,  Macphersons,  Macbeans,  Clarks, 
and  others  resident  in  that  district  engaged  in  the  strife,  we 
may  safely  infer  that  others  of  the  name  were  among  the  rebels. 
In  any  case,  Donald  Dallas  survived  the  struggle  and  married 
Isobel  M'Intosh  at  Nairn,  6th  August  1748,  by  whom  he  had 
the  folio  whig  children  :  (1)  William,  bp.  27th  September  1749 ; 
(2)  John,  bp.  23rd  June  1751,  m.  Janet  M'Lean,  of  whom 
hereafter ;  (3)  David,  bp.  10th  October  1754 ;  (4)  Lachlan, 
bp.  24th  July  1756;  (5)  Peter,  bp.  24th  July  1756; 

2E 


434  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

(6)  Margaret,  bp.  17th  January  1760;  (7)  Catherine,  bp. 
24th  January  1762  ;  (8)  Donald,  bp.  26th  February  1764 ; 
(9)  Donald,  bp.  17th  January  1768  ;  (10)  Charles,  bp.  19th 
November  1769.  He  was  cautioner  for  Margaret  Hamilton, 
widow  of  James  Dallas  of  Cantray,  under  testament  dative 
in  her  favour  dated  13th  August  1747.  He  purchased  goods 
at  the  roup  of  the  effects  of  Peter  Dallas  in  Galcantray. 
(Inverness  Tests.,  vol.  v.  p.  273.)  He  was  witness  at  the 
baptism  of  James  and  Donald,  children  of  William  M'Intosh, 
alias  Smith,  and  Margaret  Dallas  in  Galcantray  (probably 
his  sister),  on  25th  January  1759.  (Cray  Par.  Reg.)  He  was 
witness  to  birth  of  a  son  of  Hugh  Tulloch  and  Jean  Gray  in 
Holme,  5rd  September  1771  (Scottish  Notes  and  Queries, 
vol.  xi.  p.  126),  and  again  on  28th  September  1777.  (Croy 
Par.  Reg.)  On  15th  December  1778  he  was  witness  to  the 
baptism  of  Beatrix,  daughter  of  John  Dallas  (his  son)  and 
Janet  M'Lean,  in  the  Braes  of  Ballfries.  They  had  another 
child,  John,  bp.  12th  February  1781.  We  have  not  been  able 
to  trace  these  two  with  any  certainty,  but  William  Dallas  in 
Newton  of  Cawdor,  son  of  John  Dallas  in  Craigorton,  claimed 
that  this  John  was  his  father,  though  the  genealogy  hardly 
supports  this.  In  any  case,  William  Dallas  in  Newton  of 
Cawdor  married  Margaret  Fraser,  who  died  17th  March  1869, 
by  whom  he  had :  (1)  William ;  (2)  Jean  Fraser,  Southampton ; 
(3)  Alexander,  a  doctor  in  New  Jersey ;  (4)  Daniel,  Wimbledon ; 
(5)  James  in  New  Haven  ;  (6)  Roderick,  Bulawayo  ;  (7)  John 
Gregor,  M.D.,  Aberdeen  (d.  1904) ;  (8)  a  son  d.  1894  ;  (9) 
Jessie,  d.  23rd  January  1854  ;  (10)  Margaret,  d.  18th  January 
1867.  It  is  possible  that  William  Dallas  in  Newton  of  Cawdor 
may  have  been  grandson  of  any  of  the  sons  of  Donald 
Dallas. 

William  Dallas  in  Tomluncart,  Cantray,  and  Brae  of 
Cantray  seems  to  have  been  third  son  of  John  Dallas 
in  Dalziel  (p.  159),  and  had  descendants,  as  stated  at  pp. 
195-99. 


DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE  435 

Hugh  Dallas  of  Bracklie  (pp.  158  and  159)  appears  to  have 
had  two  other  sons  : — 

1.  George  in  Balmachree,  who  had  (1)  Janet,  bp.  26th 

August  1705  ;  (2)  Bessie,  bp.  18th  July  1708. 

2.  Alexander,  m.  (1)   Marie  M'Intosh,  daughter  of  John 

M'Intosh  in  Dalziel,  16th  May  1701,  and  (2)  Elspeth 
M'Intosh  in  Conage,  16th  April  1715.     He  was  prob- 
ably Alexander  Dallas  in  Milltown  of  Brackley,  who 
had  a  daughter  Mary,  bp.  3rd  November  1717. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  nearly  every  one  of  this  branch 
whom  we  have  traced  married  a  Mackintosh. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  jealousy  and  rivalry  which  arose 
among  the  various  clans  and  their  leaders  contributed  to  the 
disasters  of  Culloden.  Mr.  A.  M.  Mackintosh  (ne  Shaw)  of 
Geddes  wrote  the  late  author  of  this  work  on  14th  December 
1906,  that  the  selection  of  Alexander  M'Gillivray  of  Dun- 
maglass  as  colonel  was  due  to  circumstances  so  romantic 
as  to  recall  the  stories  of  the  days  of  chivalry.  When  Lady 
Mackintosh  decided  on  raising  the  clans,  she  sent  for  Duncan 
Mackintosh,  her  husband's  first  cousin,  and  asked  him  to  take 
the  chief  command  as  being  the  nearest  kinsman  of  her 
Jiusband  who  was  available.  Before  matters  were  arranged 
with  this  view,  Dunmaglass  sent  her  a  message  to  the  effect 
that  unless  he  were  appointed,  not  one  of  his  name  would 
follow  the  banner,  a  forcible  threat  insomuch  as  the 
MacGillivrays  were  at  the  time  a  numerous  and  important 
tribe.  The  lady,  anxious  to  do  the  best  for  the  cause,  felt  that 
she  must  yield,  and  accordingly  she  appointed  M'Gillivray, 
making  such  excuses  as  she  could  to  her  relative,  who  refused 
to  accept  a  lower  rank,  and  kept  out  of  the  rising  altogether. 
The  romance  lies  in  the  cause  of  M'Gillivray' s  desire  to  have 
precedence  over  Duncan  Mackintosh,  and  although  the  story 
of  this  has  no  better  authority  than  that  of  countryside 
tradition,  the  circumstances  actually  known  impart  a  high 
degree  of  probability  to  it.  There  was  at  the  time  considerable 


436  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

rivalry  between  two  young  ladies,  Miss  Anne  Dallas  of  Cantray, 
daughter  of  William  Dallas  of  Cantray  on  the  banks  of  the 
Nairn,  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Campbell  of  Clunas  on  the  hills 
above  Cawdor,  who  were  regarded  as  the  great  beauties  of 
the  districts  of  Inverness  and  Moray.    Each  had  her  admirers 
and  faction,  and  Simon,  Lord  Lovat,  noted  as  an  oily-tongued 
flatterer,  is  reported  to  have  expressed  his  inability  to  decide 
which  was  the  more  dangerous  attraction — '  the  star  on  the  hill,' 
or  '  the  light  in  the  valley.'     Miss  Dallas  was  engaged  to 
Duncan  Mackintosh  of  Tordarroch  (now  represented  by  Shaw 
Mackenzie  of  Newhall),  while  Miss  Campbell  was  beloved  by 
Dunmaglass,  if  not  actually  betrothed  to  him,  and  he,  like  a 
gallant  knight  of  old,  was  determined  to  uphold  her  pre- 
eminence over  that  rival's  suitor.     He  obtained  his  desire, 
but  was  one  of  the  first  to  fall  at  Culloden,  shot  through  the 
heart.     Miss  Campbell  died  four  months  afterwards,  on  the 
22nd  August,  according  to  her  tombstone,  aged  only  twenty- 
four  years.     The  rival  pair  of  lovers,  Duncan  Mackintosh  and 
Anne  Dallas,  were  afterwards  married,  and  two  of  their  sons 
succeeded  in  turn  to  the  chiefship  and  estates  of  Mackintosh, 
which  are  now  held  by  their  great-grandson. 

The  following  give  (1)  the  literal  translation  and  (2)  the 
correct  poetical  rendering  of  the  phrases : — 

The  Star  on  the  Hill.  The  Light  in  the  Valley. 

(1)  An  reul  air  a'bheinn.  (1)  An  solus  anns  a'ghleann. 

(2)  Reul  nam  beann.  (2)  Solus  nan  gleann. 

(Professor  W.  A.  CBAIGIE.) 

Mr.  Mackintosh  has  evidently  partly  verified  an  article 
written  by  the  late  Mr.  George  Bain,  the  author  of  the  History 
of  Nairn,  for  a  local  magazine  in  1896.  While  it  contains  some 
genealogical  inaccuracies,  it  is  worthy  of  preservation : — 

'In  an  old  thatched  house  in  Church  Street,  Nairn, 
lived  a  quaint  little  figure.  She  was  the  last  of  the  ancient 
family  of  Doles  of  Doles  and  Dallas  of  Cantray  in  the  direct 


DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE  437 

line.  Her  great-grandfather  was  killed  at  the  battle  of 
Culloden,  fighting  for  Prince  Charlie,  and  the  family  possessions 
were  forfeited.  The  dainty,  diminutive  lady  seemed  never 
for  a  moment  to  forget  her  ancient  lineage.  When  people  in 
fashionable  finery  passed  her  she  drew  the  folds  of  her  well- 
worn  silk  dress  closer,  and  smiled — as  much  as  to  say,  "  With 
all  your  grandeur  of  dress,  what  would  you  not  give  to  be  me, 
the  representative  of  the  ancient  and  honourable  family  of 
Dallas  of  that  Ilk  ?  "  Her  pride  of  ancestry  would  probably 
have  eaten  her  heart  out  but  for  one  thing — Elizabeth  Dallas 
was  religious.  While  still  in  her  teens  she  had  sworn  the 
covenants  —  solemn  written  engagements  of  personal  de- 
dication— along  with  her  father,  a  pious  man  much  given  to 
religious  introspection.  When  the  Disruption  took  place  she 
"  came  out,"  and  became  a  recognised  leader  of  the  Free 
Church  party  in  her  town  and  neighbourhood.  She  was 
not  rich,  neither  was  she  very  poor ;  she  had  just  enough  to 
live  upon  in  a  quiet  genteel  way,  and  to  give  a  modest  con- 
tribution to  the  Sustentation  Fund.  It  was  not  with  her 
wealth  she  served  the  cause — it  was  with  her  character. 
Except  that  her  house  had  the  arms  of  the  ancient  family 
of  Cantray-Dallas,  with  the  three  mullets  carved  on  a  stone 
above  her  door,  and  bearing  the  date  1641,  there  was  nothing 
to  distinguish  her  dwelling  from  those  of  the  working  people 
around  her.  But  all  the  people  recognised  a  difference — the 
thatched  house  was  the  abode  of  "  the  Last  of  her  Race," 
the  representative  of  the  decayed  house  of  Cantray-Dallas. 
Much  as  she  did  to  expound  and  make  clear  the  "  distinctive 
principles  "  of  the  Free  Church  in  her  visits  to  her  humbler 
friends,  it  was  really  by  her  impressment  of  manner — the 
consciousness  of  her  ancient  lineage — that  she  advanced  and 
strengthened  its  position.  It  was  as  if  the  ancient  family  of 
Dallas  in  all  bygone  generations,  through  her,  its  living 
representative,  gave  its  sanction  and  support  to  the  Free 
Church.  She  for  ever  exalted  the  office  of  collector  of  the 


438  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Sustentation  Fund,  by  becoming  a  collector  herself,  and  for 
over  forty  years  no  more  diligent  collector  ever  went  the 
round  of  her  district.  Ancestral  pride  and  Christian  humility 
for  once  harmonised.  She  took  her  place  and  got  it  at  all 
times.  She  had  her  own  seat —  the  corner  nearest  the  minister 
— at  the  prayer  meeting.  She  sat  at  the  centre  of  the  table 
whereon  the  Communion  elements  were  placed,  and  received 
the  sacred  symbols  direct  from  the  minister's  hands,  the  first 
of  the  congregation  to  be  served.  Nobody  ever  thought  of 
questioning  this  arrangement.  It  was  according  to  the 
eternal  fitness  of  things  that  this  unique  little  personage 
should  have  unique  position  at  all  times.  Was  she  not  the 
"  Last  of  her  Race  "  ?  What  though  the  family  possessions 
were  all  gone  ? — she  was  heir  of  line  though  not  of  acres. 

'  Anne,  her  faithful  servant,  was  the  recipient  of  all  her 
marvellous  lore,  legendary  and  historical,  and  in  tending  her 
little  mistress  seemed  to  feel  that  she  was  ministering  to  a 
personage  of  real  historical  importance.  Anne  could  repeat 
correctly  the  Dallas  pedigree  from  Sir  William  de  Doles, 
first  Lord  of  Doles,  A.D.  1280,  to  Dallas  of  Cantray,  who  fell 
fighting  on  the  Stuart  side  at  Culloden  Moor. 

' "  But  we  are  not  Jacobites,  Anne,"  her  mistress  would  say. 

'  "  No,  ma'am ;  we  are  loyal  to  Queen  Victoria  and  the 
House  of  Hanover." 

' "  Yes.  We  have  received  grace  to  forgive  them,  but  we  can 
never  forget  what  the  Duke  of  Cumberland  did  to  our  House ; 
and  if  I  should  ever  have  the  honour  to  meet  her  Majesty 
I  should  tell  her  so.  When  I  am  gone,  Anne,  the  family  of 
Cantray-Dallas  will  cease,  and  the  branch  of  Dallas  of  St. 
Martin's  will  come  in.  [Incorrect ;  see  pp.  179, 180,  321-79. — 
EDITOB.)  It  is  a  great  consolation  to  me  to  think  that  the  family 
will  be  represented  by  Winnifred  Dallas- Yorke.  You  saw  her 
photograph  which  her  father,  my  nearest  kinsman,  sent  me. 
She  is  very  beautiful  and  much  taller  than  I  am,  but  I  wish 
they  had  not  added  the  name  of  Yorke  to  that  of  Dallas." 


DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE  439 

'  "  But,"  remarked  Anne,  "  please,  ma'am,  Miss  Winnifred 
may  take  some  one  else's  name  some  day." 

'  "  True,  Anne,  I  forgot  that.  I  do  hope  she  will  marry  well. 
But  Winnifred  Dallas- Yorke  is  not  the  first  Queen  of  Beauty 
in  the  Dallas  family.  You  remember  about  the  beautiful 
Miss  Dallas  of  Cantray — Anna  was  her  name — who  married 
Duncan  Mackintosh  of  Castleledders.  I  think  I  told  you  the 
story  before — how  Mackintosh  of  Castleledders,  in  the  absence 
of  the  Chief  of  Clan  Chattan,  being  next  of  kin,  was  to  have 
led  the  clan  at  Culloden  Moor,  and  how  young  M'Gillivray 
of  Dunmaglass,  the  night  before  the  battle,  went  to  Moyhall 
and  told  '  Colonel  Anne '  (Lady  Mackintosh,  I  mean,  for  it  is 
not  proper  for  one  so  nearly  related  as  I  am  to  the  Mackintosh 
family  to  speak  but  with  respect  of  them,  especially  of 
dear  Lady  Anne  Mackintosh) — well,  he  told  her  that  the 
M'Gillivrays  would  not  fight  unless  he  got  the  command  of 
the  whole  clan ;  and  how  Lady  Mackintosh  became  alarmed 
and  sent  for  Mackintosh  of  Castleledders  and  begged  of  him 
by  all  the  ties  of  kinship  and  affection  to  forgo  his  right  in 
favour  of  Dunmaglass.  And  you  know  what  he  said — '  My 
Lady,  I  resign  my  command  at  your  request,  but  a  Mackintosh 
Chief  can  never  serve  under  a  M'Gillivray,'  and  he  retired  to 
his  home  and  took  no  part  in  the  battle." 

'  "  But,  please,  ma'am,  do  you  not  think  there  was  another 
reason  for  Castleledders  acting  as  he  did  ?  "  said  Anne,  who 
had  heard  the  story  a  hundred  times. 

' "  You  are  quite  right,  Anne.  He  would  have  been  disgraced 
in  the  eyes  of  Miss  Dallas  of  Cantray  (for  they  were  not  married 
then).  I  believe  she  would  have  broken  off  the  engagement. 
The  truth  is,  there  was  a  great  rivalry  between  Anna  Dallas 
and  Elizabeth  Campbell  of  Clunas — they  were  the  two  most 
beautiful  women  in  the  Highlands  at  the  time.  Wicked 
old  Simon,  Lord  Lovat,  used  to  say  he  did  not  know  which 
was  the  more  dangerous  attraction — '  the  star  on  the  hill- 
top '  or  '  the  light  in  the  valley.'  Clunas  was  a  jointure 


440  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

house  of  Cawdor,  and  is  high  up  in  the  hills,  whilst  Cantray 
is  in  the  valley  of  the  river  Nairn.  Duncan  Campbell  of 
Clunas's  daughter  was  very  accomplished,  for  she  had  been 
educated  in  Italy,  whither  her  father  had  fled  as  an  exile  for 
the  part  he  had  taken  in  the  Jacobite  Rising  of  1715,  but  my 
own  kinswoman  was  the  handsomer  of  the  two.  So  at  least 
I  have  heard  it  said.  Now  Elizabeth  Campbell,  who  was 
a  strong  Jacobite,  was  engaged  to  young  Dunmaglass,  but  she 
told  him  that  unless  he  led  the  Mackintosh  clan  for  the  Prince 
he  need  come  to  see  her  no  more.  It  was  this  that  brought 
Dunmaglass  to  Moyhall  the  night  before  the  battle  of  Culloden, 
for  he  was  naturally  a  modest  youth,  and  knew  that  the 
M'Gillivrays  were  a  minor  sept  of  the  Clan  Chattan.  So 
keen  was  Elizabeth  Campbell  about  it  that  she  actually 
rode  on  to  the  battlefield  within  an  hour  of  the  firing,  and 
her  face  beamed  with  joy  when  she  saw  Dunmaglass  at  the 
head  of  the  Clan  Chattan.  Prince  Charles  graciously  saluted 
her  as  she  rode  past,  and  on  being  told  who  she  was,  he  went 
up  to  Dunmaglass  and  said,  '  I  envy  you  your  good  for- 
tune, M'Gillivray ! '  Elizabeth  Campbell  had  her  ambition 
gratified  so  far,  but  her  big,  beardless  boy-lover  (he  was  six 
feet  five  inches  in  height,  with  light-yellow  hair  and  a  com- 
plexion as  fair  and  delicate  as  any  lady's)  lay  mortally  wounded 
among  the  dead  and  dying  at  the  Deadmen's  Well,  and  next 
day  his  lifeless  body  was  carried  by  his  Highland  neighbours 
to  Petty  churchyard  for  Christian  burial.  My  own  great- 
grandfather, the  Chief  of  the  Dallases,  killed  by  a  bullet  in 
the  brain,  was  buried  at  Croy  churchyard  the  same  day — 
a  mark  of  distinction  bestowed  on  the  few — the  rest  of  the 
dead  being  huddled  into  trenches  on  the  field  of  battle.  You 
will  have  read  accounts  of  the  battle  of  Culloden,  Anne,  but 
believe  me,  the  great  cause  of  the  loss  of  the  battle  was  the 
jealousy  of  these  two  ladies — Elizabeth  Campbell  of  Clunas, 
and  Anna  Dallas  of  Cantray — for  had  Mackintosh  of  Castle- 
ledders  led  the  Clan  Chattan,  and  not  a  raw  youth  like  Dunma- 


DALLAS  OF  BRACKLIE  441 

glass,  gallant  fellow  though  he  was,  the  result  would  have  been 
different.  Poor  Elizabeth,  she  died  of  a  broken  heart  a  few 
months  after.  Anna  Dallas  married  Castleledders,  and  their 
son,  Angus,  succeeded  to  the  chiefship  of  the  great  Clan 
Chattan." 

'With  such  stories,  mistress  and  maid  beguiled  the  long 
hours  of  then-  abundant  leisure.  Years  passed.  The  prayer 
meeting,  the  Sabbath  services,  the  Sustentation  Fund  collect- 
ing had  to  be  given  up. 

'  "  I  was  ninety  years  of  age  last  birthday,  and  I  can  now  do 
so  little  good.  I  hope  it  will  not  be  long  till  I  join  my  dear 
father  around  the  heavenly  throne." 

'  "  Can  you  bear  joyful  news,  my  dear  mistress  ?  "  exclaimed 
the  devoted  Anne  one  morning. 

'  "  What  is  it,  Anne  ?  " 

'  "  The  papers  announce  this  morning  that  Miss  Winnifred 
Dallas- Yorke  is  engaged  to  be  married  to  the  Duke  of  Port- 
land." 

'  "  How  good  !  how  good  !  Now,  Lord,  let  Thy  servant 
depart  in  peace  !  My  cup  of  earthly  joy  is  full !  " 

"  And  from  that  hour  she  became  insensible  to  all  outward 
earthly  things.  She  abdicated  her  position,  as  heir  of  line  of 
Dallas  of  Dallas  and  Cantray-Dallas,  with  the  assured  prospect 
of  its  being  worthily  sustained  by  her  Grace  the  Duchess  of 
Portland.  As  the  evening  of  her  days  darkened,  her  physical 
powers  and  mental  faculties  decayed.  She  became  stone- 
blind,  but  each  night  as  it  approached,  the  faithful  servant 
had  the  sick  chamber  illuminated  with  numerous  lights,  and 
had  her  gentle  mistress  dressed  in  all  her  prettiest  things. 
And  as  the  night  wore  on  a  pathetic  scene  in  that  old  house 
was  enacted.  Sleep  sometimes  would  not  come  to  the  wearied 
sufferer,  but  the  old  nurse  knew  of  one  soporific  which  never 
failed. 

' "  What  keeps  my  dear  father  so  late  to-night,  Anne  ? 
I  cannot  sleep  till  he  returns." 


442  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

' "  Please,  ma'am,  he  is  dining  with  The  Mackintosh  at 
Moyhall,  and  will  be  very  late  before  he  gets  back." 

'  "  Oh,  I  forgot — I  am  so  pleased  he  is  at  Moyhall.  It  is  a 
long  way  off,  and  the  gentlemen  will  have  so  much  to  say  to 
each  other.  I  think  I  can  sleep  now." 

*  Like  a  fairy  tale  to  a  child,  the  little  fiction  lulled  her  to 
sleep.  Pride  of  race  outlived  every  other  feeling  except 
trust  in  her  Saviour.  At  her  death,  she  was  buried  in  the 
same  grave  as  her  ancestor  who  fell  at  Culloden.  The  grave 
had  not  been  opened  since  the  fateful  day  of  Culloden,  and 
the  spade  of  the  gravedigger  turned  up  a  human  skull.  It 
bore  a  bullet  mark  under  the  left  temple. 

'  The  story  is  no  fiction.  The  old  family  relics — the  carved 
stone  with  the  insignia  of  the  Dallas  family,  and  such  like — 
were  bequeathed  by  Elizabeth  Dallas  to  Mr.  Dallas- Yorke, 
father  of  the  present  Duchess  of  Portland,  and  have  found  a 
resting-place  at  Walmsgate,  his  residence.  The  old  thatched 
house  was  pulled  down,  but  the  new  buildings  have,  in  virtue 
of  the  association  of  the  spot,  been  called  Portland  Place.' 


DALLAS  IN  ELLERIGG 

ELLEBIGG  or  Elrig,  which  is  in  Auldearn  parish,  was  a 
Mackintosh  holding.  Numerous  references  to  these  lands 
are  found  among  the  family  muniments.  Eilrig  means  '  deer 
pass '  or  the  place  where  deer  were  killed  or  captured.  Latterly 
these  lands  formed  part  of  the  estate  of  Brin,  a  Macpherson 
holding.  In  1577  they  were  held  by  Macphails,  for  Paul 
M'Condochy  Doye  in  Innoureruy  (Inverarnie)  granted  a 
charter  to  his  son,  Duncan  M'Phaill  M'Cond-Doye,  of  his 
half  lands  of  Tullich  and  Elrig,  and  on  31st  July  1582  a 
retour  of  Duncan's  sendee  as  son  and  heir  to  the  deceased 
Paul  M'Conche  Dow  is  '  exped '  in  the  Tolbooth  of  Inverness. 
(Mackintosh's  Mackintoshes  and  Clan  Chattan,  p.  495.)  Ac- 
cording to  Lachlan  Shaw,  the  Macphails  were  generally  reputed 
a  tribe  of  old  Clan  Chattan,  and  were  descended  from  Paul 
Cattanach,  who  came  from  the  west  with,  or  soon  after,  the 
wife  of  the  sixth  Mackintosh.  The  earliest  reference  to  the 
sept  in  the  Kinrara  MS.  is  to  the  effect  that  Paul  Gow  MacPhail, 
goodsir  (grandfather)  to  Sir  Andrew  Macphail,  parson  of  Croy, 
lived  in  the  time  of  Duncan,  eleventh  of  Mackintosh,  and  was 
ancestor  of  Clan  Phail  (p.  494 ;  cf.  Invernessiana,  254). 

John  Dallas  in  Ellerigg  married  Catherine  Mackintosh. 
She  was  probably  the  daughter  of  Alexander  Mackintosh, 
tacksman  of  Elrig,  who  appears  in  a  list  of  persons  concerned 
in  the  rebellion  furnished  by  the  supervisors  of  excise  in  1746, 
and  now  in  the  hands  of  the  Duke  of  Atholl,  was  a  captain 
in  the  Clan  Chattan  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  Alexander 
M'Gillivray  of  Dunmaglass,  and  was  one  of  the  five  officers 
of  that  regiment  out  of  twenty-five  who  survived  the  disasters 
of  Culloden. 

MS 


444  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

The  loss  of  Clan  Chattan  is  thus  alluded  to  in  John  Roy 
Stewart's  poem,  '  The  Day  of  Culloden ' : — 

'  Redoubled  are  shed  my  tears  for  the  dead, 

As  I  think  of  Clan  Chattan  the  foremost  in  fight ; 
0  woe  for  the  time  that  has  shrivelled  their  prime, 
And  woe  that  the  left  had  not  stood  at  the  right.' 

(Mackintosh  History,  pp.  332  and  346) . 

John  Dallas  in  EUerigg  married  Catherine  M'Intosh,  by 
whom  he  had  the  following  children :  (1)  Ann,  b.  6th,  bp. 
14th  February  1742 ;  (2)  William,  bp.  13th  December  1747  ; 
(3)  John,  bp.  llth  February  1750,  of  whom  hereafter ;  (4) 
Jean,  bp.  24th  March  1753.  The  last  three  children  were 
baptized  at  Ardersier  (Campbeltown). 

John  Dallas  was  in  Campbeltown  in  1783  and  in  Fort 
George  in  1794,  when  he  is  designated  as  clerk  of  works.  He 
died  30th  April  1810,  and  is  buried  at  Croy,  aged  fifty-nine 
(gravestone). 

He  married  Isobel  Hoy,  Campbeltown,  by  whom  he  had 
(1)  James,  b.  23rd,  bp.  29th  June  1783,  d.  9th  June  1857, 
bur.  Kensal  Green  Cemetery,  m.  at  St.  Paul's,  Co  vent  Garden, 
27th  May  1810,  Grace,  daughter  of  William  Barr  and  Jean 
Nisbet,  b.  12th  November  1785  at  Eyemouth,  d.  16th  January 
1861.  She  is  buried  in  Kensal  Green. 

They  had  an  only  child,  John  Peter  Grant  Dallas,  b. 
London,  1st  November  1810,  d.  there  30th  September  1858, 
m.  Eliza  Catherine  Bluntish,  6.  at  Avranches,  Normandy, 
10th  December  1824,  d.  27th  September  1857  at  Brighton,  bur. 
Kensal  Green. 

They  had  the  following  children : — 

1.  Flora  Grace,  b.  Calcutta  25th  October  1844,  d.  Exmouth 
6th  March  1906,  bur.  Elmersend  Cemetery,  m.  17th 
July  1866  at  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  Rev. 
W.  W.  Edwards,  b.  2nd  April  1833,  d.  1st  December 
1896,  bur.  Elmersend  Cemetery,  of  whom  hereafter. 


DALLAS  IN  ELLERIGG  445 

2.  Emily  Jane,  6.  20th  December  1845,  d.  19th  December 

1846  at  Bath. 

3.  Robert  Stuart,  6.   21st  August   1848,  d.  at  Calcutta 

29th  September  1848. 

4.  Charles  Butler,  6.  4th  January  1851  at  Paris,  d.  15th 

March  1856  at  28  Inverness  Terrace,  London,  bur. 
Kensal  Green. 

5.  Constance  Eliza,  b.  23rd  April  1853. 

6.  John  Edwin,  b.  17th  January  1855. 

Rev.  William  Walter  Edwards  had  the  following  children  : 
(1)  William  Bruce  Dallas,  6.  8th  May  1867  at  38  Bury  Street, 
St.  James',  London ;  (2)  Evelyn  Mary,  6.  6th  September 
1869  in  Blair  Athol,  d.  23rd  July  1877  at  Cardiston  Rectory, 
Shropshire;  (3)  Harry  Dallas,  6.  28th  March  1871  at  19 
Granville  Place,  Portman  Square  ;  (4)  Walter  Maurice  Dallas, 
&.  23rd  June  1874,  m.  at  old  Eaton  Parish  Church,  Norwich, 
on  llth  December  1920,  Miss  Helen  Marjorie  Rackham ; 
(5)  Margaret  Edith  Dallas,  b.  2nd  June  1877 ;  (6)  Alice  Mary 
Dallas,  b.  14th  May  1879,  all  born  at  Cardiston  Rectory. 

William  Bruce  Dallas  Edwards,  m.  1st  June  1911,  at  St. 
George's  Church,  Hanover  Square,  Edith  May  Traylen,  and 
has  the  following  children :  (1)  Giles  Bruce  Dallas,  6.  20th 
April  1912  at  Leicester ;  (2)  Marjorie  Grace  Dallas,  b.  4th 
December  1914  at  Norwich ;  (3)  Joan  Edith  Dallas,  6.  there 
4th  December  1914 ;  (4)  Mary  Patricia  Dallas,  b.  there  16th 
February  1919. 

John  Dallas  and  Isabella  Roy  had  the  following  daughters  : 
(1)  Mary,  &.  17th,  bp.  20th  January  1786 ;  (2)  Jane,  6.  17th, 
bp.  29th  November  1794  at  Fort  George ;  (3)  Margaret,  bp.  27th 
November  1800  at  Fort  George;  a  witness  at  this  baptism 
was  James  Dallas. 

William  Dallas,  before  referred  to,  son  of  John  Dallas  and 
Catherine  M'Intosh,  seems  to  have  married  Janet  M'Bain, 
and  was  in  the  Moor  of  Nairn  and  Trades  Park  there.  They  had 


446  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

the  following  children :  (1)  John,  bp.  31st  July  1794  with 
John  Dallas  in  Ardersier  and  John  M'Pherson,  Daviot ;  (2) 
Isabel,  bp.  8th  May  1796 ;  (3)  Catherine,  bp.  22nd  October 
1798  ;  (4)  Alexander,  bp.  4th  November  1800  ;  (5)  William, 
bp.  12th  August  1802. 

A  difficulty  arises  as  to  the  parentage  of  John  Dallas  in 
Ellerigg.  It  is  probable  that  he  was  second  son  of  William 
Dallas  in  Balmachree  (p.  159). 

If  direct  proof  is  wanting  that  his  son  John,  bp.  llth 
February  1750,  is  the  same  as  John  Dallas  in  Campbeltown 
who  married  Isabel  Roy,  then  it  might  alternatively  be 
suggested  that  the  latter  was  son  of  William  Dallas  in  Earnhill, 
afterwards  in  Wellhill  in  Dyke  parish,  whose  pedigree  we 
suggest  at  p.  469,  or  John,  son  of  Hugh  Dallas  in  Kerrow, 
but  neither  of  these  offers  the  same  probability  that  our  line 
as  given  affords. 


We  shall  now  deal  with  a  number  of  families  of  Dallas 
which  we  have  not  been  able  to  Link  with  any  of  the  main 
branches.  We  have  arranged  these  as  far  as  possible  by 
towns,  villages,  and  parishes,  as  this  appears  to  be  the  easiest 
method  for  the  purpose  of  reference. 


DALLAS  IN  INVERNESS 

THE  family  does  not  appear  in  these  registers  before  8th 
July  1646,  when  a  '  William  Dallas  in  Innerness  presents 
a  barne  to  be  baptised  called  Elspet.'  We  have  not  been  able 
to  link  him  with  any  of  the  families.  No  further  entries  are 
found  until  1677,  when  two  Robert  Dallases,  elder  and  younger, 
appear,  and  who  are  dealt  with  at  pp.  246  and  281. 

Then  we  find  two  Jameses : — 

James  Dallas,  in  the  Heugh,  Inverness,  and  Margaret 
Ross,  who  had  the  following  children :  (1)  James,  bp.  7th 
December  1678;  (2)  Margaret,  bp.  7th  March  1682;  (3) 
Christian,  and  (4)  Helen,  bp.  21st  August  1688  ;  (5)  Isobel, 
bp.  15th  March  1691. 

James  Dallas,  stabler,  East  Street,  m.  Jean  Hetherington, 
by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Janet,  bp.  1st  July  1688 ;  (2)  John, 
bp.  26th  July  1692  ;  (3)  Robert,  bp.  9th  May  1695 ;  witness, 
Robert  Dallas,  merchant,  Inverness. 

The  following  marriages  are  recorded  : — 

1709,  February  7th,  Walter  Denoon,  Cordiner,  Burgess  of 

Inverness,   and  Margaret  Dallas ;    she  died  3rd 

December  1709. 
1712,  June  7th,  Donald  Macpherson,  Tailor,  Inverness, 

and  Christine  Dallas,  servant  to  Al.  Duff. 
1712,  July  4th,  Alexander  Drysdale,  Gardener  in  Culloden, 

and  Margaret  Dallas,  servant  to  Isobel  Cowie  in 

Inverness. 
1715,  March  19th,  David  Duncan  Cooper,  in  Inverness,  and 

Janet  Dallas  there. 

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448  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1717,  November  15th,  Robert  Watson,  Weaver,  to  contract 

with  Janet  Dallas,  servant  to  Barbara  Watson. 
December  3rd,  married. 

1718,  October  llth,  David  Stewart,  Weaver,  Inverness, 

and  Christian  Dallas,  m.  20th  November. 

John  Dallas,  pyner,  labourer,  and  farmer  in  Inverness, 
m.  Katherine  Sinclair,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Christian,  bp. 
31st  October  1715,  d.  19th  April  1717  ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp. 
16th  September  1717  ;  (3)  Hugh,  bp.  12th  May  1719 ;  (4) 
James,  bp.  22nd  October  1720 — witness,  James  Dallas,  shoe- 
maker— probably  married  Anne  Macpherson,  by  whom  he 
had  Catherine,  bp.  2nd  October  1755 ;  (5)  Elspet,  bp.  llth 
December  1722 ;  (6)  Margaret,  bp.  20th  August  1725 ;  (7) 
Elizabeth,  bp.  20th  January  1728  ;  (8)  John,  bp.  12th  August 
1732. 

Alexander  Dallas,  a  gardener  at  Culduthil,  and  thereafter 
at  Beloan  hi  1744,  married  Margaret  Fraser,  by  whom  he 
had :  1.  James,  bp.  21st  September  1728.  He  was  in  Draikies, 
thereafter  in  Knocknagial,  tenant  in  Tor  break  in  1769,  and  in 
Dumballoch,  Kirkhill,  in  1773.  He  married  Christian  Paterson 
on  31st  January  1755,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Alexander,  bp. 
22nd  November  1755  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  10th  March  1758 ;  (3) 
Margaret,  bp.  14th  April  1760 ;  (4)  Roderick,  bp.  4th  August 
1762,  of  whom  hereafter ;  (5)  Elizabeth,  bp.  3rd  May  1766 ; 
(6)  Catherine,  bp.  8th  March  1769  ;  (7)  Grizzel,  bp.  8th  October 
1773. 

Roderick  was  a  miller  at  New  Factory,  and  married  Margaret 
Rose,  24th  March  1789,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Christian, 
bp.  10th  May  1790 ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  24th  January  1793 ; 
(3)  Easter,  bp.  29th  September  1794 ;  (4)  James,  bp.  9th  May 
1799. 

Alexander  Dallas  had:  2.  Roderick,  farmer  in-Culduthil, 
in  Belloan,  bp.  4th  December  1731,  m.  20th  February  1755 
Marjorie  Grant,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children : 


DALLAS  IN  INVERNESS  449 

(1)  Christian,  bp.  28th  December  1755  ;  (2)  Margaret,  bp. 
13th  March  1757,  ra.  Donald  Strachan,  farmer,  Culduthil, 
30th  December  1783,  by  whom  she  had :  (i)  John,  bp.  16th 
October  1784 ;  (ii)  Marjory,  bp.  15th  April  1786  ;  (hi)  Mary, 
bp.  29th  June  1787  ;  (3)  Ann,  bp.  16th  June  1760  ;  (4)  Marjorie, 
bp.  24th  September  1762 ;  (5)  Christian,  bp.  22nd  March 
1765  ;  (6)  Alexander,  bp.  22nd  August  1766  ;  (7)  William,  bp. 
16th  November  1768  ;  (8)  Roderick,  bp.  14th  March  1771  ; 
(9)  James,  bp.  9th  February  1774  ;  (10)  John,  bp.  18th  June 
or  19th  August  1776 ;  (11)  Catherine,  bp.  5th  April  1779  ; 
(12)  Lillias,  bp.  18th  December  1781. 

Alexander  Dallas  and  Margaret  Eraser  had:  3.  Lachlan, 
bp.  8th  April  1734  ;  4.  Ann,  bp.  10th  July  1736  ;  5.  Margaret, 
bp.  1st  May  1738  ;  6.  Katherine,  bp.  21st  August  1741  ;  7. 
a  child,  bp.  5th  July  1743  ;  8.  Alexander,  bp.  27th  October 
1744.  He  became  tenant  in  Belloan  ;  m.  Anne  Macgillivray 
27th  June  1760,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  William,  bp.  20th 
April  1765  ;  (2)  Barbara,  bp.  llth  July  1767  ;  (3)  Peter, 
shoemaker,  afterwards  wright,  Culloden,  bp.  28th  July  1769, 
m.  Jean  Dallas,  by  whom  he  had  William,  bp.  16th  January 
1797  ;  (4)  Patrick,  bp.  8th  August  1771. 

John  Dallas,  Green  of  Martoun,  thereafter  Altuaskiak. 
m.  Agnes  or  Ann  Strachan,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Hugh,  bp. 
7th  April  1710  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  22nd  March  1714. 

John  Dallas,  farmer,  Inverness,  m.  Margaret  M'Pherson, 
by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  James,  bp.  16th  February  1718,  witness, 
James  Dallas,  shoemaker ;  (2)  John,  bp.  15th  October  1720  ; 
(3)  Christian,  bp.  13th  March  1723. 

Peter  Dallas  in  Culloden,  afterwards  in  Stonefield,  Creadels 
Hall,  where  he  was  a  cartwright,  and  latterly  grieve  at  Bennie- 
field,  married  Mary  Fraser,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Isobel, 
bp.  22nd  September  1781 ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  15th  November 
1783  ;  (3)  Mary,  6.  1st,  bp.  8th  September  1785,  when  at 
Balnagown  (Ardersier  parish) ;  (4)  Jean,  bp.  23rd  July  1787 
(Kirkhill  parish) ;  (5)  Alexander,  bp.  18th  August  1789 ;  (6) 


450  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Katherine,  bp.  19th  March  1792  ;  (7)  Janet,  bp.  21st  January 
1795  ;  (8)  Peter,  bp.  24th  February  1797  ;  (9)  Angus,  bp. 
2nd  March  1798;  (10)  John,  bp.  21st  August  1800;  (11) 
Barbara,  bp.  7th  March  1804. 

Robert  Dallas,  heckler  or  flaxdresser,  m.  Elizabeth  M'Cally 
or  M'Catty,  17th  January  1797,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Alexander, 
bp.  23rd  February  1797  ;  (2)  Isobel,  bp.  7th  February  1799  ; 
(3)  Margaret,  bp.  26th  March  1801  ;  (4)  Robert  and  Margery, 
29th  July  1803  (posthumous).  He  d.  12th  March  1803. 

William  Dallas,  soldier,  42nd  Regiment,  m.  19th  May 
1797  Elizabeth  Eraser,  by  whom  he  had  Duncan,  bp.  20th 
November  1797. 

James  Dallas  in  Holm  m.  Jean  Mackenzie,  by  whom  he 
had  William,  bp.  13th  June  1796. 

James  Dallas,  grieve,  m.  Isobel  Sinclair,  by  whom  he  had  : 
(1)  Lauchlan,  bp.  17th  January  1800 ;  (2)  Simon,  bp.  llth 
November  1802. 

Donald  Dallas,  farmer,  Lochend,  m.  Ann  Munro,  by  whom 
he  had:  (1)  James,  bp.  9th  February  1801  :  (2)  Isobel,  26th 
May  1803  ;  (3)  Ann,  bp.  4th  January  1806. 

John  Dallas,  gardener,  m.  Catherine  Henderson,  by  whom 
he  had:  (1)  Christian,  bp.  9th  June  1801  ;  (2)  Catherine,  bp. 
29th  June  1804  ;  (3)  Jean,  bp.  24th  February  1807. 

Roderick  Dallas,  labourer,  m.  Margaret  Ross,  by  whom  he 
had :  (1)  Roderick,  bp.  5th  May  1803  ;  (2)  James,  bp.  25th 
September  1807. 

Alexander  Dallas,  saddler,  m.  Johanna  M'Gillivray,  5th 
September  1801,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Marjory,  bp.  20th 
February  1804  ;  (2)  Farquhar,  bp.  15th  January  1806 ;  (3) 
Margaret,  bp.  21st  July  1808.  Mrs.  Dallas  d.*  7th  March 
1809. 

John  Dallas,  coachmaker,  m.  Helen  Law,  by  whom  he  had : 
(1)  Nancy,  bp.  5th  April  1810 ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  14th  May 
1817. 

James    Dallas,    saddler,  m.   Margaret    M'Pherson,    13th 


DALLAS  IN  INVERNESS  451 

February  1812,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  2nd 
December  1812  ;  (2)  Isobel,  bp.  18th  November  1814. 

James  Dallas,  painter,  ra.  Sarah  M'Intosh,  daughter  of 
William  M'Intosh,  23rd  June  1812,  by  whom  he  had  Sarah, 
bp.  2nd  January  1815. 

Hector  Dallas,  soldier,  ra.  Agnes  Rose,  by  whom  he  had  a 
child,  bp.  3rd  May  1816. 

William  Dallas,  smith,  at  Milburn,  m.  Isobel  May,  by 
whom  he  had  John,  bp.  7th  May  1818. 

Peter  Dallas,  carpenter,  m.  Isabella  Mackenzie,  14th  June 
1821,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  John,  bp.  3rd  June  1822  ;  (2) 
Mary,  bp.  9th  July  1823  ;  (3)  Peter,  bp.  8th  October  1825  ; 

(4)  Elizabeth  Isabella,  bp.   25th  October  1827;    (5)   Peter 
Alexander,  bp.  12th  October  1829  ;    he  was  then  a  miller  at 
Bught;     (6)   Elizabeth   Isabella,   bp.   8th  November   1830; 
(7)  Isabella,  bp.  19th  March  1833  ;    (8)  Alexander,  bp.  28th 
April  1835. 

Simon  Dallas,  tanner,  m.  Hannah  Dallas,  15th  July  1820, 
by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  3rd  March  1823. 

Roderick  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Merkinch,  m.  Helen  Mackay, 
8th  April  1824,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  4th 
February  1825;  (2)  Catherine,  bp.  29th  December  1826; 
(3)  Sarah,  bp.  1st  May  1829  ;  (4)  James,  bp.  13th  June  1831  ; 

(5)  Kenneth,  bp.  20th  August  1833  ;    (6)  Margaret,  bp.  29th 
March  1836 ;  (7)  John,  bp.  15th  December  1843 ;  (8)  Roderick, 
bp.  25th  December  1846  ;    (9)  Helen,  bp.  23rd  June  1849  ; 
(10)  Christian,  bp.  1st  December  1851. 

Roderick  Dallas,  farmer,  Dunain,  m.  21st  June  1825, 
Janet  Forbes,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Roderick,  bp.  16th 
October  1827;  (2)  John,  bp.  22nd  September  1829;  (3) 
Alexander,  bp.  17th  July  1832. 

John  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Green  of  Muirton,  m.  Margaret 
Dallas,  by  whom  he  had  James,  bp.  12th  November  1827. 

John  Dallas,  Bank  Lane,  m.  Catherine  M'Leod,  22nd 
October  1825,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Donald,  bp.  14th  July 


452  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1828 ;  (2)  Catherine,  bp.  25th  December  1831 ;  (3)  Peter, 
bp.  22nd  April  1834 ;  (4)  Janet,  bp,  12th  June  1836 ;  (5) 
Sarah,  bp.  September  1838  ;  (6)  Richard  John,  bp.  30th  June 
1840. 

John  Dallas,  shoemaker  in  the  Green,  m.  Margaret  Noble, 
12th  December  1826,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Roderick,  bp. 
16th  November  1829  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  15th  November  1830 ; 
(3)  Isabella,  bp.  25th  February  1833  ;  (4)  Roderick,  bp.  4th 
January  1838;  (5)  Margaret,  bp.  26th  October  1840;  (6) 
Rachel,  bp.  24th  March  1845. 

Alexander  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Academy  Street,  m.  Ann 
Mackay  or  M'Blay -Baron,  4th  August  1830,  by  whom  he 
had  Alexander,  bp.  18th  July  1831. 

William  Dallas,  gardener  with  Col.  Rose,  Castlehill,  m. 
Janet  M'Rae,  18th  June  1832,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Ann,  bp. 
10th  April  1833  ;  (2)  Janet,  bp.  24th  June  1834 ;  (3)  Margaret, 
bp.  31st  August  1836. 

Alexander  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Inglis  Street,  m.  Ann 
M'Leay,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Ann,  bp.  5th  August  1836 ; 
(2)  Alfred  Evelein  Richard  Winslow,  bp.  13th  May  1842. 

Peter  Dallas,  painter,  m.  Isabella  Cameron,  21st  December 
1837,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  23rd  January 
1838 ;  (2)  John,  bp.  21st  July  1842  ;  (3)  Jane,  bp.  31st  July 
1844  ;  (4)  Peter,  bp.  7th  November  1850. 

Alexander  Dallas,  painter,  m.  Ann  Macdonald,  by  whom 
he  had:  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  25th  April  1840;  (2)  Catherine, 
bp.  9th  July  1842. 

William  Dallas,  gardener,  m.  Margaret  Grant,  by  whom 
he  had  :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  22nd  January  1841. 

James  Dallas,  lockkeeper,  Muirton,  thereafter  innkeeper, 
m.  Margaret  Macfarlane,  2nd  July  1844,  by  whom  he  had : 
(1)  James  Lewis,  bp.  7th  October  1845. 

Roderick  Dallas,  farm  servant,  m.  Jane  M'Intosh,  by  whom 
he  had :  (1)  James,  bp.  12th  October  1848. 

William    Dallas,    blacksmith,    Milburn,    m.    Isabella    or 


DALLAS  IN  INVERNESS  453 

Elizabeth  Ferguson,  Culcaboch,  22nd  December  1854,  by 
whom  he  had  :  (1)  James,  bp.  28th  December  1854. 

James  Dallas,  ploughman,  Balphatrick,  m.  Elizabeth 
M'Lennan,  Tomnahurich  Street,  23rd  June  1854. 

William  Dallas,  farmer,  Lochend,  m.  Margaret  Cameron, 
Tomnahurich  Street,  29th  December  1854. 


DALLAS  IN  CULLODEN,  INVERNESS  PARISH 

WILLIAM  DALLAS,  smith,  in  Culloden,  m.  (1)  Annie  M'Lean, 
(2)  Katherine  Macgillivray.     He  had  the  following  children  : — 

1.  Alexander,  bp.  28th  May  1751,  m.  Elspet  Ross,  llth 

February  1792,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Margaret,  bp. 
llth  December  1791 ;  (2)  Isobel,  bp.  2nd  December 
1793;  (3)  Jean,  bp.  30th  November  1795;  (4) 
Alexander,  bp.  3rd  January  1798 ;  (5)  William,  bp. 
10th  March  1800. 

2.  Margaret,  bp.  19th  February  1753,  witness  Alexander 

Dallas. 

3.  Duncan,  bp.  23rd  February  1755,  m.  29th  July  1777, 

Margaret  M'Lean.  He  was  a  smith  in  Culloden, 
thereafter  in  Dochfour,  and  then  in  the  Haugh.  He 
had  the  following  children :  (1)  William,  bp.  22nd 
June  1778;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  29th  April  1780; 
(3)  Janet,  bp.  2nd  September  1786 ;  (4)  Duncan, 
bp.  14th  November  1789 ;  (5)  Margaret,  bp.  7th 
March  1791 ;  (6)  Lachlan,  bp.  28th  October  1793  ;  (7) 
Andrew,  bp.  25th  May  1795  ;  (8)  Ann,  bp.  10th  April 
1800. 

4.  Jean,  bp.  19th  September  1757. 

5.  William,    bp.    12th   February    1759,   witness   William 

Dallas.  He  is  designated  bewest  the  water,  and 
was  a  smith  in  Culloden;  he  married  :  (1)  Catherine 
M'Intosh,  and  (2)  Sarah  Ross  or  Rose,  by  whom  he 
had  the  following  children :  (1)  Annie,  bp.  13th 
September  1778,  by  second  marriage ;  (2)  Annie, 


454 


DALLAS  IN  CULLODEN,  INVERNESS  PARISH    455 

bp.  29th  March  1780;  (3)  Sarah,  bp.  27th  May 
1784  ;  (4)  Jean,  bp.  3rd  September  1788  ;  (5)  James, 
bp.  4th  April  1791  ;  (6)  Margaret,  bp.  18th  March 
1794;  (7)  Sarah,  bp.  29th  July  1796;  (8)  Sarah, 
27th  January  1801  ;  (9)  Elspat,  bp.  24th  August 
1803. 

6.  Ann,  bp.  2nd  March  1761. 

7.  John,  bp.  llth  October  1762,  witness  William  Dallas. 

He  was  a  farmer  in  Culloden,  m.  Margaret  Clark, 
29th  November  1784,  by  whom  he  had  the  following 
children :  (1)  James,  bp.  9th  December  1785  ;  (2) 
William,  bp.  2nd  October  1788;  (3)  Margaret, 
bp.  2nd  November  1790;  (4)  Anna,  bp.  30th  June 
1792;  (5)  Jean,  bp.  8th  April  1794;  (6)  John, 
bp.  20th  May  1795  ;  (7)  Isobel,  bp.  26th  January 
1797  ;  (8)  John,  bp.  20th  August  1801. 

By  his  second  marriage  with  Katherine  Macgillivray  he 
had: — 

8.  Lachlan,  bp.  30th  July  1764,  m.  Margaret  Clunes,  by 

whom  he  had  a  son,  William,  bp.  31st  August  1799. 

9.  Catherine,  bp.  18th  December  1766. 

10.  Peter,  bp.  28th  July  1769. 

11.  Patrick,  bp.  8th  August  1771. 

12.  Jean,  bp.  22nd  September  1773. 

13.  Anne,  bp.  17th  May  1775. 

John  Dallas,  wright,  Culloden,  m.  Janet  Tolmie,  30th 
May  1783,  by  whom  he  had  Anne,  b.  26th  January  1784. 

James  Dallas,  soldier  in  42nd  Regiment  in  Essich,  Knock- 
lakit,  and  latterly  grieve  at  Dochfour,  m.  Isabella  Sinclair,  by 
whom  he  had ;  (1)  John,  bp.  9th  July  1781  ;  (2)  John,  bp. 
23rd  January  1783  ;  (3)  William,  bp.  25th  May  1785  ;  (4) 
James,  bp.  7th  September  1787  ;  (5)  Isabel,  bp.  6th  November 
1789 ;  (6)  James,  bp.  8th  June  1791  ;  (7)  Hector,  bp.  10th 
February  1792  ;  (8)  Alexander,  bp.  21st  March  1794  ;  (9) 


456  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Duncan,  bp.  21st  June  1796  ;  (10)  Ann,  bp.  2nd  July  1798  ; 
(11)  Lachlan,  bp.  17th  January  1800. 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Culloden,  m.  Isobel  M' Arthur,  by  whom 
he  had  Isobel,  bp.  9th  June  1772. 

William  Dallas,  smith,  in  Culloden,  m.  Janet  M'Intosh, 
18th  September  1810,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Sarah,  bp.  12th 
February  1811  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  4th  April  1812  ;  (3)  Isobel, 
bp.  7th  May  1814  at  Drakes ;  (4)  Janet,  bp.  16th  November 
1815;  (5)  Margaret,  bp.  llth  March  1822;  (6)  Jane,  bp. 
31st  October  1826  at  Milburn ;  (7)  James,  bp.  7th  December 
1829  ;  (8)  Lauchlan,  bp.  29th  May  1835. 

Alexander  Dallas,  gamekeeper,  Culloden,  m.  Janet  Glass, 
15th  September  1842,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Sarah,  bp.  12th 
December  1842. 

Alexander  Dallas,  farmer,  in  Culloden,  m.  Elspet  Rose,  by 
whom  he  had :  (1)  William,  bp.  10th  March  1800 ;  (2)  Ann, 
bp.  10th  November  1802  ;  (3)  Elspet,  bp.  4th  August  1808. 

John  Dallas,  farmer,  Culloden,  m.  Catherine  M'Intosh, 
9th  January  1807,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Lauchlan,  bp.  20th 
August  1807  ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  1st  May  1810  ;  (3)  Margaret, 
bp.  15th  November  1815  ;  (4)  William,  bp.  13th  August  1818. 

William  Dallas,  smith,  Culloden,  m.  Margaret  Mathieson, 
by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Lauchlan,  bp.  10th  March  1808;  (2) 
Ann,  bp.  9th  April  1810.  Another  William  Dallas,  smith  in 
Culloden,  m.  Ann  Calder,  10th  April  1807,  by  whom  he  had: 
(1)  Isobel,  bp.  17th  January  1810. 


DALLAS  IN  CROY 

THIS  parish,  in  which  the  lands  of  Cantray  chiefly  lie,  is  closely 
connected  with  the  Cantray  branch  of  the  family.  We  have 
already  referred  to  a  number  of  the  families  in  the  neighbour- 
hood who  appear  to  be  more  or  less  related  to  the  main  branch. 
We  would  now  refer  to  John  Dallas,  shoemaker  in  Cantray 
or  Croy,  who  is  frequently  a  witness  to  deeds  executed  by  the 
Laird  of  Cantray,  and  is  associated  with  him  in  various  trans- 
actions. He  had  the  following  children  :  (1)  John  and  George 
(twins),  bp.  20th  February  1716 ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  16th  July 
1718 ;  (3)  Margaret,  bp.  2nd  April  1721  ;  (4)  Isabel,  bp.  8th 
September  1723  ;  (5)  James,  bp.  27th  March  1726  ;  (6)  James, 
bp.  20th  August  1728  ;  (7)  Peter,  bp.  17th  October  1731. 

James  Dallas  in  Bellafries  and  Cantray  had :  (1)  Janet, 
bp.  13th  June  1720 ;  (2)  Anne,  bp.  3rd  February  1722  ;  (3) 
John,  bp.  26th  November  1727. 

James  Dallas  in  Dunmore  of  Cantray  and  Auchendoun 
m.  Marjory  Mackay,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  William,  bp.  27th 
October  1745  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  27th  October  1747  ;  (3)  Margaret, 
bp.  20th  December  1748  (Cawdor  Par.  Reg.) ;  (4)  Alexander, 
bp.  2nd  July  1753. 

James  Dallas  in  Rumochry  raised  letters  of  horning  on 
26th  April  1787  against  Donald  Grant  in  Regulas.  (Elgin  and 
Forres  Homings,  vol.  xii.  p.  502.) 

The  Croy  churchyard  contains  the  tombstone  of  James 
Dallas,  late  farmer  in  Rumachor,  who  died  February  1791, 
and  Marjory  Mackay,  his  spouse,  who  died  March  1793. 

John  Ross  and  Henrietta  Dallas,  in  Oldtown  of  Kilraick, 
had  a  child  b.  17th  November  1749,  bp.  20th  November,  called 
Ann,  a  witness  being  John  Dallas  in  Galcantray. 

Duncan  Mackenzie  and  Janet  Dallas  in  Tornnacroich  had 
a  daughter  bp.  18th  March  1750. 


458  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

John  Urquhart  and  Anne  Dallas  in  Tornnacroich  had 
John,  bp.  6th  October  1751. 

William  Dallas  and  Lilias  Lessly,  in  Cantradoune,  had 
John,  bp.  20th  February  1768 ;  witness  William  Dallas  hi  Brae 
of  Cantray. 

Croy  Parish  Register,  1813-54. 

1820,  January,  Mary,  lawful  daughter  to  James  Dallas 
and  Janet  Rose  at  Cantray,  b.  6th,  bp.  13th  January 
1820 ;  witnesses,  Hugh  Rose  in  Dalcross  and  John 
Dallas  in  Holm. 

1832,  March  6,  John,  lawful  son  to  Wm.  Dallas,  gardener 
at  Holm,  and  Margt.  Grant,  b.  6th,  bp.  23rd  March 
1832 ;    witnesses,   David   Rose  and  Alexr.    Squiare, 
both  at  Holm. 

1833,  23rd  November,  do.  do.  Janet, 
b.  23rd  November,  bp.  13th  December  1833  ;  witnesses, 
John  Rose,  miller  at  Holm,  and  Wm.  Fraser. 

1836, 18th  January,  do.  do.  Jane, 

b.  18th  January,  bp.  12th  February ;  witnesses,  Alexr. 
Grant,  carpenter,  Urchany,  and  Donald  Mackintosh, 
Holm. 

1839, 13th  August,  James,  illegitimate  son  to  Lachlan  Dallas, 
Inchyettle,  hi  parish  of  Cawdor,  and  Margt.  Grant, 
Blarmfat,  parish  of  Croy,  6.  13th  August ;  Revd.  Mr. 
Grant,  Nairn,  and  James  Grant,  Blarmfat,  witnesses. 

1841,  15th  March,  John,  lawful  son  to  John  Dallas,  forester 
at  Holm,  and  Ann  Fraser,  his  spouse,  b.  18th  March, 
bp.  20th  April  1841  ;  witnesses,  Hugh  M'Lean,  grieve 
at  Holm,  and  James  Macdonald,  gamekeeper  there. 

MARRIAGES. 

John  Dallas,  Holm,  and  Margt.  Grant  from  Urchany, 
Cawdor,  were  married  1828. 

John  Dallas,  forester  to  Sir  John  Rose  of  Holm,  and  Ann 
Fraser,  servant  at  Cawdor  Manse,  m.  19th  June  1840. 


DALLAS  IN  PETTY 

THIS  parish  register  has  been  preserved  from  October  1651, 
but  there  is  an  unfortunate  break  between  the  years  1659 
and  1704,  which  makes  the  genealogy  difficult  to  follow,  and 
particularly  the  Bracklie  family  and  their  Cantray  and 
Mackintosh  connections. 

Alexander  Dallas  had  a  daughter,  Janet,  bp.  19th  October 
1651.  At  the  same  period  there  is  a  Patrick  Dallas,  possibly 
his  brother,  who  had  two  sons,  Hugh,  bp,  9th  May  1652,  and 
William,  bp.  25th  October  1657. 

John  Dallas,  alias  M'Phadrick,  in  Balmachree,  probably 
the  son  of  Patrick  Dallas,  maltman,  son  of  Alexander  and 
Marjorie  Dallas  of  Cantray  (p.  138),  had  Janet,  bp.  9th  April 
1704.  He  is  mentioned  as  a  witness  to  a  deed  in  favour  of 
Alexander  Dallas  of  Cantray,  signed  at  Cantray,  8th  December 
1686.  (Inverness  Sasines,  vol.  v.  p.  394.)  We  next  find  a 
William  Dallas  in  Ballinrich,  who  had  a  son,  James,  bp.  10th 
June  1705,  and  John,  bp.  19th  October  1707. 

Alexander,  servitor  to  William  Dallas  in  Balmachree,  m. 
Elspet  Mackintosh  in  Conage,  16th  April  1715. 

A  family  of  Dallas  appears  in  Coulernie,  but  the  genealogy 
through  the  defective  register  is  disjointed. 

William  Dallas  in  Coulernie  had:  (1)  William,  bp.  17th 
March  1706;  (2)  Patrick,  bp.  12th  September  1708.  He 
seems  to  have  been  the  same  person  as  William  Dallas,  Saltwater 
Milne,  m.  Janet  Clark,  servitrix  with  Alexander  Clark,  Bail- 
nalan,  by  whom  he  had :  (3)  Walter  Dallas,  afterwards  miller 
at  Bracklie,  633.  20th  August  1709,  m.  16th  January  1735, 
Mary  Mackintosh,  daughter  of  deceased  Donald  Mackintosh, 
alias  Mackillandrish,  in  Conage,  by  whom  he  had :  (i)  William, 


469 


460  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

bp.  4th  January  1736  ;  (ii)  Margaret,  bp.  22nd  January  1737  ; 
(4)  Anne,  bp.  17th  April  1714  ;  (5)  Christian,  bp.  14th  October 
1716 ;  (6)  Margaret,  bp.  24th  May  1719 ;  (7)  John,  bp.  8th 
August  1721  ;  (8)  William,  bp.  20th  December  1724 ;  (9) 
Patrick,  bp.  18th  July  1727. 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Milltown  of  Bracklie  had  Mary,  bp. 
3rd  November  1717. 

There  is  another  blank  in  the  register  between  1737  and 
1749,  and  it  is  very  irregularly  kept  to  1775. 

William  Dallas  in  Coulernie,  afterwards  in  Allanerne, 
m.  Isobel  Clark,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  12th 
January  1753 ;  (2)  William,  bp.  7th  April  1761 — Alexander 
Clark  and  John  Dallas  in  Briaknies  are  witnesses  to  these 
baptisms ;  (3)  John,  bp.  13th  January  1765,  m.  Margaret 
Macpherson,  by  whom  he  had :  (i)  Elizabeth,  bp.  4th  March 
1796 ;  (ii)  Alexander,  bp.  19th  April  1798  ;  (4)  Margaret,  bp. 
17th  May  1768. 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Coulernie,  afterwards  Wester  Fisherton, 
m.  Marjorie  Cameron,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Isobel,  bp.  25th 
November  1783;  (2)  William,  bp.  14th  June  1786;  (3) 
Margaret,  bp.  15th  August  1788,  m.  John  Stewart  in  Culernie, 
by  whom  she  had,  Francis  Stewart,  bp.  6th  January  1808 ; 
(4)  David,  bp.  23rd  June  1791,  m.  Sarah  Sage,  contracted 
15th  March  1817,  by  whom  he  had :  (i)  Alexander,  bp. 
1818  ;  (ii)  Anne,  bp.  8th  April  1820 ;  (iii)  John,  bp.  10th 
March  1822  ;  (iv)  Sarah,  bp.  24th  August  1825 ;  (v)  David, 
bp.  2nd  February  1828;  (vi)  Anne,  bp.  23rd  April  1830;  (vii) 
Mary  Anne,  bp.  7th  April  1833. 

John  Dallas,  Cronnavillin,  Breachlich,  Ballinruich,  and 
Balblair,  m.  Elspeth  Mackenzie,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  John, 
bp.  23rd  December  1770;  (2)  William,  bp.  21st  April 
1772 ;  (3)  John,  bp.  4th  February  1776  ;  (4)  Marjorie,  bp. 
10th  January  1778 ;  (5)  Alexander,  b.  6th,  bp.  16th  October 
1781.  (Nairn  Beg.) 

James  Dallas,  W.  Balmachree,  m.  (1)  Mary  Young,  2nd 


DALLAS  IN  PETTY  461 

April  1813,  by  whom  he  had,  Mary,  6.  21st,  bp.  27th 

1814 ;  m.  (2)  Mary  Fraser,  by  whom  he  had  Ann,  bp.  14th 

May  1816,  and  Donald,  bp.  24th  August  1818. 

John  Dallas,  in  Upper  Culernie,  m.  Katharine  Mackilligan, 
by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  26th  November  1819; 
(2)  Catherine,  b.  28th  August  1823,  m.  Kenneth  Macrae, 
Tongue,  10th  May  1849 ;  (3)  Christian,  6.  29th  May  1826 ; 
(4)  Margery,  6.  8th  February  1832  ;  (5)  Mary,  b.  1st  October 
1836. 

John  Dallas  in  Cullerny,  m.  2nd  December  1825,  Margery 
M'Gillivray,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  John,  bp.  20th  November 
1826  ;  (2)  Alexander,  bp.  27th  September  1828  ;  (3)  Margaret, 
bp.  18th  April  1830  ;  (4)  James,  bp.  llth  October  1832  ;  (5) 
William,  bp.  28th  February  1835  ;  (6)  Isobel,  bp.  23rd  March 
1837;  (7)  Margery,  bp.  4th  May  1839;  (8)  Margaret,  bp. 
8th  October  1842.  A  careful  study  of  the  parochial  register 
leads  one  to  the  conclusion  that  this  family  were  of  the 
Brackley  or  Cantray. 

William  Mackintosh  and  Isabella  Dallas  m.  21st  January 
1774. 

Alexander  Clark  in  Delnies  m.  3rd  March  1780,  Janet 
Dallas,  Petty,  by  whom  he  had  Isabel,  b.  5th  May  1783. 

James  Dallas  m.  21st  July,  Frances  Thomson  Dyke,  by 
whom  he  had  Margaret,  bp.  18th  December  1841. 


DALLAS  OF  INCHGEDDLE  AND  CALDER  PARISH 

INCHGEDDLE  was  one  of  the  larger  farms  forming  part  of  the 
estate  of  Budgate.  The  local  tradition  is  that  a  family  of 
Dallas  have  been  tenants  of  these  lands  for  over  300  years. 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Budgate  was  witness  to  a  sasine 
in  favour  of  John  Ros  of  Holme,  hi  the  lands  of  Evan,  on 
2nd  April  1627.  (Inverness  Sasines,  vol.  ii.) 

James  and  Alexander  Dallas  in  Budgate  are  witnesses 
to  letters  of  charge  against  the  heirs  of  the  deceased  Alexander 
Dallas  of  Galcantray,  in  favour  of  Mr.  John  Dallas,  Dean  of 
Ross,  on  31st  January  1653.  (Ibid.,  vol.  vii.) 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Budgate  is  witness  to  a  charter, 
dated  3rd,  5th,  and  8th  April  1655  (Ibid.,  vol.  iii.  f.  219),  and 
again  to  a  sasine  on  14th  July  1670.  On  the  same  day  he  is 
a  witness  to  another  sasine  with  Alexander  Dallas,  alias 
M'William  Moir,  indweller  in  the  town  of  Inchgeddle,  showing 
that  the  latter' s  father  was  called  William. 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Budgate  is  bailie  in  a  precept  on  4th 
December  1682,  on  21st  May  1683,  on  25th  June  1683,  on  25th 
June  1689.  He  and  his  spouse,  Isabella  Hutchison,  obtain 
bond  for  1000  merks  from  Wm.  Dallas,  W.S.,  of  Budgate, 
on  6th  June  1702,  and  they  enter  into  a  tack  of  the  lands  on 
5th  November  1711.  The  bond  they  assigned  on  5th  October 
1713  to  John  Dallas  of  Bannans,  and  which  is  witnessed  by 
their  eldest  son,  James  Dallas.  Alexander  Dallas  is  again 
mentioned  on  9th  April  1713,  and  is  stated  on  5th  May  1714 
to  be  a  tenant  in  Budgate  when  a  Duncan  Dallas  is  also 
mentioned  as  a  tenant. 

Cawdor  parish  register  is  only  preserved  from  1720. 
From  that  period  the  genealogy  is  more  satisfactory. 


462 


DALLAS  OF  INCHGEDDLE  AND  CALDER      463 

Duncan  Dallas  in  Inchgeddle  w.  Isobel  Mackilligan,  by 
whom  he  had:  (1)  Janet,  6.  4th,  bp.  8th  March  1721  ;  (2) 
Christian,  6.  3rd,  bp.  13th  November  1726  ;  (3)  Margaret, 
b.  24th,  bp.  28th  June  1731. 

Peter  or  Patrick  Dallas  in  Budgate  m.  Elspeth  or  Elizabeth 
Mackintosh  on  22nd  February  1723,  by  whom  he  had:  (1) 
Isobel,  bp.  9th  January  1723  ;  (2)  Duncan,  bp.  16th  November 
1729  ;  (3)  Elizabeth,  bp.  8th  March  1740 ;  (4)  Margaret,  bp. 
4th  April  1743. 

James  Dallas  and  Janet  M'Phail  in  Budgate  had  Mary, 
b.  20th  September  1730.  He  was  probably  the  son  of  the 
tenant,  Alexander  Dallas,  before  mentioned. 

Alexander  Dallas,  possibly  another  son,  first  in  Auchindoun, 
then  in  Meikle  Budgate,  m.  Jean  or  Elizabeth  Rose,  by  whom 
he  had :  (1)  Jean,  bp.  5th  March  1725  ;  (2)  William,  bp.  3rd 
September  1727 ;  (3)  Archibald,  bp.  18th  January  1730 ; 

(4)  Alexander,  bp.  15th  February  1733. 

Hugh  Dallas,  first  in  Galcantray,  1735,  afterwards  inDoghill, 
1740,  in  Inchgeddle,  1746,  m.  Margaret  Forsyth,  by  whom  he 
had  the  following  children :  (1)  Hugh,  bp.  27th  April  1735  ; 
(2)  John,  bp.  14th  December  1737  ;  (3)  James,  bp.  1st  August 
1740 ;  (4)  William,  bp.  31st  July  1743,  of  whom  hereafter ; 

(5)  Archibald,  bp.  25th  October  1746;    (6)  Janet,  bp.   7th 
March  1748  ;    (7)  James,  bp.  18th  March  1750 ;    (8)  Donald, 
bp.  llth  November  1754. 

William  Dallas  in  Inchyettle  m.  8th  December  1775, 
Margaret  Mackintosh,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children : 
(1)  Duncan,  bp.  20th  May  1779 ;  (2)  Lauchlan,  b.  10th  February 
1781  ;  (3)  Alexander,  6.  24th  April  1783  ;  (4)  Isobel,  b.  21st 
August  1785 ;  (5)  William,  b.  20th  May  1789 ;  (6)  Margaret, 
b.  17th  June  1790 ;  (7)  Peter,  b.  9th  May  1793,  m.  10th  June 
1818,  Janet  Davidson,  Balfreish ;  (8)  James,  b.  2nd  June 
1796,  m.  Isabella  Sutherland,  of  whom  hereafter. 

The  inventory  of  the  estate  of  William  Dallas  was  recorded 
1st  February  1802. 


464  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Duncan  Dallas  m.  Sarah  Ross,  Auchendoun,  8th  August 
1807,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Sarah,  6.  29th  December  1812 ; 
(2)  William,  b.  10th  January  1815;  (3)  Alexander,  6.  6th 
January  1817,  of  whom  hereafter ;  (4)  Duncan,  b.  7th  March 
1819,  d.  1890 ;  (5)  Lachlan,  b.  1st  May  1821  ;  (6)  Peter,  6. 
23rd  September  1822 ;  (7  and  8)  James  and  Catherine, 
b.  25th  April  1825  ;  (9)  John,  6.  llth  October  1827  ;  (10) 
David,  b.  29th  January  1830  ;  (11)  Catherine,  6.  13th  February 
1833. 

Alexander,  above  referred  to,  was  a  solicitor  and  Town 
Clerk  of  Inverness,  m.  Isabella  Gollan,  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Gollan  of  Gollanfield,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Duncan 
Forbes  Dallas,  S.S.C.,  Edinburgh,  bp.  10th  February  1848; 

(2)  Isabella  Smith  Dallas,  m.  James  Rae  ;   (3)  Barbara  Gollan 
Dallas  ;  (4)  Sarah  Jane  Dallas,  m.  Rev.  David  Jamie  ;  (5)  Mar- 
garet Robert  Dallas,  m.  Dr.  Duncan  Kennedy,  Perth ;    (6) 
Elizabeth  Catherine  Dallas,  d.  in  Australia. 

Duncan  Forbes  Dallas,  m.  6th  August  1873,  Margaret  Dewar 
Tulloch,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Tulloch,  minister  of  Free  St. 
Stephen's,  Perth,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Alastair  Dallas,  W.S., 
Edinburgh  ;  (2)  John  Dewar  Dallas,  advocate,  who  was  called 
to  the  Bar  1905 ;  he  became  a  successful  advocate,  and  ac- 
quired an  extensive  practice.  He  acted  as  interim  Sheriff- 
Substitute  at  Edinburgh,  Falkirk,  and  other  places,  and  has 
now  been  appointed  Sheriff-Substitute  of  Aberdeen,  Banff, 
and  Kincardine  at  Aberdeen.  He  was  a  well-known  football 
player,  and  President  of  the  Scottish  Rugby  Union.  He  has 
frequently  acted  as  referee  in  international  matches.  He 
had  a  commission  in  the  16th  Battalion  of  the  Royal  Scots 
during  the  war,  and  saw  active  service  in  East  Africa.  Mr. 
Dallas  married  in  1913  Dorothy  Flora  Findlay,  daughter  of 
the  late  J.  G.  Findlay  of  Tour,  Kilmaurs,  Ayrshire ;  and 

(3)  Duncan  Forbes  Dallas,  who  died  in  Lower  Burma. 
James  Dallas,  Wester  Drummurnie,  m.  Isabella  Sutherland, 

12th  July  1822,  by  whom  he  had:    (1)  Alexander,  6.  14th 


DALLAS  OF  INCHGEDDLE  AND  CALDER      465 

December  1823 ;  (2)  John,  b.  13th  January  1827 ;  (3)  James, 
6.  13th  August  1829 ;  (4  and  5)  Ann  and  Margaret,  b.  24th 
September  1833. 

William  Dallas,  son  to  John  Dallas,  gardener  at  Holm, 
m.  1st  February  1828,  Margaret  Grant,  Urchany,  by  whom  he 
had:  (1)  John,  b.  6th  March  1832;  (2)  Janet,  6.  23rd  November 
1833  ;  (3)  Jane,  b.  18th  January  1836. 

John  Dallas,  forester  to  Sir  John  Rose  of  Holm,  m.  9th 
June  1840,  Ann  Fraser,  Cawdor  Manse,  by  whom  he  had 
John,  b.  15th  March  1841. 

William  Dallas,  Cawdor,  m.  Janet  M'Rae,  by  whom  he 
had  Alexander,  6.  8th  May  1833. 

Jane  Dallas,  m.  Robert  Grant,  by  whom  he  had:  (1) 
Charles,  bp.  22nd  July  1846  ;  (2)  Margaret,  b.  27th  July  1848. 

John  Dallas,  Bellagan  of  Budgate,  Campbeltown,  and 
afterwards  Newton  of  Cawdor,  m.  Isobel  Clark,  by  whom  he 
had :  (1)  Duncan,  bp.  19th  September  1736 ;  (2)  Isobel,  bp. 
llth  March  1739  ;  (3)  William,  bp.  20th  November  1743. 

James  Dallas  and  Catherine  Mackenzie  in  Piperhill  had 
John,  bp.  7th  August  1766. 

John  Dallas  in  Streens  and  Marjory  Grant  had  Donald, 
bp.  29th  March  1761. 


2G 


DALLAS  IN  NAIRN 

THIS  parish  register  begins  at  1704. 

John  Dallas,  at  the  Mill  of  Nairn,  m.  Elspet  Mackercher, 
4th  December  1704. 

John  Dallas  and  Janet  Fraser,  after  proclamations  on  24th 
January,  2nd,  9th,  and  16th  February  1718,  were  married. 

John  Dallas,  in  Bellavlarie,  possibly  the  same  person,  had 
the  following  children :  (1)  James,  bp.  16th  February  1719  ; 
(2)  Mordacha,  bp.  16th  July  1721 ;  (3)  Margaret,  bp.  22nd 
December  1723 ;  to  the  two  last  baptisms  Isabel  Dallas  is  a 
witness. 

1730,  August  2nd,  Archibald  Dallas,  servant  to  the  Laird 
of  Kilravoch,  has  a  son  baptized  Hugh. 

1733,  October  12th,  Alexander  Clark  and  Margaret  Dallas 
were  proclaimed. 

1745,  February  23rd,  James  Dallas  in  Nairn  and  Margaret 
Shearer,  Ardclach,  were  proclaimed. 

James  Dallas  in  Turrich,  probably  the  same  person,  has 
the  following  children:  (1)  John,  bp.  17th  March  1754;  (2) 
Alexander,  bp.  5th  April  1755  ;  (3)  Jean,  bp.  7th  March  1756  ; 
(4)  James,  bp.  10th  February  1760  (in  Urchany). 

John  Dallas  in  Doghill  m.  Margaret  Cowie,  19th  April 
1754,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Isabella,  bp.  1st  January  1758  ; 
(2)  Janet,  bp.  26th  October  1760  ;  (3)  William,  bp.  24th  April 
1763,  in  East  Urchany,  Nairn ;  (4)  John,  bp.  7th  August  1765, 
in  East  Turrich;  (5)  Ann,  bp.  21st  August  1769,  in  East 
Urchany. 

John  Dallas  in  Little  Urchany  m.  Isabel  Reid,  by  whom 
he  had :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  17th  June  1792  ;  (2)  Isabel,  bp. 
28th  July  1794  ;  (3)  Mary,  bp.  14th  June  1797. 


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DALLAS  IN  NAIRN  467 

Alexander  Dallas,  shoemaker  in  Balblair,  ra.  9th  March 
1753,  Ann  Rose,  Broadly,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Alexander, 
bp.  1st  December  1754;  (2)  George,  bp.  27th  February  1757; — 
he  was  in  Balblair,  and  a  merchant  in  Nairn,  m.  Margaret 
Munro,  by  whom  he  had :  (i)  Alexander,  bp.  5th  May  1785, 
(ii)  Ann,  bp.  27th  September  1789 ;  (3)  Hugh,  bp.  28th  January 
1758 ;  (4)  Anne,  bp.  4th  September  1762. 

James  Dallas,  m.  24th  May  1754,  Margaret  Balfour. 

William  Dallas,  wright  in  Draikes,  b.  1759,  d.  9th  December 
1826,  aged  sixty-seven  (tombstone). 

William  Dallas,  weaver  in  Nairn,  m.  first,  Elizabeth  Mac- 
donald,  20th  October  1779,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Alexander, 
bp.  27th  August  1780 ;  (2)  Marjorie,  bp.  25th  May  1783  ;  (3) 
John,  bp.  26th  August  1785,  a  wright,  m.  Janet  Russell,  Dyke, 
29th  March  1817,  by  whom  he  had:  (i)  William,  bp.  12th 
April  1818,  (ii)  Catherine,  bp.  10th  January  1824,  (iii)  John, 
bp.  20th  August  1827  ;  (4)  William,  bp.  19th  January  1788  ; 
(5)  Donald,  bp.  31st  July  1791  ;  (6)  Jane,  bp.  24th  January 
1795.  By  his  second  marriage,  on  8th  September  1798,  with 
Christian  Macpherson,  he  had  Janet,  bp.  22nd  March  1800. 

James  Dallas  in  Rait,  m.  25th  November  1763,  Catherine 
Mackenzie,  servant  to  Alexander  Clark  in  Geddes. 

William  Dallas,  tailor,  Urchany,  Nairn  Parish,  m.  at 
Inverness,  8th  January  1767,  Lilias  Treasurer.  He  was 
afterwards  in  Knockjean  and  Easter  Evan,  and  had  the 
following  children :  (1)  Kenneth,  6.  13th  December  1770  ; 
(2)  Elizabeth,  6.  18th  September  1774;  (3)  Isabel,  b.  12th 
May  1778. 

John  Dallas  in  Allanshaw,  m.  first,  Janet  Mackintosh,  by 
whom  he  had :  (1)  Ann,  bp.  20th  November  1791 — witness, 
Kenneth  Dallas;  (2)  Janet,  6.  15th  November  1794;  (3) 
Lilias,  bp.  June  1797,  m.  5th  May  1835,  Alexander  Eraser,  by 
whom  she  had  Donald,  bp.  12th  August  1800 ;  m.  secondly, 
Janet  Mackenzie,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  16th 
February  1807  ;  (2)  John,  bp.  10th  February  1812. 


468  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Alexander  Dallas,  painter,  Nairn,  m.  Catherine  Shepherd, 
by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Alexander,  also  painter,  Nairn,  m.  1837, 
Ann  Macdonald,  by  whom  he  had :  (i)  Christian  Alexandra, 
b.  26th  February  1838,  (ii)  Anne,  bp.  4th  January  1845,  (iii) 
Peter,  bp.  29th  March  1847,  d.  1850,  (iv)  Jane,  bp.  5th  March 
1849,  (v)  Isabel,  bp.  1st  January  1851,  (vi)  Mary,  bp.  9th 
December  1852 ;  (2)  William,  painter,  Nairn,  b.  30th  January 
1819,  m.  27th  June  1846,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Bain,  tailor, 
Nairn,  by  whom  he  had  (i)  Elizabeth,  b.  16th  July  1847, 
(ii)  Mary,  6.  2nd  May  1853 ;  (3)  John,  baker,  Nairn,  m.  Ann 
Fraser,  daughter  of  Sinclair  Fraser,  baker,  Forres,  proclaimed 
2nd  December  1843,  m.  9th  December  1843  at  Forres.  They 
had  the  following  children:  (i)  Robert,  bp.  17th  July  1844, 
(ii)  Elizabeth,  bp.  13th  October  1845. 

William  Dallas,  son  of  James  Dallas,  was  a  wood  merchant 
in  Nairn,  and  afterwards  a  shipowner,  d.  in  Newton  of  Cawdor, 
1892.  He  m.  2nd  January  1847,  Margaret  Fraser,  daughter 
of  D.  Fraser,  Nairn.  She  d.  in  1869.  They  had  the  following 
children :  (1)  William,  bp.  19th  November  1847 — witness, 
James  Dallas,  grandfather ;  (2)  Jane,  bp.  25th  March  1849 ; 

(3)  Alexander,  bp.  25th  April  1850 — witness,  James  Dallas ; 

(4)  Margaret,  bp.  1st  June  1851,  d.  1867  ;    (5)  Jessie,  bp.  1st 
September  1852,  d.  1854  ;  (6)  Daniel  Fraser,  bp.  21st  September 
1854. 

John  Dallas  in  Balblair  m.  Elspeth  MacKenzie,  by  whom 
he  had  Alexander,  bp.  16th  October  1781. 


DALLAS  IN  DYKE  PARISH 

JAMES  DALLAS  in  Middleton  ra.  Janet  Clark,  by  whom   he 
had  John,  bp.  1st  May  1636. 

Patrick  Dallas  m.  Bessie  Anderson,  by  whom  he  had  John, 
bp.  17th  November  1638. 

William  Dallas  m.  24th  October  1647,  Christian  Stewart. 
He  was  probably  William  Dallas  of  Budgate  (p.  240). 

James  Dallas  contracted  with  Bessie  Allan  21st  April 
1667,  d.  19th  February  1677  at  Dilpotie.  She  d.  in  Moy, 
6th  March  1691.  They  had :  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  19th  April 
1668  ;  (2)  WiUiam,  bp.  21st  November  1669. 

William  Dallas,  first  in  Earnhill,  afterwards  hi  Wellhill, 
had  the  following :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  26th  February  1749  ; 
(2)  John,  bp.  30th  March  1751,  of  whom  hereafter  ;  (3)  Isobel, 
bp.  19th  August  1753  ;  (4)  Jean,  bp.  28th  March  1756 ;  (5) 
WiUiam,  bp.  29th  March  1761 ;  (6)  Alexander,  bp.  18th  April 
1762  ;  (7)  James,  bp.  16th  February  1766,  of  whom  hereafter. 

John  Dallas  hi  Carsebank,  m.  19th  November  1789,  Margaret 
Thomson,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Robert,  bp.  19th  February 
1783,  of  whom  hereafter ;  (2)  John,  bp.  22nd  July  1794— 
witness,  Robert  Roy,  hi  Netherbog  of  Moy. 

Robert  Dallas  in  Kentessack,  m.  20th  September  1819, 
Mary  Ross,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  16th  November 
1819  ;  (2)  Robert,  bp.  6th  November  1823  ;  (3)  James,  bp. 
8th  August  1825  ;  (4)  Mary,  bp.  9th  September  1830. 

John  Dallas,  Inspector  of  Roads  in  Kentessack,  m.  27th 
December  1821,  Margaret  Clark,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Mary, 
bp.  1st  April  1823,  m.  WiUiam  BeU,  baker,  Forres,  22nd 
September  1848;  (2)  Johanna,  bp.  18th  September  1828,  m. 


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470  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Donald  Macdonald,  joiner,  son  of  Donald  Macdonald,  farmer, 
parish  of  Cawdor,  31st  August  1854 ;  (3)  Margaret,  bp.  14th 
August  1832 ;  (4)  Amelia,  bp.  10th  May  1835 ;  (5)  Joseph, 
bp.  8th  June  1837  ;  (6)  Janet,  bp.  2nd  April  1839  ;  (7)  Robert, 
bp.  8th  January  1842 ;  (8)  John,  junior,  merchant,  Forres, 
m.  Elsie  Macdonald,  daughter  of  Alexander  Macdonald, 
merchant,  Abernethy,  September  1854. 

James    Dallas    in   Muirtown    m.    13th   November    1789, 
Margaret   Denoon,   by  whom    he    had :    (1)    John,  bp.   5th 
September  1790;    (2)  William,  bp.  21st  October  1792;    (3) 
Jean,  bp.  8th  August  1802  ;   (4)  Janet,  bp.  26th  June  1807. 

Marriages : — 

Margaret   Dallas,   m.    10th   January    1816,   David   Kay, 

corporal,  42nd  Regiment. 
John   Dallas,    Nairn   Parish,  42nd   Regiment,   m.   Janet 

M'Gorrie,  28th  March  1817. 
Janet  Dallas  m.  Richard  Ross,  18th  April  1834. 
James  Dallas  in  Petty  Parish  m.  Francis  Wemyss  Thomson, 

in  Dyke  Parish,  24th  June  1824. 
Donald   Stewart,   Kinloss   Parish,   m.    Margaret   Dallas, 

Dyke  Parish,  25th  October  1840. 
Alexander  Dallas  and  Elizabeth  Mann,  both  in  this  parish, 

m.  14th  December  1844. 
William  Bell,  Forres  Parish,  m.  Mary  Dallas,  Dyke,  22nd 

September  1844. 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS 

DORNOCH  PARISH. 

Christian,  daughter  of  Robert  Dallas  in  Skibo,  bp.  6th 
March  1738. 

SPEYMOTTTH  PARISH,  including  Essil  and  Dipple. 

Isabella  Dallas,  an  aged  woman,  mother  to  William  Finlay 
in  Crofts,  d.  Tuesday  1st  July  1735,  bur.  Dipple  next  day. 

AVOCH  PARISH. 

Simon  Dallas,  from  Inverness,  wood  merchant  in  Pecks, 
Fortrose,  Killearnan,  and  Avoch,  ra.  15th  July  1820,  Ann 
Paterson,  daughter  of  William  Paterson,  Killearnan  Parish, 
by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Ann,  bp.  12th  March  1816 ;  (2)  Margaret, 
bp.  4th  June  1818  ;  (3)  Alexander,  bp.  15th  January  1821  ; 
(4)  Isabel,  bp.  17th  October  1822;  (5)  William,  bp.  8th 
August  1823  ;  (6)  Janet,  bp.  18th  November  1825  ;  (7)  Simona, 
bp.  16th  October  1828. 

KILLEARNAN  PARISH. 

Alexander  Dallas,  junior,  farmer,  Pecks,  m.  Janet  Anderson, 
by  whom  he  had:  (1)  David,  b.  7th  November  1835;  (2)  James, 
6.  17th  November  1837  ;  (3)  William,  bp.  16th  June  1839. 

James  Dallas,  farmer,  Pecks,  m.  Margaret  M'Leod,  Inver- 
ness, 17th  January  1845. 

RESOLIS  PARISH. 

John  Dallas,  miller,  m.  Catherine  M'Leod,  by  whom  he 
had :  (1)  Anne  Poyntz  Munro,  b.  5th  April  1842  ;  (2)  Jane, 
6.  17th  March  1844. 

CROMARTY  PARISH. 

John  Dallas,  cooper,  m.  Margaret  Dingwall,  by  whom  he 

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472  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

had :  (1)  Robert,  bp.  1st  August  1717  ;  (2)  Margaret,  bp.  23rd 
June  1720 ;  (3)  Henry,  bp.  9th  March  1724 ;  (4)  Sarah,  bp. 
20th  August  1727. 

Robert  Dallas  ra.  Helen  Simson,  by  whom  he  had  Simon, 
bp.  24th  December  1726. 

DAVIOT  PARISH. 

William  Dallas,  Culchlackie,  m.  Anne  Ross,  2nd  December 
1730. 

ARDCLACH  PARISH. 

William  Dallas,  Liebraddoch,  afterwards  Fernightie,  m. 
20th  November  1656,  Isobel  M'Gregor,  by  whom  he  had: 
(1)  a  son,  bp.  2nd  August  1657  ;  (2)  Hutcheon,  bp.  19th 
February  1660  ;  (3)  Margaret,  bp.  15th  February  1663. 

John  Dallas  in  Boath  m.  Margaret  Macgillichalem,  23rd 
January  1690. 

James  Dallas  in  Boath,  afterward  Auchmore,  m.  Margaret 
Shearer  4th  April  1745,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Helen,  bp.  30th 
March  1746  ;  (2)  Janet,  bp.  17th  June  1750. 

William  Dallas  in  Boath  m.  Isabella  Macandrew,  by  whom 
he  had  Alexander,  bp.  13th  July  1767. 

William  Dallas  in  Linemore  m. Campbell,  by  whom 

he  had  Donald,  bp.  16th  November  1791. 

William  Dallas  in  Flinesnagill  m.  Gist,  Margaret  Falconer, 
Daltea,  15th  February  1659 ;  m.  secondly,  Jane  Barber,  4th 
August  1659,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Isobel,  bp.  14th  November 
1660;  (2)  Janet,  bp.  29th  June  1662;  (3)  Alexander,  bp. 
17th  April  1664  ;  (4)  George,  bp.  28th  March  1668. 

DORES  PARISH. 

Alexander  Dallas  in  Bona  m.  Isabel  M'Arthur,  by  whom 
he  had  Jean,  bp.  18th  February  1762. 

William   Dallas  in  Stanpost  m.  Christian  M'Intosh,  by 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS  473 

whom  he  had :  (1)  John,  bp.  8th  August  1780  ;  (2)  Isabel,  bp. 
17th  January  1786. 

William  Dallas,  Aldowy,  ra.  Janet  Eraser,  by  whom  he 
had  Janet,  bp.  6th  October  1788. 

William  Dallas  in  Borlum,  d.  17th  March  1786,  aged  50. 

Catherine  Dallas  m.  Alexander  M'Bain,  by  whom  she  had : 
(1)  Catherine,  bp.  28th  October  1844;  (2)  Fanny,  bp.  27th 
February  1846 ;  (3)  Malcolm,  bp.  26th  November  1849. 

MOY  AND  DALAROSSIE  PARISH. 

Hugh  Dallas  in  Moybeg,  and  afterwards  Woodend,  m. 
Mary  M'Intosh,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  James,  bp.  14th  July 
1794 ;  (2)  William,  bp.  13th  July  1795 ;  (3)  Ann,  bp.  12th 
September  1798. 

FOBRES  PARISH. 

John  Dallas,  mason,  afterwards  pensioner,  had  a  son,  John 
Dallas,  house  carpenter,  m.  first,  22nd  December  1843,  Jane 
Brodie  (d.  13th  November  1851,  aged  29),  by  whom  he  had 
Janet,  bp.  7th  January  1845;  m.  secondly,  llth  January  1854, 
Helen  Dustan,  daughter  of  Wm.  Dustan,  carrier,  by  whom  he 
had  John,  bp.  22nd  December  1854. 

John  Dallas,  blacksmith,  m.  Jane  Macdonald,  by  whom 
he  had :  (1)  John,  bp.  1st  May  1841 ;  (2)  Isobel,  bp.  22nd  March 
1843  ;  (3)  Alexander,  bp.  4th  April  1845  ;  (4)  William,  bp.  12th 
May  1848  ;  (5)  James,  bp.  26th  November  1850. 

Alexander  Dallas,  shoemaker,  m.  24th  January  1845, 
Isabella  Soutar,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Janet,  bp.  1st  December 
1845  ;  (2)  Ann,  bp.  28th  July  1848. 

RAFFORD  PARISH. 

John  Dallas,  blacksmith,  m.  Isobel  Laing,  by  whom  he 
had  Isobel,  bp.  29th  March  1826. 


474  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

DINGWALL  PARISH. 

Isabella  Dallas  m.  Alexander  Fraser,  by  whom  she  had : 
(1)  John,  bp.  31st  January  1789 ;  (2)  James,  bp.  3rd  April 
1791 ;  (3)  Kenneth,  bp.  9th  December  1792. 

Catherine  Dallas,  Drumauriach,  Conanbridge,  m.  llth 
June  1825,  Thomas  Gollan,  by  whom  she  had :  (1)  Alexander, 
bp.  28th  July  1826;  (2)  Isabel,  bp.  14th  December  1829 
(Urquhart  Parish  Reg.);  (3)  Roderick,  bp.  12th  May  1834; 
(4)  Catherine,  bp.  3rd  October  1836  ;  (5)  Anne,  bp.  20th  April 
1839  ;  (6)  John,  bp.  7th  February  1841  ;  (7)  Helen,  bp.  15th 
June  1843 ;  (8)  Thomas,  bp.  15th  April  1845. 

Alexander  Dallas,  junior,  m.  Janet  Anderson,  by  whom 
he  had:  (1)  David,  bp.  7th  November  1835;  (2)  James,  bp. 
17th  November  1837  ;  (3)  WiUiam,  bp.  16th  June  1839. 

Mary  Dallas  m.  Donald  Sutherland,  by  whom  she  had 
Donald,  bp.  12th  October  1818. 

Alexander  Dallas  m.  Janet  Fraser,  by  whom  he  had 
John,  bp.  26th  September  1845. 

Alexander  Dallas  m.  Helen  Henderson,  21st  November  1851. 

Christian  Dallas  m.  Donald  Mann,  contractor,  29th  Decem- 
ber 1854. 

CONTIN  PARISH. 

The  Rev.  James  Dallas,  b.  1753  or  1754,  probably  about 
Inverness,  m.  first,  Margaret  Clark,  sister  of  Bailie  James  Clark, 
Inverness.  He  was  licensed  by  Presbytery  of  Nairn,  1st 
August  1786;  was  missionary  at  Stornoway,  and  schoolmaster 
there,  1787 ;  presented  to  Kincardine,  30th  April  1792 ;  minister 
at  Contin;  d.  there  18th  September  1825;  m.  secondly,  Janet 
Wood,  second  daughter  of  Rev.  Alexander  Wood,  minister  of 
Rosemarkie,  on  2nd  March  1805,  by  whom  he  had  the  follow- 
ing children  :  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  30th  January  1806 ;  (2)  Mar- 
garet Forbes,  bp.  22nd  December  1813.  He  had  a  family 
by  his  first  marriage  which  we  have  not  been  able  to  trace. 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS  475 

FORTROSE  (ROSEMARKIE)  PARISH. 

Ann  Dallas  m.  John  Hood,  by  whom  she  had  :  (1)  William, 
bp.  25th  August  1810  ;  (2)  Elizabeth,  bp.  5th  November  1811. 

KNOCKBAIN  PARISH. 

Only  entry :  William  Dallas,  Inverness,  m.  Ann  Matheson, 
4th  April  1851. 

URQUHART  PARISH. 

John  Dallas  m.  Ann  Maclennan,  by  whom  he  had  Simon, 
b.  8th  June  1838. 

ATJLDEARN  PARISH. 

John  Dallas  in  Leyland  m.  Margaret  Eraser,  Broomtown 
of  Boghole  and  Glengollan,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Margaret, 
b.  1794 ;  (2)  James,  bp.  31st  September 

1795  ;  (3)  John,  bp.  18th  February  1798  ;  (4)  Alexander,  bp. 
23rd  August  1800 ;  (5)  Margaret,  bp.  12th  July  1803 ;  (6)  Janet, 
bp.  19th  April  1807. 

URRAY  PARISH. 

Alexander  Dallas,  m.  Marion  M'Kay,  by  whom  he  had : 
(1)  Jean,  bp.  llth  February  1767  ;  (2)  Margaret,  bp.  17th 
January  1769  ;  (3)  Margaret,  bp.  17th  March  1770. 

KING  EDWARD  PARISH. 

Jean  Dallas  m.  18th  June  1791,  William  Williamson, 
Monquihiter. 

GARVOCK  PARISH. 

Margaret  Dallas,  Dava,  m.  9th  May  1736,  John  Anderson, 
by  whom  she  had  John,  bp.  22nd  March  1739. 


476  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

GAMBIB  AND  MACDUFP  PARISH. 

Lauchlan  Dallas,  undertaker  for  the  turnpike  road  at 
Macduff,  had  by  Joass  a  son  named  Alexander, 

bp.  18th  September  1802,  and  ra.  Charlotte  Allardyce,  Bloody  - 
myre,  6th  August  1803,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Stuart,  bp.  1st 
August  1806 ;  (2)  Charles,  bp.  22nd  March  1809 ;  (3)  George, 
bp.  30th  June  1811  ;  (4)  Sophia,  bp.  29th  April  1813  ;  (5) 
Arthur  Wellesley,  bp.  6th  April  1816. 

Jane  Dallas  in  Findon,  witness  to  a  baptism  4th  July  1715. 

ABERDEEN  PARISH. 

John  Dolles  ra.  23rd  April  1611,  Jean  Steuisone.  Isobel 
Doles  ra.  22nd  June  1635,  James  Arnold.  James  Doles  m. 
19th  February  1650,  Elspet  Barnet.  Alexander  Dollass  ra. 
8th  July  1677,  Margaret  Livingston.  Margaret  Dollass  ra. 
1683,  Andrew  Balfour. 

John  Dolles,  shoemaker,  Spittal,  m.  Jean  Webster,  by 
whom  he  had :  (1)  George,  6.  9th  August  1737  ;  (2)  Jean,  m. 
John  Chrystall ;  (3)  Christian,  ra.  26th  July.  The  two  latter 
had  sasine  of  land  in  Spittal. 

Alexander  Dollas,  farmer,  Birso,  ra.  Margaret  Scott, 
daughter  of  John  Scott,  on  21st  July  1715. 

William  Dallas,  gardener  in  Aberdeen,  ra.  23rd  December 
1790,  Sophia  Ross,  daughter  of  Walter  Ross. 

John  Dallas,  tailor,  Aberdeen,  ra.  first, 

by  whom  he  had  Agnes,  ra.  Daniel  M'Gra,  pensioner,  on  13th 
September  1792  ;  ra.  secondly,  Margaret  Mackay,  daughter  of 
William  Mackay,  Latheron. 

Hector  Dallas,  shoemaker,  ra.  20th  November  1769,  Mary 
Murdoch.  Hector  Dallas,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  probably  the 
same  person,  ra.  30th  December  1784,  Margaret  Smith. 

Robert  Dallas,  wright,  ra.  18th  March  1754,  Isabella 
Watson,  by  whom  he  had  Margaret,  ra.  6th  March  1775, 
Alexander  Anderson. 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS  477 

Alexander  Dallas,  wright,  had  a  daughter  m.  3rd  June  1779, 
to  Alexander  Youll,  shipmaster. 

OLD  ABERDEEN  PARISH. 

Isabella  Delias,  m.  14th  December  1771,  John  Smith, 
square  wright;  m.  secondly,  9th  November  1776,  George  Bean. 

GOLSPIE  PARISH  PARISH. 

John  Dallas,  Backies,  had  Alexander,  bp.  26th  July  1740. 

Hector  Dallas,  Inverbol,  Strathsteven,  m.  18th  December 
1750,  Isabel  Ross,  by  whom  he  had  Helen,  bp.  23rd  April  1753. 

Hugh  Dallas,  Miltown,  Dunrobin,  thereafter  in  Golspie 
and  Inverbol,  had  the  following  children:  (1)  James,  bp. 
25th  August  1746 ;  (2)  Elizabeth,  bp.  26th  July  1748 ;  (3) 
Alexander,  bp.  6th  December  1747  ;  (4)  George,  bp.  llth  June 
1749  ;  (5)  Mary,  bp.  6th  October  1750 ;  (6)  Robert,  bp.  20th 
October  1753. 

Ann  Dallas  m.  Lauchlane  Maclean,  18th  October  1761. 

ARDCLACH  PARISH  (additional  entries). 

Duncan  M'Donald  and  Katherine  Dallas  in  Lethenber, 
daughter  Agnes  bp.  23rd  April  1721. 

James  Delias,  parochioner  of  Calder,  m.  Agnes  M'Gilla- 
pheddill,  16th  December  1651. 

James  Gow,  alias  Monro,  m.  Isobel  Dollas,  both  in  Daltea, 
5th  January  1655. 

Anguis  M'Gillandrise  in  Achagow  m.  Grissell  Dollas  in 
Libradach,  15th  July  1656. 

John  Brodie  in  Flinesnigald  m.  Nano  Dallas  in  Daltea, 
24th  June  1659. 

Alexander  Rose  m.  Janet  Dallas,  25th  May  1719. 

James  Dollas  in  Auldearn  m.  Mar.  Sinclair,  19th  June 
1733. 


478  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Al.  Davidson  m.  Christian  Dallas  in  Petty,  14th  March 
1741. 


ARDERSIER  PARISH. 

John  Dallas  and  Mary  Campbell  in  Belnaclaoch,  had 
James,  bp.  27th  January  1741. 

Alexander  M'Pherson  and  Mary  Dallas  in  Crook  had 
William,  bp.  22nd  July  1756. 

Donald  Grant  and  Christian  Dallas  in  Carse  of  Ardersier, 
m.  12th  August  1774,  and  had  Donald,  bp.  22nd  January  1778. 

Patrick  Dalas  and  Mary  Fraser  in  Balnagown  had  Mary, 
bp.  8th  September  1875. 

James  Tolmy  and  Mary  Dallas,  Campbeltown,  m.  22nd 
October  1798. 

GRANGE  (KEITH)  PARISH. 

Peter  Dallas,  Balnamen,  m.  Ann  or  Helen  Grant,  and  had  : 
(1)  James,  bp.  llth  November  1719  ;  (2)  Margaret,  bp.  31st 
December  1721. 

William  Dallas  m.  Margaret  Seivwright,  16th  December 
1735. 

James  Littlejohn  m.  Janet  Dollas,  3rd  September  1736. 

William  Gumming  m.  Ann  Dollas,  2nd  February  1744. 

William  Dollas  and  Isabel  Rob  in  New  Milne  had  :  (1) 
Isobel,  bp.  10th  April  1720  ;  (2)  James,  bp.  30th  July  1721 ; 
(3)  William,  bp.  25th  April  1727. 

James  Wilson  and  Margaret  Dollas,  m.  28th  May  1745. 

CRIEFF  PARISH. 

Donald  Dallas  and  Mary  Cameron  had  the  following 
children :  (1)  John,  bp.  10th  February  1822  ;  (2)  Mary,  bp. 
17th  July  1825  ;  (3)  Ann,  bp.  22nd  March  1829  ;  (4)  Donald, 
bp.  15th  April  1833. 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS  479 

William  Dallas  and  Ann  Morrison,  proc.  19th  April  1840, 
had  the  following  children  :  (1)  Helen,  6. 13th  November  1841 ; 
(2)  John,  bp.  6th  May  1844. 

James  Fridge,  soldier,  and  Mary  Dallas,  proc.  12th  June 
1842. 

PERTH  PARISH. 

Catherine  Dallas,  daughter  of  James  Dallas,  wright,  Edin- 
burgh, ra.  John  Clark,  soldier,  General  Eraser's  RegimentFoot, 
25th  March  1776. 


OLD  MACHAR  PARISH. 

James  Dallas  in  Spittal  booked  with  Elspet  Barnett, 
Aberdeen,  31st  July  1650. 

Thomas  Dallas,  in  this  Congregation,  and  Margaret 
Simpson  ra.  8th  May  1675. 

John  Dollas,  Old  Aberdeen,  m.  Agnes  Milne,  14th  May  1692. 

Agnes  Dollas  and  Alexander  Logan,  m.  1st  May  1693. 

George  Dollas  and  Jean  Webster,  m.  9th  August  1707. 

John  Dollas  and  Isabel  Hervie,  m.  4th  December  1714. 

Andrew  Dollas  and  Margaret  Black,  m.  20th  March  1718. 


MUIRKIRK  PARISH. 

James  Dallas,  clerk  at  the  ironworks,  and  Mary  Brunton, 
daughter  of  William  Brunton,  m.  20th  October  1817,  and  had 
Alexander,  bp.  30th  October  1818. 

KIRKCUDBRIGHT  PARISH. 

Peter  Dallas  in  Bomby  m.  Mary  Milroy,  23rd  February 
1790,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  John,  6.  2nd  January  1791  ; 
(2)  David,  6.  10th  October  1792. 


480  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

ST.  ANDREWS  PARISH. 

William  Delias  and  Janet  Tryall  had :  (1)  Elspeth,  bp. 
24th  March  1706  ;  (2)  James,  bp.  15th  May  1709  ;  (3)  Eliza- 
beth, bp.  22nd  November  1711. 

CUPAR  PARISH. 

James  Dallas,  tailor,  had:  (1)  James,  bp.  24th  January 
1740,  buried  27th  December  1742  ;  (2)  Catherine,  bp.  15th 
October  1744,  buried  18th  October  1744;  (3)  William,  bp. 
16th  February  1746. 

KETTLE  PARISH. 

Elspeth  Dollas,  m.  James  Bayne,  Markinch,  24th  March 
1780. 

Grissel  Dollas,  m.  Andrew  Nicol,  Kirkcaldy,  20th  December 
1782. 

ELIE  PARISH. 

John  Dolas  and  Christian  Beatie  had  Margaret,  bp.  20th 
March  1680. 

CULTS  PARISH. 

John  Dollas  and  Margaret  Murray  had:  (1)  James,  bp.  1st 
December  1751  ;  (2)  Elizabeth,  bp.  15th  September  1754, 
buried  21st  December  1771. 

STIRLING  PARISH. 

John  Jaffrey  and  Elizabeth  Dallas  had :  (1)  twins,  Margaret 
and  Isobel,  bp.  27th  July  1729  ;  (2)  Theador,  10th  September 
1732  ;  (3)  Deborah,  bp.  25th  September  1734. 

William  Dallas,  71st  Regiment  Foot,  and  Clemantina  Glen, 
m.  4th  November  1798. 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS  481 

Hector  Dallas,  private,  Royal  Artillery,  m.  Agnes  Ross, 
25th  January  1813. 

PAISLEY  HIGH  PARISH. 

John  Dallas,  tailor,  and  Catherine  Stewart,  m.  17th 
January  1794,  and  had  Alexander,  bp.  29th  1795. 

Archibald  Dallas,  soldier,  79th  Regiment,  m.  28th  April 
1798,  Janet  Clark. 

PAISLEY  ABBEY  PARISH. 

Duncan  Dolus  and  Sarah  M'Ferson  had  Alexander,  bp. 
3rd  August  1788. 

William  Dallas,  purser,  formerly  of  Commissariot  Staff  of 
the  British  Army  serving  on  the  Continent,  and  now  living 
with  the  Earl  of  Glasgow  at  Hawkhead,  had  the  following 
children  by  Margaret  M'Intyre,  his  spouse  :  (1)  Augusta  Carr, 
b.  Warwick  Street,  St.  James',  Westminster,  on  9th  November 
1813 ;  (2)  Sarah  M'Pherson,  b.  Brussels,  22nd  December  1814 ; 
(3)  William  Boyle  Marjoribanks,  &.•  Rue  St.  George,  Cambray, 
4th  July  1816 ;  (4)  Jessy  Dallas,  b.  31st  December  1817  ; 
(5)  George  Ross,  b.  Hawkhead  House,  14th  November  1822. 

PAISLEY  MIDDLE  CHURCH  PARISH. 

John  Dollas  and  Catherine  Stewart  had  John,  bp.  23rd 
July  1798. 

James  Dallas  m.  Mary  Ramsay,  8th  June  1823,  by  whom 
he  had :  (1)  George,  bp.  9th  November  1823  ;  (2)  Isabel,  bp. 
8th  August  1830  ;  (3)  William,  bp.  18th  November  1832. 

William  M'Caig  m.  Margaret  Dallas,  6th  January  1839. 

Thomas  Parker  m.  Martha  Dallas,  23rd  June  1839. 

EDENKILLIE  PARISH. 

John  Dollas  in  Balmain  had  the  following  children :    (1) 

2n 


482  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Margaret,  bp.  5th  November  1749  ;  (2)  Ann,  bp.  21st  October 
1753  ;  (3)  Isobel,  bp.  23rd  November  1755  ;  (4)  Jean,  bp. 
llth  October  1761  ;  (5)  Janet,  bp.  27th  May  1764. 

John  Dallas,  kirk  officer,  probably  the  same  person,  had 
Helen,  bp.  8th  May  1768. 

Hugh  Dallas  in  Kerrow  had:  (1)  John,  bp.  30th  August 
1751 — witnesses,  Johnathan  Fraser  of  Glenarnie  and  Donald 
Callam,  Culphairn;  (2)  James,  bp.  16th  August  1754;  (3) 
Grace,  bp.  23rd  February  1758. 

John  Dallas  and  Janet  M'Gregor  m.  28th  November  1748. 

Alexander  Stalker  and  Isabel  Dallas  m.  8th  June  1787. 

Alexander  Sutor  and  Jane  Dallas  m.  13th  November  1789. 

Alexander  Dollas  in  Gillglens  had  Anne,  bp.  6th  July  1719. 

Peter  Dollas  in  Gilliglens  had  Janet,  bp.  3rd  April  1720 — 
witnesses,  Thomas  Duncan  and  Alexander  Dollas. 

LAGGAN  PARISH. 

Alexander  Dallas,  weaver,  and  Ann  M'Gregor,  both  in 
Pitgown,  m.  17th  November  1791,  had  James,  bp.  24th  August 
1792. 

THUBSO  PARISH. 

William  Dallas  and  Janet  Saldall,  both  in  Thurso,  contracted 
6th  October  1687 ;  cautioners,  John  Dallas,  his  broyr,  and 
John  Fortune.  They  had :  (1)  John,  bp.  7th  November  1688  ; 
(2)  Janet  and  Anne,  bp.  12th  November  1694  ;  (3)  Marion,  bp. 
19th  February  1696 ;  (4)  Robert,  bp.  29th  January  1698 ;  (5) 
William,  bp.  29th  May  1699;  (6)  Janet,  14th  December  1701. 

Thomas  Dallas  in  Chardon  and  Bessie  Low  in  Thurso, 
contracted  12th  September  1681 ;  cautioners,  George 
and  John  Angus,  junior.  They  had  :  (1)  Isobel,  bp.  5th  Sept- 
ember 1687  ;  (2)  Kather,  bp.  9th  February  1690 ;  (3)  John, 
bp.  8th  September  1692  ;  (4)  Donald,  bp.  23rd  February  1701 ; 
(5)  William,  bp.  21st  March  1702. 


PARISH  RECORD  EXTRACTS  483 

Donald  Dallas  and  Helen  Calder,  both  in  Thurso,  con- 
tracted 12th  May  1693 ;  sureties,  John  Dallas,  his  broyr,  and 
Alexander  Calder,  her  broyr. 

William  Dallas,  shoemaker  in  Thurso,  and  Elspet  Schola, 
contracted  13th  February  1703 ;  sureties,  John  Henderson  for 
him,  Esande  Macibs  for  her. 

Donald  Dallas  in  Thurso  and  Joan  Denson  had  a  child 
bp.  14th  February  1694,  begotten  before  their  marriage,  named 
James,  and  Isobel,  bp.  1st  May  1694.  It  is  probable  that  his 
first  contract  with  Helen  Calder  had  not  been  followed  by 
marriage. 

John  Dallas  in  Thurso  had  a  child,  Margaret,  bp.  29th 
July  1703. 

William  Dallas  in  Clardon  and  Elspet  M'Aldie  contracted 
3rd  January  1727. 

William  Dallas,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  in  Thurso,  m.  Janet 
Mackay,  29th  February  1794. 

KlBKMICHAEL  (BANFFSHIRE)  PARISH. 

James  Dallas  in  Elick  and  Ann  Reid  m.  14th  February 
1734,  and  had:  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  1st  January  1735;  (2) 
Jean,  bp.  13th  February  1737. 

ABERNETHY  AND  KINCARDINE  PARISH. 

James  Fraser  in  Collartown  and  Margaret  Dollas  had 
Margaret,  bp.  24th  June  1739. 

DUFFUS  PARISH. 

Alexander  Dollas  and  Elizabeth  Leal  m.  14th  April  1730, 
and  had  the  following  children  :  (1)  Alexander,  bp.  26th  March 
1734;  (2)  James,  31st  October  1738;  (3)  Elspet,  9th  May 
1739  ;  (4)  William,  19th  April  1741 ;  (5)  Margaret,  bp.  23rd 
October  1743  ;  (6)  William,  bp.  20th  June  1746,  in  Buthill. 


484  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

NORTH  LEITH. 

James  Dallas  and  Mary  Stuart  had  a  son,  b.  22nd  June 
1697 ;  his  father  for  the  present  being  in  the  Highlands 
attending  my  Lord  Lindsay,  Patrick  Stuart,  the  child's  grand- 
father (who,  with  his  daughter,  the  mother,  being  lately  come 
into  the  parish),  being  sponsor. 

Robert  Oookshanks,  seaman,  and  Catherine  Dollas  m. 
5th  June  1816. 

John  Dallas,  Custom  House  Officer,  had  John,  bp.  22nd 
July  1766. 

John  Dallas,  sailor,  and  Janet  Kinnear  had  :  (1)  John  and 
Janet,  bp.  24th  November  1759 ;  John  died  15th  June  1763 ; 
(2)  James,  bp.  19th  September  1762  ;  (3)  Charles,  bp.  llth 
November  1764,  d.  22nd  February  1766 ;  (4)  Alexander,  bp. 
27th  December  1767,  d.  21st  January  1769;  (5)  Robert,  bp.  21st 
July  1771 ;  (6)  Andrew,  bp.  22nd  May  1774 ;  (7)  William,  bp. 
30th  June  1776 ;  (8)  John,  bp.  2nd  November  1778. 

William  Dallas,  sailor,  Rotten  Raw,  d.  21st  June  1725, 
aged  about  34. 

Alexander  Dallas  m.  Janet  Drysdale,  9th  November  1771, 
by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Isabel],  bp.  9th  May  1773  ;  (2)  Barbara, 
bp.  10th  September  1775  ;  (3)  Janet,  bp.  7th  September  1799  ; 
(4)  Elizabeth,  bp.  21st  May  1780;  (5)  Robert,  bp.  9th  April  1786. 

DBAINIE  PABISH. 

John  Ingram  and  Barbara  Dollas  in  Plewlands,  m.  29th 
April  1712. 

Barbara  Dallas  in  Plewlands,  buried  Drainie  5th  January 
1725. 

MENMUIR  PARISH. 

Jonet  Dollos  had  child  to  Patrik  Livingstoun  of  Balrownie, 
elder,  20th  August  1637. 

Johne  Dollos  in  Chappelton  had :  (1)  James,  bp.  29th 
December  1645 ;  (2)  Elspet,  9th  April  1649. 


DALLAS  IN  EDINBURGH 

THESE  registers  have  been  almost  exhaustively  dealt  with. 
The  following  entries  relate  to  those  persons  who  have  not 
been  traced  as  connected  with  any  of  the  chief  branches  of 
the  family. 

Arthur  Dallas,  writer  and  messenger,  buried  in  Greyfriars 
in  1719,  m.  Magdalen  Allan,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  Joannet, 
bp.  2nd  October  1694,  buried"  Greyfriars  23rd  April  1696 ; 

(2)  Elizabeth,  bp.  2nd  October  1694,  buried  23rd  April  1696 ; 

(3)  Agnes,  bp.  13th  January  1698 ;    (4)  James,  bp.  26th  Feb- 
ruary 1699.     A  child  of  Arthur  Dallas  was  buried  in  Greyfriars, 
16th  March  1699. 

Margaret  Dallas,  daughter  of  William  Dallas,  chairmaster 
in  Edinburgh  (sedan  chairs),  m.  16th  October  1743,  William 
Wilson  Turner.  (Edinr.  Mar.  Reg.) 

William  Dallas,  chairmaster,  m.  Margaret  M'Intosh,  buried 
3rd  January  1766,  had  the  following  children:  (1)  Shiels, 
b.  6th  November  1754;  (2)  John,  b.  18th  September 
1760. 

John  Dallas,  servant  to  William  Dallas,  chairmaster  in 
Edinburgh,  m.  Janet  Johnston,  buried  10th  October  1761, 
had  the  following  children :  (1)  John,  bp.  llth  March  1744  ; 
(2)  Lauder  (daughter),  bp.  llth  August  1745  ;  (3)  Charles,  bp. 
16th  October  1747;  (4)  William,  bp.  1st  May  1752;  (5) 
Thomas,  bp.  15th  June  1755  ;  (6)  Smith  (daughter),  bp.  10th 
May  1758,  buried  26th  September  1761,  Greyfriars. 

Hugh  Dallas,  merchant  and  linen  manufacturer  in  Edin- 
burgh, m.  December  1746,  Helen  Pumphrey,  daughter  of 
Christopher  Pumphret  (sic)  of  Berryhaugh  and  Helen  Lear- 


486 


486  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

mont,  his  spouse,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  child,  William,  bp. 
6th  September  1747.  Helen  Learmont,  by  her  settlement, 
dated  30th  March  1759,  left  all  her  estate  to  her  grandchild, 
who  is  then  said  to  be  twelve  years  of  age. 

William  Dallas,  Dickson's  Close,  b.  1746,  buried  Calton 
19th  December  1796,  aged  fifty.  He  had:  James,  b.  1779, 
buried  3rd  October  1796,  aged  seventeen  ;  (2)  William,  6.  1791, 
buried  9th  January  1797. 

Ann  Dallas,  b.  1777,  buried  28th  February  1807,  aged 
thirty. 

James  Dallas,  b.  1823,  buried  1896,  aged  seventy-three,  m. 
Ann  or  Ancelvole,  b,  1830,  buried  7th  January  1911,  aged 
eighty.  They  had  the  following  children :  (1)  John,  buried 
29th  December  1848  ;  (2)  Mary,  and  (3)  John  Young. 

Alexander  Dallas,  smith,  16  Leith  Wynd,  m.  21st  May 
1818,  Christian  Mackenzie,  daughter  of  William  Mackenzie, 
soldier,  42nd  Regiment,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Sarah,  b.  1820,  d. 
8th  February  1824 ;  (2)  Christian,  b.  1831,  d.  12th  August 
1833. 

Nancy  DaUas,  b.  1762,  d.  30th  October  1850,  at  45  Leith 
Wynd,  aged  eighty-eight. 

James  Dallas,  Tolbooth,  m.  10th  October  1816,  Helen 
Baird,  daughter  of  John  Baird,  shoemaker. 

Alexander  Dallas,  bookbinder,  m.  10th  October  1807,  Ann 
Stewart. 

John  Dallas,  servant,  proclaimed  16th  May  1804,  m. 
Margaret  Scott,  daughter  of  John  Scott,  farmer,  Berwickshire. 

William  Dallas,  gentleman's  servant,  m.  Ann  Gulland,  by 
whom  he  had :  (1)  Isabel,  bp.  22nd  March  1807  ;  (2)  James, 
bp.  31st  January  1811 ;  (3)  Helen,  bp.  13th  March  1813 ; 
(4)  William,  bp.  28th  December  1815. 

John  Dallas,  coachbuilder,  m.  9th  July  1826,  Mary 
M'Intosh,  daughter  of  George  M'Intosh,  gentleman's  servant. 

Alexander  Dallas,  gentleman's  servant,  m.  4th  April  1831, 
Mary  Smith. 


DALLAS  IN  EDINBURGH  487 

Hector  Dallas,  coachman,  m.  Margaret  Ronaldson,  daughter 
of  David  Ronaldson. 

Lauchlan  Dallas,  harness  maker,  m.  Agnes  Grieve,  by 
whom  he  had  Mary,  bp.  2nd  August  1829. 

Ebenezer  Dallas,  gardener,  m.  8th  September  1799,  Jean 
Macfarlane,  Glasgow. 

Colin  Dallas,  smith,  m.  21st  May  1809,  Christian  Campbell. 


DALLAS  IN  ISLAY 

JOHN  DALLAS,  second  son  of  William  Dallas  n.  of  Cantray, 
referred  to  at  pages  157  and  158,  is  believed  by  the  editor  to 
have  been  the  ancestor  of  the  Dallases  in  Islay,  of  a  number 
of  families  found  in  Glasgow  and  the  West  of  Scotland,  as 
well  as  certain  families  in  America.  His  son's  name  is  given 
as  William. 

On  12th  March  1631,  Letters  of  Remission  were  granted 
to  Lachlan  M'Intosche  of  Ruthven,  William  M'Intosche  of 
Tomatane,  and  others,  including  George  Dollas  in  Islay, 
Patrick,  Hugh,  Henry,  William,  and  Alexander,  his  brothers, 
and  Alexander  M'Hutcheon  Dollas,  servant  to  the  said  George 
Dallas,  for  all  manslaughters  in  connection  with  the  apprehen- 
sion of  the  notorious  outlaw,  James  Grant. 

On  26th  August  1626,  George  Dallas  in  Dunoveg  is  found. 
He  appears  to  have  been  the  servant  of  Colonel  Campbell  of 
Kilchowan  at  24th  December  1629,  and  is  probably  George 
Dallas  of  Kintra  mentioned  1st  January  1639  with  John  Dallas. 

There  is  a  gap  in  the  genealogy  until  24th  April  1662,  when 
John  Dallas  of  Laggan  is  mentioned. 

We  next  find  William  Dallas  and  Hew  Dallas  mentioned  in 
May  1686,  and  John  and  Robert  Dallas  tenants  in  the  parish 
of  Kildalton. 

John  Dallas  in  Stromnishbeg,  Lairin,  and  Ballivicar, 
Kildalton,  had  the  following  children  :  (1)  William,  bp.  30th 
March  1724 ;  (2)  Robert,  bp.  4th  April  1731  ;  (3)  George,  bp. 
15th  April  1733  ;  (4)  Martha,  bp.  6th  May  1735. 

William  ra.  Martha  Calder,  10th  February  1756. 

Patrick  Dallas  in  Killean  and  Kinnebolls  m.  Christian  Rid 
or  M'llroy,  4th  February  1725,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Alex- 
ander, bp.  13th  September  1726  ;  (2)  Ann,  bp.  13th  December 


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DALLAS  IN  ISLAY  489 

1731;  (3)  Isabel,  15th  July  1733;  (4)  Jean,  bp.  10th  July  1737  ; 
(5)  ,  bp.  17th  January  1740. 

Alexander  Dallas  m.  15th  January  1754,  Beatrice 
M'Lennan. 

Robert  Dallas,  schoolmaster,  m.  Betty  Campbell,  3rd 
April  1748,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Duncan,  bp.  2nd  February 
1749,  m.  Marion  Galbraith,  28th  January  1792;  (2)  Ann, 
bp.  March  1755. 

Robert,  Stromnishbeg,  m.  Jane  M'Larence,by  whom  he  had: 

(1)  Catherine,  bp.  16th  May  1799  ;   (2)  Ann,  bp.  30th  August 
1801  ;   (3)    Martha,   bp.  2nd  October   1803 ;     (4)   Janet,  bp. 
30th  January  1806  ;   (5)  William,  bp.  29th  October  1809  ;   (6) 
John,  bp.  9th  April  1814.     He  m.  (2)  Mary  Macvorran,  llth 
December  1817,  by  whom  he  had  Mary,  bp.  10th  March  1819. 

William  Dallas,  graselle,  m.  Margaret  Baxter,  27th  January 
1788,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Janet,  bp.  5th  December  1791  ; 

(2)  Peter,  bp.  16th  March  1794 ;   (3)  Elizabeth,  bp.  3rd  Sept- 
ember 1798  ;   (4)  Catherine,  bp.  16th  May  1799  ;   (5)  William, 
bp.  26th  May  1801 ;   (6)  Isabel,  bp.  2 1st  May  1803  ;  (7)  Dougal, 
bp.  31st  July  1807. 

Martha  Dallas  m.  John  Cameron  9th  February  1795,  by 
whom  he  had  Martha,  bp.  20th  January  1812. 

BOWMORE. 

John  Dallas,  Mulindrie,  Merby,  Umlindra,  m.  29th  August 
1801,  Janet  M'Gilvray,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Elizabeth, 
bp.  9th  July  1802 ;  (2)  Flory,  bp.  8th  May  1804 ;  (3)  Janet, 
bp.  10th  July  1806;  (4)  Isabel,  bp.  17th  March  1808; 
(5)  Nancy,  bp.  20th  July  1810  ;  (6)  Peter,  bp.  19th  May  1812  ; 
(7)  Alexander,  bp.  6th  September  1814 ;  (8)  William,  bp.  1st 
July  1816 ;  (9)  Duncan,  bp.  3rd  December  1818. 

Peter  Dallas,  Gartloist,  m.  Mary  Gillies,  by  whom  he 
had:  (1)  Betty,  bp.  17th  February  1788;  (2)  John,  bp. 
5th  December  1790  ;  (3)  James,  bp.  7th  July  1793  ;  (4)  Mary, 
bp.  1st  May  1798 ;  (5)  Isobel,  bp.  at  Skerras,  25th  March  1804. 


DALLAS  IN  FORFAR  AND  KINCARDINE  SHIRES 

THE  earliest  reference  we  have  found  of  the  family  in  these 
counties  is  that  of  James  Dallas  in  Ferrochie,  who  m.  Agnes 
Middleton  in  Dunnottar  on  10th  May  1635,  and  had  a  son, 
Thomas,  bp.  in  1638.  (Fetteresso  P.R.) 

We  next  trace  James  Dallas  in  Leys,  who  was  proclaimed 
with  Catherine  Wyse  on  25th  October  1645,  and  had  the 
following  children:  (1)  A  child,  bp.  5th  July  1652;  (2) 
Katherine,  bp.  5th  May  1655,  m.  14th  May  1680,  George  Wyse  ; 
(3)  A  child,  bp.  19th  October  1663  ;  (4)  Margaret,  m.  3rd  June 
1670,  Andrew  Baird,  Garvock  ;  (5)  Christian,  m.  25th  January 
1677,  William  Law,  Loanhead;  (6)  Isobel,  m.  22nd  October 
1681,  William  Watson,  Craighill ;  (7)  Catherine  in  Brumgeshill, 
m.  23rd  June  1688,  John  Crow,  jr.,  Coldcoats.  (Arbuthnott  P.R.) 
We  next  find  Robert  Dallas  in  Blairernoth,  who  obtained  a 
bond  for  £90  from  John  Gray  in  Milltown  of  Strachane  and 
Francis  Smith  in  Auchmore,  which  was  executed  at  Drum- 
lithie,  20th  December  1707.  He  was  probably  father  of 
Robert  Dallas,  sometime  in  Denhill  and  Whitehill,  who  had 
sasine  of  the  lands  of  Denhill  on  18th  July  1735,  and  of  a  booth 
and  yard  hi  the  burgh  of  Drumlithie,  on  9th  May  1737  (Forfar- 
shire,  etc.,  Sasines),  and  of  Alexander  Dallas,  after  mentioned. 

Robert  Dallas  had  by  his  wife,  Catherine  Duthie,  the 
following  children : — 

1.  John,  in  Drumlithie.     He  had  one  son,  Alexander,  bp. 

23rd  April  1737.  His  settlement  is  dated  23rd 
March  1757,  under  which  his  brothers  and  sisters  are 
named  his  executors  and  legatees,  so  that  he  must 
have  died  without  surviving  issue. 

2.  George,  who  obtained  sasine  of  above  lands  on  30th  July 

1759.     (Aberdeen  Sasines.) 


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DALLAS  IN  FORFAR  AND  KINCARDINE  SHIRES    491 

3.  Robert,  in  Whitehill,  bp.  12th  September  1740,  who  had 

the  following  children  : — 

Rachael,  bp.  15th  December  1765,  and  Robert, 
bp.  1st  December  1770.  The  latter  became  tenant  in 
Whitehill  (Quithle)  and  m.  firstly,  Elspeth  Seivwright, 
secondly,  Barbara  Young,  20th  January  1814,  by  whom 
he  had  the  following  children :  (i)  James,  bp.  13th  July 
1810 ;  (ii)  Robert,  bp.  15th  November  1814 ;  (iii) 
Barbara,  bp.  1st  January  1818  ;  (iv)  Joseph,  b.  15th 
August  1820,  who  by  Jean  Cadenhead  had  Mary,  bp. 
16th  July  1843  (ill),  and  by  Ann  Grant  (m.  16th 
September  1843),  Anne,  b.  5th  August  1854. 

4.  Margaret  and  James,  bp.  24th  January  1745.  James  is 

mentioned  in  John's  settlement  as  living  in  London. 

5.  William  Dallas,  bp.  30th  December   1748,  mason  at 

Milltown  of  Dillyvaird,  afterwards  at  Quitle  (White- 
hill),  m.  Jean  Duncan,  Fetteresso,  proc.  5th  November 
1773,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(1)  Jean,  bp.   14th  September  1774,  m.  Robert 
Edward,  Fetteresso,  6th  June  1 801 .    (Dunnottar  P.  R. ) 

(2)  Andrew,  bp.  26th  June  1777,  m.  Christian 
Scott,  8th  May  1802.     (Ibid.) 

(3)  Helen,  bp.  22nd  December  1779,  m.  W.  Bridg- 
ford,  29th  November  1817.     (Ibid.) 

(4)  Isobel,m.  John Baillie,  4th  January  1804.  (Ibid.) 
William  Dallas  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  executors  of 

William  Walker,  Glenbervie,  on  16th  July  1767. 
A  Christian  Dallas  m.  John  Reid,  Banchory,  9th  December 
1815,  and  a   Margaret   Dallas   m.   James  Mitchell, 
Fetteresso,  23rd  March  1818.     (Dunnottar  P.R.). 

6.  Charles,  bp.  3rd  June  1749,  a  square  wright  at  Acquiherie, 

had: — 

(1)  Robert,  b.  24th  April  1786,  proc.  27th  Nov- 
ember 1814,  with  Jane  Kenneth.  He  was  a  tailor 
at  Old  Town,  Stonehaven. 


492  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

(2)  William,  a  sawyer,  afterwards  a  weaver  in 
Stonehaven,  proc.  10th  June  1809,  with  Ann  Kenneth, 
by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Jean,  6.  llth  June  1812. 
(Dunnottar  P.R.). 

Jane  and  Ann  Kenneth  or  Kynoch  were  served  heirs  to 
their  brother,  William  Kenneth,  flesher,  Stonehaven, 
on  llth  June  1812. 

7.  Alexander,  bp.  9th  April  1751. 

8.  Joseph,  mentioned  in  his  brother  John's  settlement  as 

residing  in  Edinburgh. 

Alexander  Dallas  was  in  West  Coat,  in  parish  of  Durris, 
and  afterwards  in  Drumlithie,  in  parish  of  Glenbervie.  He 
married  Elspeth  Gibb,  proc.  28th  July  1759,  by  whom  he  had: 
(1)  Margaret,  bp.  13th  June  1760  ;  (2)  Elizabeth,  bp.  7th  May 
1762;  (3)  Jean,  b.  1st  October  1764;  (4)  Alexander,  6.  17th 
February  1767  ;  (5)  Rachel,  b.  29th  October  1769  ;  (6)  Rachel, 
b.  8th  July  1773. 

Alexander  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Drumlithie  ( (4)  above),  m. 
Ann  Brand,  12th  April  1801,  by  whom  he  had  :  1.  Alexander 
Dallas,  junior,  bp.  27th  November  1802,  weaver  in  Drumlithie, 
m.  firstly,  Jane  Garvie  Kinief,  20th  December  1817  ;  secondly, 
15th  May  1824,  Christian  Murray,  Dunnottar,  by  whom  he 
had  Ann  and  Margaret,  b.  4th  March  1825 ;  Margaret  m. 
Robert  Smith,  shoemaker,  Drumlithie,  by  whom  she  had : 
(i)  Robert  Dyce,  b.  1st  April  1846 ;  (ii)  Christian  Murray,  b. 
14th  November  1847 ;  (2)  Jean,  b.  13th  October  1827. 

William  Dallas  in  Mains  of  Glenfarquhar,  and  afterwards 
in  Muir  of  Auchenblae,  had  the  following  children  :  (1)  a  child, 
bp.  27th  October  1750 ;  (2)  David,  bp.  22nd  July  1759 ;  (3) 
David,  bp.  31st  January  1762,  a  shoemaker  and  tenant  in 
Coullie,  thereafter  in  Whitemire,  Kincardine-O'Neil,  m.  Jean 
Dallas,  18th  June  1791,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children : 
(i)  Jean,  bp.  18th  September  1791  ;  (ii)  David,  bp.  25th  August 
1793,  of  whom  hereafter ;  (iii)  Alexander,  bp.  31st  January 
1.796;  (iv)  Margaret,  bp.  25th  December  1797;  (v)  Catherine, 


DALLAS  IN  FORFAR  AND  KINCARDINE  SHIRES  493 

bp.  29th  August  1800  ;  (vi)  William,  bp.  6th  December  1802  ; 
(vii)  James,  bp.  24th  February  1805  ;  (viii)  John,  bp.  1st  Sep- 
tember 1807. 

John  Dallas  in  Cromore,  afterwards  in  Maldron,  both  in 
parish  of  Kincardine-O'Neil,  ra.  Margaret  Malcolm,  by  whom 
he  had  Charles,  bp.  10th  November  1793  (of  whom  hereafter), 
and  Gordon,  bp.  23rd  August  1795. 

Robert  Dallas  in  Campfield  m.  Mary  Coutts,  and  had  the 
following  children  :  (1)  Charles,  bp.  21st  November  1814  ;  (2) 
John,  bp.  6th  June  1816,  to  whose  baptisms  Charles  and  Gor- 
don Dallas  were  witnesses  ;  (3)  Sarah,  b.  4th  December  1818 ; 
(4)  Margaret,  b.  1st  January  1820  ;  (5)  William,  6.  17th  April 
1822  ;  (6)  Ann,  2nd  April  1824  ;  (7)  Mary,  b.  17th  April  1826. 

John  Delias  in  Laurencekirk  parish  m.  Hendry,  26th  July 
1778,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  Margaret,  bp.  23rd  May  1779  ;  (2) 
Alexander,  bp.  23rd  July  1780  ;  (3)  James,  bp.  28th  June  1782  ; 
(4)  Isobel,  bp.  15th  August  1784  ;  (5)  Elizabeth,  bp.  25th  June 
1786 ;  (6)  William,  bp.  18th  March  1788 ;  (7)  James,  bp.  5th 
August  1791  ;  (8)  a  child,  bp.  2nd  March  1794. 

Charles  Dallas  in  Maldron  m.  Catherine  Webster,  by  whom 
he  had :  (1)  Mary,  b.  15th  July  1819  ;  (2)  Catherine,  b.  24th 
June  1821 ;  (3)  Andrew,  b.  14th  April  1823  ;  (4)  Jean,  6. 
13th  March  1825  ;  (5)  Charles,  b.  25th  April  1827  ;  (6)  Marjory, 
6.  13th  February  1829  ;  (7)  Margaret,  b.  12th  January  1831. 

David  Dallas,  son  of  David  Dallas  before  mentioned,  was 
tenant  in  Whitemyre,  m.  Janet  Main  or  Thain,  by  whom  he 
had  the  following  children :  (1)  Ann,  bp.  28th  March  1825 ; 
(2)  Catherine,  bp.  19th  March  1827  ;  (3)  David,  bp.  20th  Janu- 
ary 1829  ;  (4)  William,  bp.  1st  March  1831  ;  (5)  James,  bp. 
12th  May  1833  ;  (6)  John,  bp.  29th  March  1835  ;  (7)  Crombie, 
bp.  12th  November  1837  ;  (8)  Ann,  bp.  12th  November  1839. 

William  Dallas,  shoemaker,  West  Cambeg,  in  Fordoun 
parish,  m.  llth  November  1826,  Helen  Tevendale,  Laurence- 
kirk,  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Margaret,  b.  16th  December  1827  ; 
(2)  Jean  Spark,  b.  25th  June  1830 ;  (3)  William,  b.  16th  May 


494  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1833 ;   (4)  Mary,  6.  23rd  November  1835  ;   (5)  James,  6.  25th 
January  1838  ;   (6)  Alexander,  b.  5th  April  1840. 

John  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Edmieston,  m.  Isabella  Ross,  by 
whom  he  had :  (1)  David,  b.  27th  March  1831  ;  (2)  William, 
6.  3rd  January  1833  ;  (3)  Alexander,  6.  28th  February  1835  ; 
(4)  Jean,  6.  30th  September  1836  ;  (5)  Isabella,  b.  27th  March 
1839  ;  (6)  Helen,  b.  27th  December  1840. 

There  was  a  family  of  Dallas  in  Montrose  whose  connection 
with  any  of  the  other  branches  of  the  family  we  have  failed 
to  trace. 

James  Dallas  in  Newbigging  m.  Elizabeth  Jap,  by  whom 
he  had:  (1)  Agnes,  bp.  12th  July  1674;  (2)  John,  bp.  1st 
December  1678  ;  (3)  Alexander,  bp.  8th  May  1681 ;  (4)  Alex- 
ander, bp.  16th  December  1683 ;  (5)  James,  bp.  14th  April  1687. 

George  Dallas  in  Newbigging  m.  first,  Janet  Doers  or 
Dewar,  by  whom  he  had:  (1)  George,  bp.  18th  August  1689;  (2) 
John,  bp.  1st  November  1692  ;  (3)  Daniel,  bp.  17th  May  1696  ; 
(4)  James,  bp.  19th  June  1699.  George  Dallas  m.  secondly, 
29th  June  1703,  Margaret  Lyell,  and  had:  (5)  Alexander,  bp. 
23rd  July  1704;  (6)  Robert,  bp.  22nd  September  1706,  m. 
Isabel  Reid,  13th  October  1734 ;  (7)  Margaret,  bp.  13th  March 
1709;  (8)  William,  bp.  6th  May  1711. 

Robert  Dallas,  probably  (6),  m.  firstly,  Isabel  Reid,  13th 
October  1734  ;  secondly,  Margaret  Lyon,  and  had  Margaret, 
bp.  1749. 

John  Dollace  m.  Jean  Williamson,  3rd  August  1714,  by 
whom  he  had  Janet,  bp.  3rd  October  1714. 

John  Dollace  m.  Margaret  Langlands,  17th  April  1724,  by 
whom  he  had  John,  bp.  2nd  August  1724. 

Alexander  Dallas,  possibly  (5)  above,  m.  Jean  Salmond  or 
Symon,  by  whom  he  had  :  (1)  John,  bp.  19th  April  1724  ;  (2) 
Alexander,  bp.  15th  May  1726  ;  (3)  James,  bp.  23rd  May  1730; 
(4)  Robert,  bp.  1st  January  1734. 

John  Dallas  m.  Jean  Napier,  5th  March  1775,  by  whom 
he  had  James,  bp.  17th  August  1776. 


ROBERT  DALLAS  OF  DALLAS  CASTLE  AND 
DALLASES  IN  AMERICA 

THE  following  statement,  based  chiefly  upon  the  correspond- 
ence of  the  late  Mr.  Dallas  and  the  numerous  notes  supplied 
to  him,  has  not  been  fully  verified  by  references  to  the  records, 
but  may  be  accepted  as  fairly  accurate.  The  late  Mrs.  Katie 
Brett  carefully  revised  the  portion  relating  to  her  family,  and 
the  editor  has  enlarged  the  account  from  the  British  Museum 
Records,  with  the  assistance  of  Miss  Schrader,  record  searcher, 
57  Chancery  Lane,  London. 

The  Ohio  family,  represented  by  the  late  Rev.  Marion 
W.  Dallas,  D.D.,  of  the  Methodist  Church,  traces  its  descent 
from  Thomas  Dallas  of  Prince  William  County,  Virginia,  who 
is  said  to  have  been  traced  there  as  early  as  1739.  The  tradi- 
tion of  the  family  is  that  they  came  from  Jamaica,  but  this 
has  not  been  proved. 

The  Alabama  family  has  been  traced  to  the  island  of  Islay, 
and  if  so,  they  may  be  descended  from  John  Dallas  of  the 
Cantray  family,  already  referred  to,  who  was  sent  to  Islay, 
or  from  some  other  Dallas  who  at  the  time  of  the  raid  of  the 
Campbells,  in  1614,  came  in  their  train;  one  of  whom,  at 
any  rate,  named  Alexander  Dallas,  emigrated  about  1780. 

We  will,  however,  chiefly  deal  with  the  Pennsylvania 
family,  whose  progenitor  was  Alexander  James  Dallas,  son 
of  Robert  Dallas,  M.D.,  of  Dallas  Castle,  Jamaica,  eldest  son 
of  the  second  marriage  of  James  Dallas  of  St.  Martins  with 
Barbara  Cockburn,  already  referred  to  (p.  347).  This  family 
is  therefore  of  the  Budgate  line. 

Robert  Dallas  married,  first,  on  17th  August  1736,  Mary 

IH 


496  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Francis  Main,  by  whom  he  had  (i.)  Alexander,  b.  1737, d.  young; 
(n.)  Robert,  b.  14th  March,  bp.  4th  April  1739,  d.  young ;  (m.) 
Robert  Charles,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Robert  Dallas  died  in  the  parish  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist, 
Westminster,  on  23rd  April  1769.  Under  his  will,  proved 
20th  December  1769  (British  Museum,  Additional  MS.  34181, 
Jamaica  Wills,  No.  37,  Bogg  411),  he  left  his  niece,  Cock- 
burn  Elliot,  £500,  her  sister,  Mary  Elliot,  £20,  for  mournings, 
William  Dallas  of  Jamaica,  millwright,  his  nephew,  £20  for 
mournings,  Henrietta  Dallas,  his  niece,  and  sister  of  William 
Dallas,  £20  for  mournings,  and  all  the  residue  of  his  estate  he 
bequeathed  to  his  second  wife,  Sarah  Dallas. 

Robert  Charles  Dallas  (in.)  was  born  at  Kingston,  Jamaica, 
on  14th  June  1754,  and  baptized  25th  December  1776  at 
St.  Andrews,  Jamaica,  d.  at  St.  Addresse,  Havre,  21st  October 
1824.  He  was  a  barrister  of  the  Inner  Temple,  and  married, 
26th  June  1782,  at  Sutton,  Suffolk,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Harding  of  Hacton  House,  Nelmes,  Essex,  and  Blue 
Hole,  Jamaica  (6.  29th  April  1763,  d.  at  St.  Addresse,  10th 
December  1833). 

He  was  living  in  Camberwell  in  1805,  and  in  King's  Road, 
Chelsea,  in  1808. 

The  Egerton  MSS.,  2027-30  (Lord  Byron),  have  the  following 
note  by  the  Rev.  A.  R.  C.  Dallas  (after  referred  to),  son  of 
the  above: — 

'Manuscripts  of  Lord  Byron. 

'  The  first  and  second  Cantos  of  Childe  Harold  were  written 
in  separate  portions  by  the  noble  Author.  They  were  after- 
wards arranged  for  publication,  and  when  thus  arranged  the 
whole  was  copied.  This  copy  was  placed  in  Lord  Byron's 
hands,  and  he  made  various  alterations,  corrections,  and  large 
additions.  These,  together  with  the  notes,  are  hi  his  Lord- 
ship's own  handwriting.  The  manuscript  thus  corrected  was 
sent  to  the  press  and  was  printed  under  the  direction  of  Rob* 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  497 

Cha8  Dallas,  Esq.,  to  whom  Lord  Byron  had  given  the  copy- 
right of  the  poem.  The  MS.,  as  it  came  from  the  printers, 
was  preserved  by  Mr.  Dallas,  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of 
his  son,  the  Revd.  Alex.  Dallas. 

'  Lord  Byron  wrote  The  English  Bards  and  Scotch  Reviewers 
when  in  the  country,  and  he  had  it  printed  by  a  country 
printer.  On  coming  to  London  he  placed  these  printed  sheets 
into  Mr.  Dallas' s  hands,  with  a  view  to  publication.  Lord 
Byron  made  many  alterations  and  corrections  in  his  own  hand- 
writing on  these  printed  sheets  before  they  went  to  the  press. 
He  added  110  lines,  a  preface,  and  an  "  Argument."  These, 
in  his  own  handwriting,  together  with  the  corrected  sheets, 
are  in  the  possession  of  the  Revd.  Alexander  Dallas. 

'English  Bards  and  Scotch  Reviewers  went  through  four 
editions.  When  Lord  Byron  returned  from  Greece  he  deter- 
mined to  issue  a  fifth  edition  with  some  additions,  and  the 
satire  was  carried  through  the  press  pari  passu  with  Childe 
Harold.  When  Childe  Harold  appeared,  the  satire  was  so 
nearly  ready  for  publication  that  the  title-page  alone  remained 
to  be  printed.  Lord  Byron,  however,  determined  to  suppress 
this  fifth  edition,  and  directed  that  the  copies  should  be  des- 
troyed. This  was  accordingly  done,  with  the  exception  of 
about  half  a  dozen  copies,  retained  by  Lord  Byron  and  Mr. 
Dallas.  One  of  these  rescued  copies,  bound,  is  in  possession 
of  the  Revd.  Alexander  Dallas. 

'  Lord  Byron  delivered  a  speech  in  the  House  of  Lords — the 
only  time  he  spoke  there.  He  wrote  the  whole  of  this  long 
speech  beforehand,  and  delivered  it  memoriter.  The  original 
MS.  of  this  speech,  in  his  own  handwriting,  he  gave  to  Mr.  Dallas, 
and  it  is  now  in  possession  of  his  son,  the  Revd.  Alex.  Dallas.' 

Egerton  2028. 

Note  inside : — 

'  This  is  the  original  Satire  which  Ld  B.  put  into  my 

2i 


498  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

hands.     It  was  printed  in  the  country,  where  he  had  been 
staying.     He  added  110  lines  before  it  was  published. 

<R.  C.  D.' 

Egerton  2029. 

MS.  of  speech  delivered  in  the  House  of  Lords,  28th  Feb. 
1812.  [Apparently  about  the  misery  caused  by  the  sup- 
pression of  rioting  at  Nottingham,  etc.] 

Egerton  2030  (printed).     '  Hints  from  Horace.' 
[Latin  on  one  side  of  page,  English  the  other;   quite  a 
small  book.] 

Robert  Charles  Dallas  wrote  the  History  of  the  Maroons 
from  their  origin  to  the  establishment  of  their  chief  tribe  at 
Sierra  Leone,  with  a  succinct  History  of  Jamaica  (1803).  He 
had  the  following  issue :  (1)  George  Anson  Byron  John 
Graham,  6.  28th  November  1786,  Downing  Street,  West- 
minster, bp.  St.  Margaret's  there.  He  became  a  midshipman 
on  the  Apollo  frigate,  and  d.  after  two  years'  service ;  (2) 
Charles  Francis,  b.  24th  June  1798,  d.  27th  April  1824 ;  (3) 
Alexander  Robert  Charles  (of  whom  hereafter)  ;  (4)  Laura,  b. 
17th  April  1783,  d.  17th  July  1783  ;  (5)  Charlotte  Frances,  b. 
29th  April  1874,  at  Knightsbridge,  d.  4th  August  1802  ;  (6) 
Julia  Maria,  b.  8th  June  1785,  at  Fordham  St.  Martin,  near 
Bury  St.  Edmunds,  ra.  3rd  July  1821,  the  Rev.  Charles  Robert 
King  Dallas,  first  of  Jamaica,  thereafter  of  32nd  Foot  Regi- 
ment. He  was  wounded  at  Quatre  Bras,  became  curate  of 
Stratton,  and  finally  rector  of  Farncombe,  Surrey.  She  d. 
13th  March  1867,  leaving  the  following  issue :  (i)  Frampton, 
d.  young ;  (ii)  Sarah  Georgina,  m.  the  Rev.  Archdale  Bulter- 
man,  rector  of  Stackleford,  Surrey,  d.  17th  July  1861.  (7) 
Francis  Georgina,  6.  5th  December  1787,  d.  28th  June  1835. 

Alexander  Robert  Charles  Dallas,  b.  Colchester,  29th 
March  1791,  bp.  St.  Peter's  there,  25th  April  1791.  He  was 
at  school  at  Kennington  1802-5,  Commissary  General  at  Isla 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  499 

de  Leon,  Cadiz  Station,  during  the  Peninsular  War.     (Declared 
Accounts  Audit  Office.) 

He  was  present  at  the  battle  of  Waterloo.  He  entered 
the  Middle  Temple  in  1819,  was  Gentleman  Commoner,  Wor- 
cester College,  Oxford;  ordained  deacon,  17th  June  1821,  by 
the  Bishop  of  London ;  took  priest's  orders  at  Salisbury  on 
12th  August  1821 ;  curate  of  Highclere,  20th  September  1821 ; 
chaplain  to  Lord  Blantyre,  10th  October  1824 ;  curate  to 
Rev.  T.  G.  Tyndale  at  Woburn,  May  1824 ;  curate  of  Bur- 
ford,  4th  May  1826  ;  vicar  of  Yardley,  22nd  September  1827, 
and  vicar  of  Wonston,  Hants,  24th  September  1828,  and 
rural  dean,  1828.  He  married  at  Morden,  Surrey,  4th  May 
1818,  Mary  Anne  (b.  25th  October  1792,  d.  at  Boulogne,  6th 
October  1847),  daughter  of  Robert  Ferguson,  son  of  Adam 
Ferguson,  the  historian,  and  widow  of  Mr.  Edge,  a  solicitor. 
He  married,  secondly,  18th  December  1849,  Anne  Biscoe  (b. 
20th  March  ,  d.  Oxford,  July  1877),  eldest  daughter  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  George  Tyndale,  rector  of  Holton,  by  Mary 
Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Timothy  Hare  Earle,  of  SwaUowfield 
Place,  Berks,  by  his  wife  Anne,  daughter  of  Elisha  Biscoe,  of 
Holton  Park.  He  d.  at  Lee,  Blackheath,  12th  December,  and 
was  buried  at  Wonston,  17th  December  1869.  By  his  first 
wife  he  had : — 

1.  Alexander  Robert,  b.  17th  March  1819,  at  70  Berners 

Street,  London,  Major  1st  Madras  Native  Infantry, 
Dept.- Assistant- Quartermaster-General  under  Gen- 
eral Whitlock,  d.  at  Banda,  Central  India,  16th 
September  1858,  m.  27th  September  1848,  Emily 
Georgina  (d.  1867),  second  daughter  of  Captain 
Charles  Andrews,  13th  Light  Dragoons,  by  whom  he 
had: — 

Emily   Agnes    Georgina,    m.    Dr.    Abel    Colles, 
Wellington,  Somerset,  and  has  seven  children. 

2.  Edward   Charles,    b.    4th    September    1820,    d.    15th 

September  1820. 


500  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

3.  Henry  Richard  George,  6.  2nd  April  1822,  at 
Oxford,  Lieut.  33rd  Regiment  Madras  Native  In- 
fantry, m.  Wonston,  llth  August  1841,  Catherine 
Matilda  (b.  18th  July  1821,  at  the  Elms,  South- 
ampton, d.  Colchester,  12th  July  1886),  daughter  of 
Major  Frederick  Hill,  18th  Royal  Irish  Regiment, 
Southampton.  Major  Hill  served  through  the 
Egyptian  campaign  under  Sir  Ralph  Abercrombie  in 
1801,  and  received  the  Gold  Medal  from  the  Sultan. 
He  was  afterwards  in  the  1st  Life  Guards,  having 
exchanged.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  Catherine 
M.  Dallas,  was  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Haynes,  of 
Lonesome,  Surrey.  Henry  Dallas  d.  Muctall,  India, 
on  a  forced  march  from  Scholapore,  28th  February 
1846,  leaving : — 

(1)  Henry  Alexander,  b. 18th  January  1843,  d.  4th 
March  1846. 

(2)  Arthur  Blakeston,  b.  Moulmain,  20th  March 
1845,  m.  Parahyba,  Brazil,  January  1876,  Amelia 
Augusta,  daughter  of  Senhor  Antonio  Ferreira  Baltar 
of  Parahyba,  d.  at  Pernambuco,  6th  October  1910, 
having  issue : — 

(i)  Alice  Maude. 

(ii)  Annie  Mabel,  b.  1878,  d.  a  few  days  after, 
(iii)  Henry  Charles,  b.  12th  November  1880,  d. 
aged  nine  months. 

(3)  Emily  Katie,  m.  Winchester,  3rd  June  1869, 
George  Henry  Brett,  District  Auditor,  South  Wales, 
son  of  the  Rev.  William  Brett,  M.A.,  of  Linton,  Cam- 
bridgeshire,  and   has   six   children:    (1)  Alexander 
Dallas,  m.  and  has  one  child,  Ronald  Dallas  Brett ;  (2) 
Annie    Maude   Mary,    deaconess;    (3)  William  Lle- 
wellyn; (4)  Katie  Margaretta ;   (5)  George  Arthur 
Frederick,   m.    and    has    one   daughter,    Elizabeth 
Margaret ;  (6)  Jessie  Edith. 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  501 

4.  Harding  F.  ,  b.  Woburn,  26th  June,  d.  5th  Sep- 

tember 1825. 

1.  Agnes  Sarah,  b.  18th  May  1821,  ra.  at  Wonston  2nd 

March  1842,  the  Rev.  Alfred  Bligh  HiU,  curate,  St. 
George's,  Leeds,  son  of  Major  Frederick  Hill,  South- 
ampton, afterwards  Vicar  of  St.  Paul's,  Tiverton  (d. 
1864).  She  d.  llth  September  1898,  leaving  issue : — 

(1)  Alfred  Maxwell,  b.  1843,  in  Holy  Orders,  m. 
E.  Prior,  d.s.p. 

(2)  Henry  Seymour  MacCalmont,  barrister,  m. 
Mrs.  Harriet  Mosely,  d.s.p. 

(3)  Wilfred  St.  Maur,  cashier,  National  Provincial 
Bank,  m.  Edith  Boulton,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(i)  Boulton  St.  Maur. 
(ii)  Eveleen  St.  Maur. 
(iii)  Lorrea  St.  Maur. 

(4)  Archdall  Maiden,  in  Holy    Orders,  has  one 
daughter. 

(5)  Herbert  Bligh,   R.N.,   d.   on  service,   1892, 
leaving  one  son,  Norman. 

(6)  Julia  Catherine,  m.  John   Minchin,  planter, 
Madras  Pres.,  and  has  Violet,  m.  Alymer  Martyn,  and 
has  a  son,  Henry  Seymour  M'Calmont. 

(7)  Agnes  Georgina,  m.  first,  Lieut.  Brackenbury, 
10th  Regiment ;  secondly,  Hugh  Harper  Baird. 

(8)  Mabel   Frederica,  m.   Rev.   Stephen   Wade, 
rector,  Weir,  Gifford,  and  has  four  sons  and  one 
daughter. 

(9)  Ethel  Alexandrina,  d.  1888. 

(10)  Madeline  Ameli a,  m.  Rev.  G.  P.  A.  Bloomfield, 
vicar  of  Abbots  Bickington,  Devon. 

2.  Jane  Margaret,  b.  Burford,  Oxon.,  3rd  January  1828, 

bp.  27th  January  1828,  m.  at  Wonston,  13th  Septem- 
ber 1848,  the  Rev.  Francis  Payne  Seymour,  M.A., 
vicar  of  Havant,  and  only  son  of  Captain  Seymour, 


502  (THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

R.N.,  of  Castle  Grove,  Bampton,  Devon.     She  d. 
at  Wonston,  25th  October  1860,  leaving  issue : — 

(1)  Francis  Alexander  Dallas,  6.  23rd  September 
1853,  d.  aged  about  20. 

(2)  Edward  Hamilton,  colonel,  m.,  and  has  one  son. 

(3)  Julia,  m.  the  Rev.  Canon  Hulbert,  and  has 
two  sons. 

(4)  Emily,  m.  Charles  Dallas  of  Hong-Kong,  China, 
and  d.  leaving  one  son  (the  Rev.  W.  L.  S.  Dallas)  and 
two  daughters. 

(5)  Beatrice,  m.  the  Rev.  Canon  A.  Skelton,  of 
Woking,  Surrey,  and  has  three  sons. 

Robert  Dallas  of  Dallas  Castle,  Jamaica,  m.  secondly,  Sarah 

Cormack  or  Camack,  daughter  of  Colonel  T.  Cormack  and  widow 

of  John  Hewett.   Her  grandparents  are  said  to  have  been  officers 

in  the  Parliamentary  Army,  to  which  Jamaica  surrendered  in 

1 685.    By  his  second  marriage  he  had  the  following  children  : — 

iv.  Stuart    George,    b.    1756,  d.  1820   (bp.   Charles);  he 

became  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  Jamaica ; 

m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Jackson,  by  whom 

he  had : — 

1.  Hon.  Samuel  Jackson  Dallas,  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Assembly  in  1842 ;  his  portrait  is  hi  the 
History  Gallery  of  the  Institute  of  Jamaica ;  b.  1787, 
d.  1861,  m.  Margaret  Morrison,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(1)  James,  d.  young. 

(2)  Samuel  Jackson,  d.  young. 

(3)  Thomas  Myers,  d.  young. 

(4)  Alexander   Morrison    Dallas,   M.D.,    C.I.E., 
Depute-Surgeon-General,  6.  at  St.  Andrews,  Jamaica, 
5th  July  1830,  d.  1913,  m.  22nd  April  1856,  Juliet 
Elizabeth,  6.  5th  May  1835,  second  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Cobbold  Aldwich,  M.A.,  St.  Lawrence,  Ipswich, 
by  his  wife,  Sarah  Maria,  daughter  of  J.  Barthorpe, 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  503 

of  Hollesley,  Suffolk,  d.  at  Baling  8th  December  1914 
(of  whom  hereafter,  p.  518). 

(5)  Robert  Davenport,  d.  young. 

2.  Stuart  Alexander  or  Stuart  George,  6.  1792, 
d.   14th  May  1844,   Melborough,  ra.   1827,   Sophia 
Stephenson,  and  had  : — 

(1)  Vernon  George  Juxon,  d,  1844. 

(2)  Alexander  James  (California). 

(3)  Charles  Henry,  d.  young. 

(4)  Frances    Percival    Macdowell,    6.    1842,   m. 
M.  Elice  d'Acquin  at  Spanish  Town,  Jamaica. 

3.  Robert  Wallen,  b.  1795,  d.  1848,  6.  at  Mande- 
ville,   Manchester,   Jamaica,   rector   of  St.   John's, 
afterwards  of  Manchester,  Jamaica,  m.  at  Mandeville 
in  1837,  Emma,  third  daughter  of  Richard  Dent, 
London,  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Court,  his  wife,  d.  in 
London,  27th  March  1873,  buried  Kensal  Green,  by 
whom  he  had  : — 

(1)  Charles  Robert  Dent  Dallas,  6.  24th  June,  bp. 
19th  August  1838,  at  Mandeville  (of  whom  hereafter). 

(2)  Richard  Frederick  and  Alexander  Jackson, 
twins,  6.  llth,  bp.  27th  April  1840,  resided  in  Australia, 
d.s.p. 

(3)  Emma  Mary,  b.  19th  July  1842,  at  Newcastle 
Street,   Strand,   London,   bp.   27th  August,  at   St. 
Clement  Danes. 

(4)  Alexander  Jackson. 

(5)  Arthur  George,  b.   8th  December  1844,  at 
Mandeville,  bp.  1st  January  1845  (of  whom  hereafter). 

(6)  Edwin  William,  6.  30th  March,  bp.  9th  April 
1846,  d.  young. 

(7)  Edwin  Stuart,  b.  27th  October  1847  (of  whom 
hereafter). 

Charles  Robert  Dent  Dallas,  C.E.,  d.  14th  February  1902, 
b.  at  Muterpat,  Tanjore,  Madras,  m.  at  Delhi  1865,  Julia 


504  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Caroline,  fifth  daughter  of  Richard  Routh,  Constantinople, 
by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Edith  Roberta  Juliet,  &.  1865 ;  (2) 
Stuart  Alexander  Charles,  b.  1867,  d.  1903,  buried  in  Military 
Cemetery,  Bombay  ;  was  in  Indian  Medical  Service. 

Richard  Frederick,  of  Indian  Uncovenanted  Civil  Service, 
m.  St.  Alphage,  Greenwich,  4th  June  1874,  Emily  Janet,  third 
daughter  of  John  Drake  Ffinch  and  Georgina  Maule,  daughter 
of  Rev.  John  Maule,  Dover,  d.  24th  November  1910,  at  37 
Lammas  Park  Road,  Baling,  aged  seventy. 

Arthur  George,  d.  27th  October  1896,  buried  Southsea, 
m.  St.  James',  Paddington,  on  15th  January  1891,  Emily 
Francis,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Mainwaring,  Bodenhall, 
Cheshire. 

Edwin  Stuart,  surveyor  in  London,  d.  3rd  April  1902, 
b.  Brookwood,  Surrey,  m.  19th  April  1887,  St.  Paul's, 
West  Brixton,  Ada  Constance,  second  daughter  of  Thomas 
J.  Pulling,  Hereford,  and  Sarah  Emily,  daughter  of  W.  New- 
man (b,  26th  March  1865),  by  whom  he  had :  (1)  Robert  Stuart 
Morrison  Dallas,  b.  1st  February  1888,  at  St.  James  Street, 
Bedford  Row,  bp.  26th  March  1888,  at  St.  Andrew's,  Holborn 
(British  Columbia),  m.  28th  March  1914,  at  Baling,  Maud  Annie, 
only  daughter  of  Henry  Wrather,  Woodside  Park,  London,  N.  ; 
(2)  John  Charles  Richard,  b.  14th  October  1902. 

Stuart  George  Dallas  had  the  following  other  children : 
(4)  Alexander  Charles,  b.  1800,  d.  unmarried  1863  ;  (5)  Sarah, 
m.  Nathaniel  Marston ;  (6)  Charlotte,  m.  Charles  Doodney ; 
(7)  Milborough  Jackson,  a  daughter,  d.  1862. 

v.  Alexander  James  Dallas,  American  statesman,  was 
born  in  the  island  of  Jamaica,  21st  June  1759.  His 
mother  becoming  a  widow  and  marrying  again,  by 
which  he  was  deprived  of  any  share  in  his  father's 
estate,  he  left  home  in  1783,  settled  in  Philadelphia, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in  that 
State.  He  soon  became  a  practitioner  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  He  wrote  for 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  505 

the  newspapers,  and  at  one  time  was  the  editor  of  the 
Columbian  Magazine.  He  was  appointed  Secretary 
of  State  of  Pennsylvania  in  1791,  and  was  engaged 
as  paymaster  of  a  force  to  quell  the  Whisky  Insur- 
rection. In  1801  he  was  appointed  United  States 
Attorney  for  the  Eastern  Department  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  he  held  that  place  until  called  to  the 
cabinet  of  Madison  as  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  in 
October  1814.  In  1815  he  also  performed  the 
duties  of  the  War  Office,  and  was  earnest  in 
his  efforts  to  re-establish  a  national  bank.  He 
resigned  in  November  1816,  and  resumed  the 
practice  of  law,  in  which  profession  he  was  emi- 
nently successful.  He  died  in  Trenton,  N.J.,  16th 
January  1817.  He  ra.  Arabella  M.  Smith,  daughter 
of  Major  George  Smith,  by  whom  he  had  the  follow- 
ing children : — 

1.  Charles  Alexander,  d.  young. 

2.  Robert,  d.  young. 

3.  Alexander  James,  b.  15th  May  1791,  commo- 
dore in  the  U.S.  Navy,  m.  first,  8th  January  1821, 
Henrietta  Constantia,  6.  October  1801,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of   Richard    Worsam    Meade,    of    Philadelphia, 
father  of  Major-General  George  Gordon  Meade,  the 
victor  of  Gettysburg.     He  was  in  the  action  with  '  the 
little  Belt,'  and  fired  the  first  gun  with  the  mother 
country.     He  took  part  in  the  Algerian  War,  and  in 
the  suppression  of  piracy  on  the  American  coast. 
The    following  letter    from   C.   Ashburnham,  then 
British  Consul  at  Mexico,  refers  to  him  : — 

Dispatch  from  the  English  Consul,  C.  Ashburnham,  to 
Viscount  Palmerston. 

MEXICO,  26th  July  1837. 
MY  LORD, — With  reference  to  my  Dispatch  No.  28  of  29th 


506  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

ultimo,  I  have  the  honour  to  inform  your  Lordship  that  the 
result  of  the  Communications  which  took  place  between  the 
Military  Commandant  of  Vera  Cruz  and  Commodore  Dallas 
was  not  as  satisfactory  as  that  which  had  followed  the  visit 
of  the  latter  to  Matamoros.  Upon  that  occasion  General 
Filisola  seems  to  have  complied  with  every  wish  expressed  by 
the  Commodore,  in  not  only  releasing  the  American  Vessels 
which  had  been  seized,  one  of  which  had,  beyond  all  doubt, 
violated  the  blockade,  and  was  in  the  act  of  introducing 
Articles,  Contraband  of  War,  into  Texas,  but,  moreover,  by 
pledging  himself  that  no  further  molestation  should  be  offered 
under  any  circumstances  to  the  Commerce  of  the  United  States 
in  those  seas.  In  return  for  which  the  Commodore  intimated 
to  him  that  the  Mexican  Vessel,  captured  together  with  her 
prize  by  the  Natchez,  should  be  delivered  up,  the  least  that 
could  be  expected  after  the  extremely  conciliatory  manner 
in  which  the  General  in  Chief  of  the  Texan  Expedition  had 
given  up  an  undoubtedly  lawful  prize,  and  even  abandoned 
the  twice  officially  announced  blockade. 

On  arriving  at  Vera  Cruz,  Commodore  Dallas  found  that 
the  United  States  Vessels  detained  there  had  long  since  been 
set  at  liberty,  but  he  wished  to  elicit  from  General  Castro  a 
similar  pledge  to  that  of  General  Filisola,  as  to  the  non-inter- 
ference of  the  Mexican  Cruizers  with  the  Traders  of  the  United 
States : — to  which  General  Castro  very  properly  pleaded  his 
evident  incompetence  to  afford  any  such  assurance,  tho' 
he  expressed  his  belief  that  his  Government  would  assent 
to  the  proposition,  and  offered  to  be  the  medium  of  com- 
munication of  the  Commodore's  wish,  and  of  the  Government's 
probably  favorable  answer  thereto.  To  this  Commodore 
Dallas  replied  hi  an  abrupt  and  arrogant  tone,  that,  since 
General  Castro  would  not  give  him  the  assurance  demanded, 
he  should  return  to  Pensacola,  but  leave  two  or  three  ships 
on  the  Coast  to  protect  the  Commerce  of  the  United  States. 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  507 

What  has  been  related  regarding  the  results  of  Commodore 
Dallas' s  Mission,  leaves  little  doubt  as  to  the  submissive  line 
of  conduct  which  would  be  adopted  by  this  Government 
upon  this,  the  only  mode  of  argument  and  remonstrance 
which  seems  to  have  any  weight  with  them  :  .  .  . 

(Signed)         C.  ASHBITKNHAM. 
(Foreign  Office  Papers,  Mexico,  107.) 

The  commodore  died  at  Callao,  Peru,  in  1844.  He 
m.  secondly,  16th  July  1836,  Mary  Byrd,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Byrd  C.  Willis  of  Fredericksburg,  a  descendant 
of  William  Byrd,  Westover,  Virginia.  By  his  first 
marriage  he  had  : — 

(1)  Richard  Worsam,  6.  4th  May  1824,  d.  21st 
November  1827. 

(2)  Alexander  James,  b.  2nd  March  1830,  d,  189  , 
Lieut. -Colonel  23rd  Infantry,  m.  31st  January  1855, 
Frances  Virginia,  daughter  of  S.  Masi,  Washington, 
D.C.,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 

By  his  second  marriage  Commodore  Dallas  had : — 

(3)  Bayard  Charles,  b.   1837,  m.  Martha  Eliza 
Ho  well,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(i)  Byrd  Charles,  d.  young, 
(ii)  George  Mifflin,  bp.  1880. 
(iii)  Alexander  James,  d.  young. 

(4)  Trevanion  Barlow,  late  captain,  Confederate 
Army,  b.  llth  September  1 843, m. first,  llth  May  1869, 
Ella,  daughter  of  Hugh  Douglas  of  Nassville,  Ten- 
nessee, and  had  a  son,  Hugh  Douglas  Dallas,  b.  18th 
January  1872  ;   m.  secondly,  6th  January  1876,  Ida, 
daughter  of  Dr.  H.  M.  Bonner,  of  Nassville,  and  had  : 
(1)  Alexander  James,  6.  1882  ;   (2)  George  Mifflin,  6. 
1884;     (3)  Ann  Willis ;     (4)  Henrietta  Constance, 
who  d.  young. 


508  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Commodore  Dallas  had  the  following  daughters: — 

(5)  Mary  WiUis,  6.  ,  m.  20th  Febru- 

ary 1860,  Chase  Strong,  first  of  Confederate  Army, 
latterly  of  Louisiana,  and  had  five  sons : — 
(i)  Jasper,  b.  27th  November  1860. 

(ii)  Achille  Murat,  b.  4th  December  1865. 

(iii)  Conrad,  b.  3rd  May  1870. 

(iv)  A.  J.,  d.  young, 
(v)  Trevanion,  6.  29th  January  1867. 

4.  The  second  surviving  or  fourth  son  of  Alexander 
James  Dallas,  was  George  Mifflin  Dallas,  also  an 
American  statesman.  He  was  6.  in  Philadelphia, 
10th  July  1792.  He  graduated  with  first-class 
honours  at  Princeton  College,  New  Jersey,  in  1810, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1813.  He  went  to 
Russia  as  private  secretary  to  Mr.  Albert  Gallatin, 
at  the  time  of  the  Treaty  of  Ghent,  and  returned  in 
1814,  when  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  Treasury 
Department.  In  1817  he  was  appointed  Depute- 
Attorney-General  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Penn- 
sylvania. In  1828  he  was  Mayor  of  Philadelphia; 
in  1829,  District  Attorney-General,  and  United  States 
Senator,  1832-33,  but  declined  re-election.  He  was 
Ambassador  to  Russia  from  1837-39.  He  was  re- 
called at  his  own  request  in  1839,  and  practised  again 
at  the  Bar.  He  was  a  profound  lawyer  and  dexterous 
pleader.  He  was  elected  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States  in  1844.  From  1856  to  1861  he  was  Am- 
bassador to  Great  Britain,  succeeding  Mr.  Buchanan. 
He  d.  at  Philadelphia  on  31st  December  1864.  (See 
biographical  sketch,  British  Museum,  Addl.  MS. 
28509,  f.  398,  written  in  1860  and  corrected  by  him- 
self.) He  m.  23rd  May  1816,  Sophia  Chew  (b.  25th 
June  1798),  third  daughter  of  Philip  Holbrooke 
Nicklin,  of  Philadelphia,  by  his  second  wife,  Juliana 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  509 

Chew,  daughter  of  Chief  Justice  Benjamin    Chew. 
He  had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  Alexander  James,  d.  young. 

(2)  Philip  Nicklin,  6.  13th  August  1835,  d.  4th 
March  1836. 

(3)  Julia  Maria. 

(4)  Elizabeth  Nicklin,  m.  20th  September  1842, 
David  Hunter  Tucker,  M.D.,  Richmond,  Virginia, 
son  of  Henry  St.  George  Tucker,  LL.D.,  of  Win- 
chester, Virginia,  by  whom  she  had  : — 

(i)  Henry  St.  George,  6.  25th  October  1843,  d. 
young. 

(ii)  George  Dallas,  6.  4th  September  1850. 

(iii)  John  Randolph. 

(iv)  Juliana  Nicklin,  d.  young. 

(v)  Virginia  Bland. 

(vi)  Sophia  Dallas,  d.  young. 

(vii)  Catherine  Dallas. 

(viii)  Emma  Beverley. 

(5)  Sophia  Philips. 

(6)  Catherine  Chew,  m.  1849,  Fitz  Eugene  Dixon,. 
Boston,  by  whom  she  had : — 

(i)  A.  J.  Dallas  Dixon,  b.  4th  October  1850. 
(ii)  Thomas  Eraser,  6.  7th  June  1852. 
(iii)  George  Dallas,  6.  28th  March  1857. 
(iv)  Thomas  Henry,  6.  14th  February  1859. 
(v)  William  Boulton,  6.  16th  May  1860. 
(vi)  Gary  Saunders,  d.  young, 
(vii)  Mary  Homer,  m.  18th  April  1876,  Russell 
Thayer,  Philadelphia. 

(viii)  Catherine  Eugenia. 

(ix)  Harriet. 

(x)  Susan  Dallas. 

(xi)  Matilda  Wilkins. 

(7)  Susan. 


510  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

(8)  Charlotte  Byron,  m.  Charles  Henry  Morrell,  of 
Cuba,  by  whom  she  had  : — 

(i)  Robert  Dallas. 

(ii)  Georgina  Dallas. 

(iii)  Carl. 

(iv)  Philip,  d.  young. 

(v)  William. 

(vi)  Louisa,  d.  young. 

(vii)  Charlotte. 

(viii)  Lourette,  d.  young. 

When  in  London  as  Ambassador,  George  Mifflin  Dallas 
was  guilty  of  a  breach  of  etiquette,  as  explained  in  the 
following  letter  from  Lord  Clarendon's  secretary  to  Mr.  Lum- 
ley,  Secretary  of  Legation  at  Washington  (Foreign  Office 
Papers,  America,  639,  British  Museum) : — 

FOREIGN  OFFICE,  27th  June  1856. 

MY  DEAR  SIE, — Lord  Clarendon  thinks  it  desirable  that  you 
should  be  made  acquainted  with  what  occurred  at  the  Levee 
the  other  day,  when  Mr.  Dallas  and  all  the  American  Legation 
and  some  Americans  who  were  to  have  been  presented,  left 
the  Palace  without  passing  the  Queen. 

You  are  aware  that  foreign  Ministers  and  those  whom 
they  present  have  what  is  called  the  "  Entree,"  the  effect 
of  which  is  that  they  enter  the  Palace  at  a  separate  door,  and 
passing  through  a  separate  anteroom,  are  introduced  to  the 
Queen  before  the  general  crowd. 

Mr.  Dallas  arrived  at  Court  with  his  Legation  and,  I  believe, 
two  or  three  gentlemen  whom  he  proposed  to  present  to  the 
Queen,  one  of  whom,  Professor  Masham,  was  observed  by  the 
Master  of  the  Ceremonies  to  be  in  anything  but  a  Court  costume, 
being  in  a  morning  frock  coat,  yellow  waistcoat,  and  black 
neck  handkerchief.  You  can  imagine  the  horror  of  the 
Master  of  the  Ceremonies,  who  forthwith  represented  to  Mr. 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  511 

Dallas  that  the  gentleman  was  not  dressed  as  he  should  be, 
and  therefore  could  not  pass  the  Queen.  After  some  further 
communication,  in  which  Sir  Edward  Gust  seems  to  have  ex- 
plained with  much  civility  that  the  gentleman  could  not  be 
admitted  into  the  Queen's  presence,  he  went  away  to  his  other 
duties ;  but  finding  that  Mr.  Dallas  himself  did  not  pay  his 
respects  to  the  Queen  as  the  other  foreign  Ministers  did,  he 
went  in  search  of  him,  and  found  him  with  all  his  cortege 
waiting  for  his  carriage. 

You  would  be  surprized  to  hear  how  general  a  feeling  of 
disgust  has  been  occasioned  in  London  Society  by  this  occur- 
rence, which  is  looked  upon  as  a  premeditated  insult  to  the 
Queen.  Mr.  Dallas,  I  understand,  disclaims  any  such  inten- 
tion, and  excuses  his  breach  of  good  manners  by  his  reluctance 
to  desert  his  countryman,  who,  he  moreover  asserts,  was  in 
his  full-dress  professional  costume.  But  although  the  Pro- 
fessor may  plead  ignorance  of  the  usages  of  our  Court,  Mr.  Dal- 
las must  have  known  that  such  was  not  a  fit  dress  in  which  to 
appear  before  the  Queen.  Some  time  ago,  when  President 
Pierre  denounced  uniforms  as  unbecoming  republicans,  it 
was  settled  that  the  American  Minister  should  be  received  at 
Court  in  evening  dress  with  a  sword,  and  so  Mr.  Dallas  himself 
and  his  Secretary  appear. 

The  least,  therefore,  that  an  American  traveller,  who  comes 
to  Court  of  his  own  accord,  and  not  under  any  obligation  as  a 
Minister,  should  do,  would  be  to  dress  himself  like  his  Minister, 
and  there  would  have  been  no  objection  to  the  Professor  being 
presented  to  the  Queen,  if  he  had  been  so  disposed ;  and  Mr. 
Dallas  ought  not  to  have  tried  to  force  him  on  the  Court  as 
he  did. 

The  question  as  it  stands  now  is,  however,  entirely  one  of 
Court  Ceremony,  and  it  has  not  yet  come  before  the  Office 
officially.  Mr.  Dallas  has  not  written  to  us  as  yet,  nor  been 
written  to ;  but  he  certainly  has  still  to  relieve  himself  in 
the  estimation  of  the  Government  and  of  the  Society  of 


512  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

London  from  the  imputation  of  having  deliberately  shown 
want  of  respect  towards  the  Queen. 

[Mr.  Lumley  was  Secretary  of  Legation  at  Washington.] 

5.  Trevanion  Barlow  Dallas,  the  fifth  son  of  Alex- 
ander James  Dallas,  was  6.  on  23rd  February  1801. 
He  was  a  judge  in  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  and  d.  in 
early  life  in  1841.  He  m.  on  15th  April  1822,  Jane  S., 
daughter  of  John  Wilkins,  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania, by  whom  he  had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  William   Wilkins   Dallas,   b.    16th  February 
1823,  m.  6th  July  1844,  Louisa,  daughter  of  Anthony 
Short  of  Pittsburg,  and  d.  without  issue  on  6th  May 
1873. 

(2)  Alexander  James,  of  the  U.S.  Navy,  6.  3rd 
April  1824,  m.  31st  July  1844,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Cadwaller  Evans,  Pittsburg,  by  whom  he  had  the 
following  children : — 

(i)  Cadwaller  Evans,  d.  young. 

(ii)  Katherine  Denny,  m.  6th  June  1867,  George 
C.  Lecky,  Alleghany  City,  Pennsylvania,  by  whom 
she  had:  (1)  Francis  M.  Lecky,  b.  18th  December 
1876  ;  (2)  Anne  C.  Lecky  ;  (3)  Jane  C.  Lecky ;  (4) 
F.  Dallas  Lecky. 

(iii)  Jane  Breckenridge,  d.  young ;  (iv)  Alexander 
James  Dallas,  d.  young. 

(3)  John  Wilkins,  d.  young. 

(4)  George  Mifflin  Dallas,  solicitor,  Philadelphia, 
6.  7th  February  1839,  m.  22nd  October  1867,  Mrs. 
Helen  Wharton  Morris,  daughter  of  George  Wharton, 
Philadelphia,  by  whom  he  had : — 

(i)  Trevanion  Bordan. 

(ii)  George  Wharton,  b.  10th  May  1874. 

(iii)  Edith  Wharton. 

(5)  Catherine  Stevenson  Dallas,  d.  young. 


,  Photographer )  Elgin. 


CANTRAY    HOUSE 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  513 

(6)  Matilda,  6.   llth  October  1854,  m.   Eugene 
Bordan,  Paris,  by  whom  she  had : — 

(i)  Charles  Bordan,  6.  8th  December  1855. 
(ii)  Trevanion,  6.  22nd  September  1857,  d.  21st 
January  1867. 

(iii)  Eugene,  b.  25th  November  1860. 

(iv)  Claude,  d.  young. 

(v)  George  Dallas,  b.  14th  January  1868. 

(vi)  Alice. 

(vii)  Mary  Dallas. 

(viii)  Sophia. 

(7)  Mary,  m.  10th  March  1858,  George  C.  Potts, 
Philadelphia,  and  d.  without  issue,  1859. 

(8)  Sophia,    m.    first,    18th    October    1860,    J. 
Campbell  Shorb,  M.D.,  Maryland;  secondly,  M.  W. 
Hazeltine,  Boston,  by  whom  she  had  Sophia  Dallas 
Hazeltine. 

A.  J.  Dallas  and  Arabella  Maria  Smith  had  the  following 
daughters : — 

1.  Sophia  Burrell  Dallas,  d.  8th  May  1860,  m. 
4th  April  1805,  Richard  Bache,  Philadelphia,  grand- 
son of  Benjamin  Franklin,  by  whom  she  had  the 
following  children : — 

(1)  Alexander  Dallas  Bache,  Professor  of  Natural 
Philosophy  and  Chemistry  in  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, 6.  19th  July  1806,  m.  30th  September  1828, 
Nancy  Clarke,  daughter  of  Christopher  Fowler,  New- 
port, R.I.  (d.  1870).     He  died  without  issue  on  17th 
February  1847,  through  exposure  when  laying  off  the 
lines  of  defence  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia  on  the 
threatened  invasion  of  General  Lee  which  ended  in 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg. 

(2)  George  M.  Bache,  b.  14th  February  1811,  m. 
23rd  May  1837,  Eliza  Catherine,  daughter  of  Com- 

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514  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

modore  Daniel  T.  Paterson,  U.S.  Navy,  d.  1846,  by 
whom  he  had  the  following  children  : — 

(i)  Dallas  Bache,  surgeon,  U.S.,  b.  23rd  June  1838, 
m.  19th  April  1864,  Alberta  Pagley  Macgovoch,  by 
whom  he  had  the  following  children :  (1)  Dallas,  b. 
5th  June  1871  ;  (2)  Harriet  Paterson  ;  (3)  Caroline 
Pursley  ;  (4)  Berta  M'Gavoch. 

(ii)  George  Mifflin  Bache,  bp.  Paterson,  retired 
Commander  U.S.  Navy,  b.  12th  November  1840. 

(iii)  Harriet  Paterson,  d.  10th  February  1865. 

(3)  Richard  Bache,  Lieut.  U.S.  Navy,  b.  15th  June 
1813,  drowned  off  coast  of  California,  27th  March 
1850. 

(4)  Mary    Bledynden     Bache,     m.     4th    April 
1825,  Hon.  J.  R.  Walker,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 
She  d.    19th  January   1873,  leaving   the  following 
children: — 

(i)  Duncan  Stephen  Walker,  General  in  U.S.,  b. 
llth  November  1841,  m.  2nd  November  1865,  Mary 
Bayard  Dod,  daughter  of  Professor  Albert  B.  Dod,  of 
Princeton,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children  :— 
(1)  Robert  John,  6.  10th  August  1873 ;  (2)  Charles 
Albert,  6.  January  1875  ;  (3)  Caroline  Bayard,  6. 
2nd  August  1868;  (4)  Alice  Duncan;  (5)  Edith 
Dallas. 

(ii)  Robert  John  Walker,  b.  4th  September 
1846. 

(iii)  Mary  Walker,  m.  Adrien  Deslondes  of  Louisi- 
ana, by  whom  she  had  the  following  children  :  (1) 
Andrew,  6.  10th  December  1861  ;  (2)  Robert  John 
Walker,  6.  28th  May  1864  ;  (3)  Mary  Bledynden,  m. 
Benjamin  Harris  Brewster,  of  Philadelphia  (second 
marriage),  12th  July  1870,  by  whom  she  had  Benjamin 
Harris,  6.  22nd  October  1872 ;  (4)  Sophia  Bache ; 
(5)  Charlotte  Lucia. 


DALLASES  IN  AMERICA  515 

(5)  Sophia  Arabella,  ra.  28th  February  1839,  Hon. 
William  Wallace  Irwin,  of  Pittsburg,  formerly  U.S. 
Minister  to  Denmark,  by  whom  she  had : — 

(i)  Richard  Biddell  Irwin,  Lieut. -Colonel  U.S. 
Army,  6.  23rd  December  1839,  m.  20th  December 
1865,  Charlotte  Martin,  daughter  of  B.  Randolph 
Martin,  by  whom  he  had  Frank,  b.  5th  June  1868, 
and  Agnes. 

(ii)  Robert  Walker  Irwin. 

(iii)  Agnes. 

(iv)  Sophia  Dallas. 

(v)  Mary  Bache. 

(6)  Matilda  Wilkins,  m.  29th  May  1838,  William 
Helmsley  Emory,  Brig. -General  U.S.  Army,  and  had 
the  following  children  :— 

(i)  Lieut. -Colonel  Campbell  Dallas,  m.  , 

daughter  of  Commander  Filton,  U.S.  Navy. 

(ii)  Lieut. -Commander  William  Helmsley,  U.S. 
Navy,  m.  ,  daughter  of  Richard  Storrs  Willis, 

late  of  American  Legation  in  London. 

(7)  Henrietta  Constantia,  m.  Charles  Albert,  son 
of  General  Albert. 

(8)  Sarah  Franklin,  ra.  Lieut.  Richard  Wainwright 
of  the  U.S.  Navy.     Their  daughter  was  married  to 
Lieut.  Seaton  Schroeder,  also  of  the  Navy. 

(9)  Mary  Campbell,  the  youngest  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Bache,  m.  Allan  M'Lane  of  the  Navy,  whose 
father,  Louis  M'Lane,  was  once  Ambassador  to  the 
Court  of  St.  James. 

2.  The  second  daughter  of  A.  J.  Dallas  was  Maria 
Charlotte,  m.  Alexander  Campbell,  of  Norfolk,  Vir- 
ginia.     They  had  one    son,  Saint  George  Tucker 
Campbell,  who  m.  a  daughter  of  Thomson  Mason,  of 
Culross,  Virginia,  and  left  a  large  family. 

3.  Matilda,  m.  Hon.  W.  W.  Wilkins,  Secretary  of 


516  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

War  in  the  Cabinet  of  James  K.  Polk.  She  d.  1881, 
aged  83.  Her  eldest  son,  Charles  Patterson,  was 
Judge  of  the  County  Court  of  Sonoma,  California. 
Her  elder  daughter,  Maria  Dallas,  m.  Major  John 
Saunders,  R.E.  Another  son,  Gary  Nicholas,  was 
drowned  in  the  wreck  of  the  Huron  off  Cape  Hatteras. 
Another  daughter,  Sophia  Bache,  m.  Captain  Overton 
Overton,  and  had  a  large  family.  Among  these  may 
be  mentioned  the  eldest  son,  Overton,  who  graduated 
with  honours  at  West  Point  Military  Academy,  and 
Matilda  Wilkins,  m.  Edwin  L.  Stanton,  son  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  in  Abraham  Lincoln's  Cabinet. 


DALLAS  IN  JAMAICA 

CHARLES  STUART  DALLAS,  6.  ,  R.M.,  the  sixth 

son  of  Robert  Dallas  of  Dallas  Castle,  m.  Susan  Sell  King, 
by  whom  he  had  : — 

1.  Stuart   George    Dallas,    b.    1800,   admitted    Lincoln's 

Inn,  31st  May  1817,  m.  Anne  King,  and  had  : — 

(1)  Duncan  Campbell  Dallas. 

(2)  Charles  King  Dallas. 

2.  Charles  Robert  King  Dallas  m.  his  cousin,  Julia  Maria 

Dallas,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(1)  Sarah  Georgina  m.  Rev.  Archdale  Bulterman, 
and  d.  1880. 

(2)  Frampton,  d.  young. 

Robert  Dallas  of  Dallas  Castle  had  several  daughters  :— 

1.  Henrietta  Charlotte,  who  married  George  Anson  Byron, 

Captain  R.N.,  second  son  of  Admiral  John  Byron, 
who  was  second  son  of  William,  4th  Lord  Byron. 
His  elder  brother,  William,  succeeded  as  5th  Lord 
Byron,  whose  only  son,  George  Gordon,  succeeded 
as  6th  Baron  and  became  the  famous  Lord  Byron. 
Captain  George  Anson  Byron,  by  his  wife,  had  an 
only  son,  George  Anson,  who  became  7th  Lord  Byron. 
From  the  above  we  can  understand  the  Byron-Dallas 
connection  and  the  introduction  of  the  Byron  names 
into  the  family  genealogy. 

2.  Elizabeth,  6.  29th  March  1769  (Edinr.  Bap.  Reg.),  m. 

Christian  Stuart  of  Stuart  Castle,  Jamaica. 
Among  the  burials  at  Rotherhithe  we  find  Sarah  Dallis, 
buried  29th  November  1751 ;  Sarah  Dallas,  buried  29th  March 

617 


518  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1757,  and  Margaret  Dallas,  of  Trinity  Street,  buried  17th 
November  1761.  There  is  an  entry  of  the  baptism  of  Henrietta 
Laura  Sarah,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Dallas,  on  14th 
May  1783.  (Reg.  Bath  Abbey,  Harl  Reg.  xxvii.,  i.  175.) 

We  have  not  been  able  to  connect  these  with  Dr.  Robert 
Dallas  of  Dallas  Castle. 

Reverting  to  Dr.  Alexander  Morrison  Dallas,  p.  504,  he  had 
the  following  issue  : — 

1.  Charles  Mowbray,  C.S.I.,  Lieut. -Colonel  Indian  Army, 

Commander,  Demi,  1910,  Governor-General  Council, 
1915,  retired  August  1916;  6.  Lahore,  30th  August 
1861,  m.  at  Bombay  14th  November  1893,  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Charles  Campbell,  Melbourne,  Australia, 
and  had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  Alfred  Stuart  Dallas,  b.  Nasauli,  Punjaub,25th 
August  1895. 

(2)  Kathleen  Campbell,  b.    at    Melbourne,    6th 
October  1896. 

2.  Julian  Stuart,  b.  Murree,  Punjaub,  21st  June  1867,  m. 

Baling,  5th  December  1894,  Eliza  Maria,  b.  12th 
October  1870,  daughter  of  Colonel  Oswald  Menzies, 
and  had  issue : — 

(1)  Juliet  Marion  Menzies  Dallas,  6.  Negapatam, 
Madras,  llth  November  1897. 

(2)  Eileen  Norah  Menzies  Dallas,  6. 17th  Novem- 
ber 1898. 

3.  Alexander   Egerton,  b.  Lahore,  25th  February   1869, 

m.  at  Shaikh  Bodin,  Punjaub,  20th  September  1894, 
Frederica  Catherine,  third  daughter  of  William  Mon- 
tague Leeds,  and  had  issue  : — 

(1)  Trevor  Alexander  Stuart  Dallas,  b.  Mussooria, 
17th  July  1895,  d.  15th  July  1910. 

(2)  Gwendolen,    b.    Rawl   Pindee,  Punjaub,  1st 
January  1899,  m.  1919,  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas,  son  of 
James  Henry  Dallas,  Hampstead. 


DALLAS  IN  JAMAICA  519 

4.  Hugh  Morison,  6.  Felixstowe,  2nd  September  1870,  m. 
St.  John's,  Pinjarrah,  West  Australia,  25th  February 
1897,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  fourth  daughter  of  Rev. 
Richard  William  Spithead  Alderton,  M.A.,  Rector 
of  Pinjarrah. 

1.  Margaret  Maria,  6.  4th  March  1857,  at  Saleore,  Punjaub, 

m.  Lahore,  15th  November  1876,  William  Pringle 
Dickson,  M.D.,  d.  without  issue,  9th  July  1878. 

2.  Kate  Lydia,  b.  4th  August  1859,  at  Saleore,  Punjaub,  m. 

Lahore,  28th  April  1881,  Turton  Smith,  Inspector 
General  of  Police,  Punjaub,  d.  31st  August  1910,  and 
had  issue : — 

(1)  Edmund  Denman  Dallas  Smith. 

(2)  Alexander. 

(3)  Margaret  Dorothy. 

(4)  Katie  Marion. 


DALLAS  IN  FRANCE  AND  NEW  ZEALAND 

THE  following  paragraph,  which  appeared  in  The  Times  of 
25th  April  1914,  shows  that  a  branch  of  the  family  settled  in 
France  at  an  early  period. 

'  A  link  with  the  French  Revolution  has  been  severed  by  the 
death  of  M.  Jean  Aristide  Dallas,  late  of  Bordeaux,  which 
occurred  at  his  residence,  Tamora,  Dunedin,  New  Zealand,  on 
17th  April  1914,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty -nine.  M.  Dallas 
was  the  last  representative  of  the  French  Dallases  of  Scottish 
origin,  who  were  people  of  importance  at  the  Court  of  Katherine 
de  Medicis.  One  of  M.  Dallas' s  ancestors  was  a  large  landed 
proprietor  in  Brittany,  and  took  up  arms  for  Louis  xvi.  For 
this  he,  his  wife,  and  family  perished  at  Nantes  in  "  Carrier's 
Noyades  "  in  1793.  His  youngest  son  escaped,  having  been 
harboured  by  one  of  his  father's  tenants,  and  was  restored  to 
his  mother's  family  at  Bordeaux  when  the  Revolution  was 
over.  His  manoir  was  burnt  and  his  property  confiscated, 
divided  up,  and  sold.  His  son  who  escaped  Carrier's  vengeance 
had  to  serve  in  Napoleon's  Grande  Armee.  He  was  severely 
wounded,  and  retired  with  the  rank  of  captain. 

'  M.  Dallas  was  an  accomplished  linguist  and  artist,  having 
been  taught  to  paint  by  Paul  Delaroche.  He  was  a  friend  of 
Alphonse  de  la  Martine,  and  was  present  with  him  on  the 
platform  when  he  turned  the  angry  populace  from  bloodshed 
by  his  stirring  reference  to  the  French  flag,  and  so  saved 
France  another  revolution.  M.  Dallas  is  survived  by  three 
daughters :  Mrs.  Kelsall,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Ross,  and  Mrs.  Martin.' 

The  marriage  of  Mrs.  Ross  is  thus  recorded  in  the  Scotsman 
of  1st  December  1897 :  '  On  the  26th  ultimo,  Charles  John 
Ross,  of  66  Grosvenor  Street,  London,  W.,  to  Jeanne  Clara, 
second  daughter  of  J.  A.  Dallas  of  Tamora,  Otago,  New 
Zealand,  and  niece  of  the  late  Eudoxie,  Countess  of  Lindsay.' 


520 


DAVIDSON  OF  CANTRAY 

As  stated  at  p.  188,  William  Dallas,  last  of  Cantray,  sold  his 
lands  to  David  Davidson,  merchant  or  broker  in  London,  on 
29th  July  1767. 

His  father,  William  Davidson,  m.  Agnes,  by  whom  he  had 
David  and  other  children. 

David  Davidson  m.  Mary  Cuthbert,  said  by  Burke  to  have 
been  of  the  Castlehill  family,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  son, 
Sir  David  Davidson,  b.  20th  July  1788,  m.  12th  December 
1 804,  Margaret  Rose,  by  whom  he  had : — 

1.  David,  b.  9th  October  1805,  d.  unmarried. 

2.  Hugh  Cochrane,  his  heir,  of  whom  below. 

3.  Cuthbert,  b.  24th  May  1810 ;   m.  first,  Ann,  daughter 

of  Mainwaring,  of  the  Bengal  C.S. ;  secondly, 

Ellen  Hoare,  by  whom  he  had  issue. 

4.  Francis  Russel,  b.  24th  May  1810,  died  without  issue. 

5.  Margaret,  m.  first,  Sir  Robert  Grant,  Governor  of  Bom- 

bay, brother  of  Lord  Glenelg ;  secondly,  Lord  Jocelyn 

Percy,  who  d.  1881. 

Hugh  Cochrane  Davidson,  b.  20th  April  1809,  m.  19th 
August  1830,  Maria,  third  daughter  of  Colonel  Grogan,  County 
Meath,  d.  7th  November  1845,  by  whom  he  had  :— 

1.  Hugh  Grogan  of  Cantray. 

2.  Cuthbert  John,  b.  13th  August  1839,  d.  unmarried. 

3.  Margaret,  m.  Alexander  Robertson  of  Balgowny  Lodge, 

Aberdeen. 

4.  Catherine  Jane,  m.  Hastings  Fraser  of  Ardachy,  Co. 

Inverness. 

5.  Frances  Harriet,  d.  unmarried. 

6.  Maria  Anna,   m.    Lieut. -Col.   Allan  Newton   Stewart, 

R.A.  ;   d.  January  1880. 

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522  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Hugh  Grogan  of  Cantray,  late  78th  Highlanders  ;  6.  18th 
December  1833  ;  m.  13th  December  1854,  Caroline  Charlotte, 
daughter  of  Lieut.-Col.  Stratford  Powell,  Adj.-General  of 
Bombay;  she  died  20th  April  1887.  He  died  12th  Sep- 
tember 1889.  They  had  an  only  son  Hugh,  and  Clara,  6. 
16th  February  1859. 

Hugh  Davidson  of  Cantray  House,  late  Captain  Seaforth 
Highlanders ;  6.  14th  April  1857 ;  m.  1st  February  1890, 
Harriet  King,  fifth  daughter  of  Roderick  Hugonin  of  Kin- 
nounglies.  He  died  21st  April  1910,  leaving  one  daughter, 
Edith  May,  6.  2nd  June  1892. 


CANTRAY  HOUSE 

So  much  has  been  recorded  of  Cantray  that  we  venture  upon 
a  digression  in  giving  an  account  of  a  visit  of  the  Inverness 
Scientific  Society  to  the  modern  mansion  erected  there  by  the 
late  Mr.  Davidson  of  Cantray.  He  gathered  together  a  series 
of  portraits  and  pictures,  arranging  them  in  groups  to  illus- 
trate periods  of  history.  The  student  could  wander  for  hours 
with  volumes  of  memoirs  in  his  hand,  recalling  incidents  in 
the  lives  of  monarchs,  statesmen,  and  fair  ladies  who  played 
their  part  in  politics  and  social  affairs.  One  beautiful  face 
attracted  attention.  It  turned  out  to  be  that  of  a  Greek  girl, 
who  had  a  remarkable  career. 

One  day  in  the  year  1787,  the  French  Ambassador  at 
Constantinople  observed  a  young  Greek  girl  of  great  beauty, 
whom  he  purchased  from  her  mother  for  £12,  10s.  He 
placed  her  under  a  French  governess,  and  two  years  later  (she 
was  then  between  fifteen  and  sixteen)  travelled  with  her 
homewards,  calling  on  the  way  at  a  Russian  frontier  fortress. 
Here  the  governor  fell  hi  love  with  the  girl,  and  as  she  was 
willing  to  marry  him,  he  got  a  priest  to  perform  the  ceremony 
in  the  absence  of  the  ambassador,  and  paid  the  latter  off  with 
£12,  10s.,  the  original  price  of  the  girl.  The  husband,  General 
de  Witt,  was  rather  an  old  man,  and  proud  of  his  wife.  He 
introduced  her  to  fashionable  society.  Thus  a  handsome  and 
wealthy  young  Pole,  Count  Felix  Potocki,  fell  in  love  with  her, 
and  the  Greek  beauty,  whose  affections  seem  to  have  been 
easily  engaged,  returned  the  attachment.  The  Count  called 
upon  the  husband  and  offered  him  the  choice  of  pistols  or  two 
million  Polish  guelden.  General  de  Witt,  finding  that  his  wife 
was  willing  to  go  with  the  Pole,  accepted  the  money  and 
agreed  to  a  divorce,  and  so  Sophia  became  the  Countess 


523 


524  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Potocki.  She  did  not  change  her  name  again.  The  Count 
turned  his  Polish  residence  into  a  terrestrial  paradise  for  his 
lovely  companion.  '  Sophie,'  says  a  memoir  of  her,  '  looked 
down  upon  life  from  such  a  height  that  she  did  not  seem  to 
belong  to  the  mass  of  mankind  who  surrounded  her,  and  who 
were  attracted  more  and  more  to  her  feet  by  her  beauty. 
She  was  by  no  means  vain  or  a  lover  of  power ;  she  was 
beautiful,  and  that  she  knew.  The  incessant  devotion  which 
was  made  to  her  had  raised  her  to  be  a  goddess,'  and  she 
thanked  the  world  for  its  incense  by  a  glance  or  a  smile  !  Her 
husband  lost  part  of  his  estates  after  the  second  partition  of 
Poland,  but  when  he  died  in  1805  he  left  his  wife  a  fortune 
which  might  still  be  called  colossal.  The  Countess  Potocki 
was  attacked  by  consumption,  and  died  at  Berlin  in  1823. 

In  1830  the  Potocki  estates  were  forfeited,  and  then  became 
part  of  the  Crown  domains  of  Russia.  Such  is  an  outline  of 
the  romantic  story  of  the  lovely  Greek  girl,  whose  face  on 
canvas  still  continues  to  fascinate  by  its  rare  and  delicate 
beauty.  (Trans.  Inverness  Soc.  and  Field  Club,  vol.  iv.  p.  44.) 


MODERN  REGISTERS 

SINCE  the  establishment  of  compulsory  registration,  entries  are 
very  full  and  numerous.  It  is  somewhat  laborious  to  examine 
these  indices  and  registers,  but  to  afford  references  to  the 
parishes  and  localities  where  the  families  are  now  found,  the 
editor  has  examined  the  death  registers  for  the  whole  of 
Scotland  since  1854,  and  copied  the  entries  as  far  as  possible 
as  a  guide  to  further  searches. 

Deaths  since  1854  recorded  in  General  Register  House 

1855 

June  6,  Peter  Dallas,  a.  24,  6.  at  Aviemore,  8.  of  Archibald 
D.,  meal  miller,  and  Janet  Stewart. 

January  13,  Alexander  Dallas,  cashier  at  Coltness  Iron 
Works,  d.  at  Newmains,  6.  at  Glasgow,  a.  39,  s.  of 
George  D.,  cashier,  and  Margaret  Barton. 

March  17,  Alexander  Dallas,  woollen  weaver,  a.  95,  s.  of 
James  D.,  woollen  weaver,  and  Margaret  M'Pherson, 
d.  at  Laggan  ;  m.  Annie  M'Gregor.  Children  :  Mar- 
garet, James,  Anne,  Christina,  Isabella,  Catherine, 
Elizabeth,  Margaret  Grant,  Jane,  a.  24,  Mary,  deed., 
12  in  1834,  Anne,  20,  Hugh,  28,  Charles,  26,  Elspet, 
23,  Margaret,  22. 

May  31,  William  Dallas,  sawyer,  a.  59,  &.  at  Moy  Hall, 
Inverness,  s.  of  Hugh  D.,  labourer,  and  Mary  Mackin- 
tosh ;  m.  Margaret  Grant ;  bur.  2nd  June,  Market 
Close  of  Elgin. 

September  6,  Betsy  Dallas,  a.  3,  d.  of  James  D.,  shoemaker, 
and  Jean  Gowans,  d.  Ill  Gallowgate,  Aberdeen. 

August  6,  Catherine  Dallas,  pauper,  a.  79,  d.  of  Alexander 
D.,  Glasgow,  and  Ann  M'Lergan,  d.  Kendrochit. 


525 


526  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

October  22,  Christian  Findlay  or  Dallas,  a.  69,  wife  of 
William  Dallas,  linen  weaver,  d.  at  Kennoway. 
Children  :  Christian,  a.  35,  Margaret,  34,  William,  32, 
Mary,  28. 

January  10,  Margaret  Anderson,  widow  of  Andrew  Dallas, 
d.  at  Cromwell  St.,  North  Leith.  Children  :  Chris- 
tina, a.  50,  John,  a.  48,  Margaret,  a.  46. 

November  22,  Mary  Ann  Dallas,  a.  6  months,  d.  Turiff, 
d.  of  James  D.,  hatter,  and  Isabella  Dean. 

May  9,  Sophia  Dallas,  a.  3,  d.  of  Arthur  D.,  servant,  and 
Isabella  Sellar. 

1856 

March  3,  James,  s.  of  Sarah  Dallas,  Canongate,  a.  4. 

April  16,  James,  a.  6,  s.  of  William  Dallas,  gardener,  and 
Janet  M'Rae. 

February  26,  John  Dallas,  s.  of  William  D.  and  Mary  Bain, 
a.  9  months,  at  Elgin. 

January  12,  Alexander  Dallas,  quartermaster,  93rd  High- 
landers, a.  78,  d.  Millholme  House,  Musselburgh,  s.  of 
Hugh  D.,  farmer,  and  Isabella  Sutherland ;  grand- 
son, Alexander  Dallas  Mackay,  present. 

February  27,  Barbara  Dallas,  pauper,  farmer's  widow,  a. 
67,  at  Drumlicht. 

February  5,  Mary  Ann,  5  months,  d.  at  Gellatly  Street, 
Dundee,  d.  of  John  D.,  shoemaker,  and  Isabella 
Ross. 

May  3,  Margaret  Malcolm  or  Dallas,  a.  68,  wife  of  William 
D.,  26  Hutcheon  Street,  Aberdeen. 

1857 

August  20,  Alexander  Dallas,  20  months,  5  Middleton's 
Entry,  Edinburgh,  s.  of  William  D.,  blacksmith,  and 
Isabella  Slight. 


MODERN  REGISTERS  527 

June  1,  Alexander  Dallas,  2J  years,  at  Diningholm  Parish, 

Kilbirnie  ;   mother,  Mary  Hunter. 
September  17,  James  Dallas,  married,  hand-loom  weaver, 

a.   54,   at   West    Port,  Forfar,   s.   of  Kenneth  D., 

tailor,   and  Janet  D. ;    Elizabeth  D.,  d.,  registers 

death. 
July  8,  John  Dallas,  Raigmore  Cottage,  a.  24,  s.  of  William 

D.,  gardener,  and  Margaret  Grant. 
January  17,  John  Marshall  Dallas,  a.  59,  married,  landed 

proprietor,  Master  R.N.,  at  Bowtrees,  Airth,  s.  of 

John  Dallas,  proprietor,  North  Newton,  and  Mary 

Marshall ;   widow,  Amelia  Dallas,  present. 
June  7,  Peter  Dallas,  a.  10,  at  12  Acre  Street,  Nairn,  s.  of 

Alexander  D.,  painter,  and  Annie  M'Donald. 
January  5,  Robert  Dallas,  a.  13  months,  Stonehaven,  s.  of 

Robert  D.,  labourer,  and  Ann  Darling. 
February  26,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.  21,  parents  unknown ; 

body  found  at  Portgorm,  Latheron. 
April  9,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.  9,  Kennoway,  d.  of  William  D., 

agricultural  labourer,  and  Barbara  Laverock. 
May  9,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.  70,  widow,  Old  Church  Street, 

Leith,  d.  of  David  Grubb,  architect,  and Grubb, 

m.  s.  Burns. 
June  20,  Margaret  Dallas,  a.  16,  Raigmore  Cottage,  d.  of 

William  Dallas  and  Margaret  Grant. 
May  20,  Margaret  Berry  Carson  Dallas,  a.  2,  d.  of  Matthew 

D.,  cooper,  and  Jane  Young,  10  Beenhope  Street, 

Greenock. 

August  12,  Marjory  Dallas,  a.  77,  Kichanloop,  Kincardine. 
October  18,  Mary  Dallas,  a.  50,  wife  of  Alexander  Dallas, 

Edinburgh,    d.    of    Thomas    Smith,    farmer ;     wife, 

Elspeth  Black,  buried  Dean  Cemetery. 
July  24,  Mary  Stewart  or  Dallas,  a.  50,  wife  of  Lachlan 

Dallas,     railway    mechanic,     Fergus     Square,    St. 

Vigean's  Parish. 


528  THE  FAMILY  OP  DALLAS 


1858 

October  13,  Alexander  Dallas,  labourer,  pauper,  a.  71,  at 

Sluanbay,  s.  of  John  D.,  labourer,  and  Elizabeth 

Mackenzie ;   bur.  Lochcarron  Churchyard. 
September  6,  Alexander,  a.  16  months,  4  South  Street, 

Elgin,  s.  of  William  Dallas,  house  painter,  and  Mary 

Bain. 
October  20,  Charles  Marr  Dallas,  a.  11  months,  s.  of  James 

Dallas,  shoemaker,  and  Catherine  Marr,  Kennoway. 
October  12,  James  Watt  Dallas,  a.  3  weeks,  Cooper's  Entry, 

Edinburgh,  s.  of  Alexander  Dallas,  blacksmith,  and 

Jane  Watt. 
May  20,  a  child,  a.  one  day,  New  Elgin,  parents,  William 

Dallas,  sawyer,  and  Jessie  Taylor. 
February  23,  Christina  Day  or  Dallas,  widow,  a.  89,  at 

Dellacham,  d.  of  James  Day,  farmer,  and  Margaret 

Watt. 
January  20,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.  84,  widow  of  a  flaxdresser 

at  Lougate,  Peterhead  ;  father,  Alexander  M'Hattie. 
September  11,  Jane  Dallas,  a.  18§  months,  at  12  Milne's 

Wynd,  Forres,  d.  of  John  Dallas,  house  carpenter, 

and  Helen  Dustan. 
August  8,  Janet  Dallas,  widow,  a.  80,  at  South  Leith 

Poorhouse. 
September  26,  Janet  Dallas,  a.  55,  at  Gallow  Hill,  Avoch, 

wife  of  a  farmer,  d.  of  Alexander  Anderson,  farmer, 

and  Elizabeth  Hay. 
May  22,  Janet  Dallas,  pauper,   winder,  married,  a.   72, 

City  Poorhouse. 
March    10,   Margaret   Dallas,    servant,   a.    32,   Millburn, 

Inverness,  d.   of  William  Dallas,  blacksmith,  and 

Janet  M'Intosh. 
February  23,  Mary  Dallas,  single,  a.  55,  Frederick  Street, 


MODERN  REGISTERS  529 

Glasgow,  d.  of  Alexander  Dallas,  grocer,  and  Janet 

Nisbet. 
January  3,  Mary  Dallas  or  Cameron,  widow,  a.  67,  at  Craig 

Muir,  Madderty. 
August  12,  Alexander  Dallas,  a.  25  days,  s.  of  Duncan  D., 

farmer,  Inchyettle,  and  Ann  Falconer. 


1859 

April  8,  Arthur  Dallas,  butler,  a.  43,  Old  Market  Place, 
Banff,  s.  of  Lauchlan  D.,  road  contractor,  and 
Charlotte  Allardyce. 

April  18,  John  Dallas,  a.  30  hours,  s.  of  Simon  Dallas, 
woollen  warehouseman,  and  Elizabeth  Swan,  53 
Eglinton  Street,  Glasgow. 

August  20,  Lewis  Dallas,  student,  a.  16,  Dellacham,  s.  of 
James  Dallas,  carpenter  and  farmer ;  John  Dallas, 
uncle,  present. 

December  10,  Ann  Dallas,  millworker,  a.  55,  d.  of  Alexander 
Dallas,  flax-weaver,  and  Ann  M'Gregor,  d.  at 
6  Church  Street,  Princes  Street,  Dundee ;  Catherine 
Dallas,  sister,  present. 

November  12,  Helen  Dallas,  a.  19,  Victoria  Place,  Dundee, 
d.  of  John  Dallas,  master  shoemaker,  and  Isabella 
Ross ;  father  present. 

April  26,  Charlotte  Dallas,  a.  9  weeks,  Balnatink,  Dun- 
beath,  d.  of  George  D.,  fisherman,  and  Ann  Suther- 
land. 

December  30,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.  9  months,  24  N.  Wood- 
side  Road,  Glasgow,  d.  of  William  D.,  slater,  and 
Mary  Livingston. 

November  23,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.  11  months,  Bay  Street, 
Port  Glasgow,  d.  of  John  Dallas,  rafter,  and  Ann 
Degnan. 

August  19,  Grace  Duncan  or  Dallas,  a.  98,  wife  of  John 

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530  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Dallas,  Skipness  Village,  d.  of  James  Duncan,  fisher- 
man, and  Grace  Carmichael. 

December  18,  Janet  Simpson  or  Dallas,  widow,  a.  97,  Cul- 
cabock  Village,  d.  of  Hugh  Simpson,  weaver,  and 
Janet  Gordon. 

October  23,  Mary  Dallas,  a.  12,  d.  of  William  Dallas, 
gardener,  Carmelite  Street,  Banff,  and  Janet  M'Rae. 

1860 

June  10,  Alexander  Dallas,  a.  19,  s.  of  above. 

October  3,  John  Dallas,  cabinetmaker,  a.  22,  s.  of  above. 

February  10,  James  Dallas,  a.  14,  s.  of  Lachlan  D.,  rail- 
way mechanic,  and  Mary  Stewart,  Fergus  Street, 
St.  Vigeans. 

December  25,  Matthew  Dallas,  a.  5J,  s.  of  William  D., 
labourer,  and  Mary  Bishop,  Binnie's  Close,  Yard- 
heads,  Leith. 

January  2,  William  Dallas,  farmer,  Lochend,  Inverness, 
a.  34,  s.  of  Roderick  D.,  farmer,  and  Elizabeth 
Fraser ;  witness,  Alexander  Cameron,  Inverness, 
brother-in-law. 

March  27,  William  Dallas,  journeyman  painter,  a.  35, 
Briech  Street,  Rothes,  s.  of  Alexander  D.,  painter, 
and  Catherine  Shepherde  ;  Mary  D.,  widow,  witness. 

July  7,  Ann  Morrison,  wife  of  William  Dallas,  shoemaker, 
Brown's  Row,  Crieff,  a.  50,  d.  of  William  Morrison, 
tailor,  and  Mary  Drummond. 

March  6,  Charlotte  Allardyce  or  Dallas,  widow,  a.  83,  d.  of 
Charles  Allardyce,  ground  officer,  and  Sophia  Grant, 
Deskford  Street,  Cullen ;  Sophia  D.,  d.,  witness. 

November  26,  Christina  Dallas  or  Mann,  a.  32,  wife  of 
Donald  Mann,  Waterloo  Inn,  Kiltearn,  d.  of  Alex- 
ander D.,  mason,  and  Janet  Fraser. 

June  15,  Isabella  Dallas,  a.  10,  d.  of  John  Dallas,  meal 


MODERN  REGISTERS  531 

merchant,  and  Catherine  M'Leod,  Mills  of  Brinach, 
Kiltarlity. 

September  30,  Isabella  Baillie  Dallas,  widow  of Wright, 

a.  79,  Arbuthnott  Street,  Old  Town,  Stonehaven,  d.  of 
William  D.,  mason,  and  Jane  Duncan ;  present, 
John  Allardyce,  son-in-law. 

October  2,  Isabella  Dallas,  schoolmistress,  a.  34,  d.  of 
Alexander  D.,  wright,  and  Elizabeth  Carnegie. 

April  25,  Jane  Spark  Dallas,  a.  30,  d.  of  William  Dallas, 
shoemaker,  and  Helen  Tevendale,  wife  of  George 
Allardyce,  shipmaster,  Ramsay  Street,  Montrose. 

April  29,  Margaret  Dallas,  a.  2  months,  d.  of  Alexander 
D.,  blacksmith,  and  Jane  Watt,  Cooper's  Entry, 
130  Canongate,  Edinburgh. 

September  3,  Margaret  Dallas  or  Mackay,  a.  56,  d.  of  Alex- 
ander Dallas,  silk  weaver,  and  Ann  M'Gregor,  widow 
of  Police  Constable  Mackay,  Scott's  Close,  Cowgate  ; 
Catherine  Mackay,  d.,  witness. 

1861 

July  14,  Alexander  Dallas,  fruit  merchant,  20  South  Street, 
Elgin,  a.  60,  s.  of  James  Dallas,  farm  servant. 

April  7,  Alexander  Dallas,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  130  Canon- 
gate,  Edinburgh,  a.  85,  widower  of  Christina 
Mackenzie. 

July  21,  Duncan  Duff  Dallas,  a.  15  months,  s.  of  James 
Dallas,  solicitor,  Bank  Buildings,  Blairgowrie,  and 
Ann  Scobie. 

June  6,  James  Dallas,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  43  Academy  St., 
Inverness,  a.  75,  husband  of  Margaret  Ross,  s.  of 
John  Dallas,  farmer,  and  Margaret . 

August  6,  Stuart,  a.  22  days,  s.  of  Christina  Dallas,  factory 
worker,  Linktown  of  Abbotshall,  Kirkcaldy, 

July  27,  Thomas  Dallas,  shop  porter,  Hay  Street,  Edin- 
burgh, a.  62,  husband  of  Margaret  Orr. 


532  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

May  17,  William,  a.  18  months,  s.  of  Alexander  Dallas, 

solicitor,     and     Isabella      Gollan,     Myrtle     Bank, 

Inverness. 
February  26,  Elizabeth  Hastie  or  Dallas,  a.  63,  widow  of 

William  Dallas,  cooper,  21  Chester  Street,  Glasgow, 

d.  of  William  Hastie,  seaman,  and  Grace  Colquhoun. 
March  21,  Helen  Cobb,  a.  26,  wife  of  William  Dallas, 

junior,  shoemaker,  8  North  Street,  Montrose,  d.  of 

Alexander  Cobb,  floorcloth  weaver,  and  Elizabeth 

Colquhoun. 
February  17,  Jane  Dallas,  pauper,  a.  about  93,  Midbeltier 

Kincardine-O'Neil,  d.  of  John  Dallas,  gardener. 
January  20,  Janet  Dallas,  a.  21,  d.  of  Dallas,  slater,  and 

Jane  Matheson,  wife  of   Donald  M'Intyre,  poster, 

7  East  Quay  Lane,  Greenock. 
February  26,  Jane  Dallas,  a.  86,  Dallaschyle,  Cawdor,  d. 

of  Alexander  Dallas,  farmer,  and  Ann  M'Intosh. 
March  28,  Janet  Dallas,  a.  84,  Welltown  of  Cawdor,  d.  of 

John  D.,  agricultural  labourer, 
May  11,  Janet,  wife  of  Alexander  Dallas,  George  Street, 

Dingwall,  a.   60,  d.   of  John    Fraser,  farmer,  and 

Christina  Forbes. 
December  21,  Jean  Dallas,  a.  87,  widow  of  Eobert  Edward, 

farmer,  Muir  of  Blackiemuir,  d.  of  William  Dallas 

and  Jane  Duncan ;  John  Mackie,  grandson,  witness. 
September   10,   Margaret  Dallas,  a.   40,  widow  of  John 

O'Neil,  Old  Nitshill,  d.  of   George  DaUas,  weaver, 

and  Janet  Neilson. 
April  25,  Margaret  M'Leod,  a.  45,  wife  of  James  Dallas, 

farmer,  Pecks,  Parish  of  Killearnan. 

1862 

December  12,  Duncan  Dallas,  farmer,  Inchyettle,  a.  83, 
s.  of  William  D.,  farmer,  and  Margaret  M'Intosh. 


MODERN  REGISTERS  533 

November  2,  James  Dallas,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  a.  84,  s.  of 

Alexander  D.,  farmer,  and  Ann  M'Intosh,  widow; 

Isabella  Sutherland  and  son,  John  Dallas,  present. 
March  25,  James  Henry  Dallas,  a.  2  years,  son  of  Alex- 
ander Dallas,  merchant,  Duff  Street,  Macduff,  and 

Eliza  Gordon  Grant. 
November  29,  James  Dallas,  a.  3,  s.  of  George  Dallas  and 

Ann  Sutherland,  Bualno,  Dunbeath. 
June  12,  James  Dallas,  a.  33,  solicitor,  Bank  Buildings, 

Blairgowrie,  s.  of  Duncan  Dallas,  farmer,  and  Sarah 

Rose,  and  husband  of  Ann  Scobie. 
October  24,  Peter  Dallas,  a,  56,   farmer,  West    Hill  of 

Culloden,  s.  of   Alexander  D.,  farmer,  and  Elspet 

Rose  ;  Alexander  Dallas,  brother,  present. 
September  2,  William  Dallas,  a.  76,  quarry  labourer,  26 

Hutcheon  Street,  Aberdeen,  widower  of   Margaret 

Malcolm,  s.  of  John  Dallas ;  Jane  Dallas,  d.,  present. 
November  21,  William  Dallas,  a.  39,  blacksmith,  son  of 

William  D.  and  Janet  M'Intosh,  Culcabock  Village, 

husband  of  Betsy  Ferguson. 
December  30,  Ann  Dallas,  a.  5  days,  d.  of  Robert  Dallas  and 

Ann  Darling,  High  Street,  Dunnottar,  Stonehaven. 
January  22,  Ann  Anderson   Dallas,  scholar,  a.  9,  d.  of 

above. 
February  1,  Christina  Dallas  or  Dickson,  a.  about  50,  d. 

of  William  Dallas  and  Catherine ,  widow  of  John 

Dickson,  police  constable,  9  South  Wellington  Street, 

Glasgow. 
October  15,  Lilias  Mackechnie,  a.  34,  wife  of  Peter  Dallas, 

wood  sawyer,  199  Cumberland  Street,  Glasgow. 
January  11,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  a.   1  yr.  ^,  d.  of  George 

Dallas,  handloom  weaver,  and  Agnes  MacKechnie, 

41  Colehill  Street,  Glasgow. 
September  6,  Jane  Dallas  or  Mackenzie,  a.  72,  widow,  Paphle, 

Cleish ;  Jane  Dallas  Watson,  granddaughter,  witness. 


534  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

March  22,  Janet  Forbes  or  Dallas,  a.  65,  at  Balnasine, 
Kinnylies,  widow  of  Robert  Dallas,  farmer,  d.  of 
John  Forbes,  farmer,  and  Ann  Sinclair. 

October  6,  Jean  Kenneth,  a.  67,  wife  of  Robert  Dallas,, 
postrunner,  Cameron  Street,  Stonehaven,  d.  of 
Peter  Kenneth,  farmer,  and  Ann  Keith. 

March  13,  Lilly  Ann,  a.  1,  d.  of  David  Dallas,  mill  over- 
seer, and  Jean  Nicoll. 

October  19,  Mary  M'Alpine,  Main  Street,  Bowmore,  a.  84, 
d.  of  Dougald  Macalpine,  master  carpenter,  and 
widow  of  Archibald  Dallas,  Chelsea  Pensioner. 

November  4,  Mary  Ann,  a.  14  months,  113  Gallowgate, 
Aberdeen,  d.  of  Mary  Dallas,  flax-worker ;  James 
Dallas,  maternal  grandfather. 

1863 

October   10,   Alexander  Dallas,   Inverness,  a.   32,   s.   of 

Alexander  Dallas  and  Ann  M'Leay ;   Alfred  Dallas, 

brother,  present. 
October     1,    James    Dallas,    a.     61,    farmer,    Lochend, 

Inverness,  s.   of  Donald  Dallas  and   Ann  Munro ; 

Ann  Dallas,  sister,  present. 
March  25,  Duncan  Dallas,  a.  38,  furnace  fitter,  South  Row, 

Summerlee,   Old   Monkland,   s.    of    James   Dallas, 

tailor,  and  Janet  M'Gilvray. 
November  11,  George  Dallas,  a.  46,  shipmaster,  4  Mansion 

House  Lane,  Greenock,  widower  of  Jane  Crawford, 

s.  of  James  D.,  blacksmith,  and  Mary  Ramsay. 
December  26,  George  Dallas,  a.  52,  New  Road,  Aberchirder, 

Marnoch,  s.  of  Lachlan  D.  and  Charlotte  Allardyce ; 

widow,  Isabella  Duncan,  and    son,  George  Dallas, 

present. 
November   19,   James  Dallas,   Hill  Close,  Aberdeen,  a. 

3  months,  s.  of  Matthew  D.,  shoemaker,  and  Eliza- 
beth Diack. 


MODERN  REGISTERS  535 

February  24,  James  Dallas,  shoemaker,  a.  25,  s.  of  William 

Dallas,     shoemaker,     and     Helen     Tevendale,     45 

Eglinton  Street,  Glasgow ;    Abigail  Goudie,  widow, 

present. 
December  25,  John  Dallas,  a.  40,  shipowner,  2  Kingston 

Place,  Glasgow,  s.   of  John  Dallas  and  Elizabeth 

Leitch ;  Catherine  Johnston  M'Symon,  widow,  and 

James  Dallas,  brother,  present. 
June  17,  John  Dallas,  a.  56,  forrester,  Glen  of  Holme, 

Tradeston,  Glasgow,  s.  of  John  D.  and  Margaret  Clark; 

Ann  Fraser,  widow,  and  James  Dallas,  son,  present. 
November  8,  John  Dallas,  a.  56,  Hawkhill  House,  Leith, 

unmarried  s.    of   Thomas   Dallas,   wine   merchant, 

Edinburgh. 
October  28,  Peter  Dallas,  a.  27,  Tulloch  Street,  Dingwall, 

s.  of  Alexander  D.  and  Janet  Fraser,  Dingwall. 
April  14,  Peter  Alexander  Dallas,  a.  3,  s.  of  Peter  Dallas, 

wood  sawyer,  199  Cumberland  Street,  Glasgow,  and 

Lilias  Anderson  M'Kechnie. 
January  4,  Isabella  Mackenzie  or  Dallas,  a.  48,  widow  of 

Alexander  Dallas,  coach-builder,  11  Portugal  Street ; 

Charles  W.  Dallas,  son,  present. 
February   18,  Robert   Dallas,  postman,  a.   77,   Cameron 

Street,  Stonehaven,  s.  of  Charles  Dallas,  joiner,  and 

Margaret    Burness,    widower    of    Jane    Kenneth ; 

Robert  Dallas,  son,  present. 
April    15,    William   Dallas,   house    painter,   a,    26,    s.    of 

Arthur  D.   and  Isabella  Sellar,  husband  of  Helen 

Wilson. 
May  25,  William  Dallas,  a.  46,  coach-builder,  4  Upper 

Greenside  Lane,  s.  of  William  Dallas,  gentleman's 

servant,  and  Ann  Gillon ;    Mary  Dallas,  daughter, 

present. 
January  19,  Henrietta  Dallas,  Edinburgh,  a.   78,  d.  of 

Thomas  Dallas,  writer,  and  Henrietta  Williamson. 


536  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

August  24,  Margaret  Dallas,  a.  81,  4  Middleby  Street,  d.  of 

James  Dallas,  farmer,  and Campbell. 

December  20,  William  Dallas,  a.  1,  s.  of  William  Dallas, 

hammerman,  6  Meadowside,  Partick,  and  Margaret 

Anderson. 
December  23,  Ann  Grant  or  Dallas,  a.  40,  wife  of  Joseph  D., 

gamekeeper,  Broomhill,  Arbirlot. 
May   10,  Frances  Dallas,  a.   57,  of   10  Argyle  Terrace, 

Rothesay. 
February  2,  Grace   Dallas   or  Muirhead,  a.  37,  wife  of 

William    Muirhead,    mill    overseer,    West    Bridge, 

Kinghorn,    d.    of    William    Dallas    and    Margaret 

Malcolm. 
May  29,  Isabella  Dallas,  a.  about  80,  Campbeltown,  Arder- 

sier,  d.  of  John  Dallas  and  Janet  M'Lean. 
October  13,  Isabella  Dallas  or  M'Donald,  a.  68,  Hospital, 

Nairn,  widow  of  Thomas  M'Donald,  d.  of  John  Dallas 

and  Isabella  Dallas. 
April  9,  Janet  Callum,  a.  73,  widow  of  Alexander  Dallas, 

draper,  19  Simpson  Street,  Nairn. 
April  3,  Mary  Dallas  or  Parker,  a.  65,  d.  of  George  Dallas, 

weaver,  and  wife  of  Thomas  Parker,  36  St.  James 

Street,  Paisley. 
December  26,  Sarah  Page,  a.  73,  Urquhart  Street,  Forres, 

widow  of  David  Dallas,  farmer,   d.   of  Alexander 

Page,  farmer,  and  Ann  Macpherson  ;  Sarah  Forbes, 

d.,  present. 

1864 

August  13,  Alexander  Dallas,  a.  3,  s.  of  Alexander  Dallas, 
baker,  and  Elizabeth  Malise,  Grahamstown,  Falkirk. 

October  3,  Duncan  Dallas,  a.  5,  s.  of  Alexander  Dallas, 
baker,  and  Elizabeth  Malise,  Grahamstown,  Falkirk. 

September  15,  Margaret  Dallas,  a.  1,  d.  of  Alexander  Dallas, 
baker,  and  Elizabeth  Malise,  Grahamstown,  Falkirk. 


MODERN  REGISTERS  537 

November  25,  David  Dallas,  a.  1  year  11  months,  Wallace 

Street,  Dundee,  s.  of   David  Dallas,  overseer,  and 

Jane  Nicol. 
October  27,  Duncan  Dallas,  a.    17,  s.   of  John  Dallas, 

house  painter,  and  Margaret  Neil,  13  King  Street, 

Inverness. 
October  31,   William  Dallas,   a.   84,   widower  of  Jessie 

M'Intosh,  Millburn,  Inverness,  s.  of  William  Dallas, 

blacksmith,   and    Sarah   Rose ;     Lachlan   D.,   son, 

present. 
November  4,  Margaret  Dallas,  a.  5,  d.  of  John  Dallas  and 

Margaret  Neil,  as  above. 
December  3,  Margaret  Ann,  a.  22  months,  d.  of  John 

Dallas  and  Marjory  Logan,  4  Davis  Square,  Inverness. 
May  31,  May  Dallas,  a.  38,  wife  of  Robert  Urquhart,  d.  of 

Roderick  Dallas,  farmer,  and  Janet  Forbes  ;  died  at 

Infirmary,  Inverness. 
December  13,  Hugh  Dallas,  a.  14  months,  1  Springfield 

Place,  Glasgow,  son   of   Hugh   Dallas   and   Esther 

Fisher. 
April  5,  James  Dallas,  a.  2  yrs.,  9  Bartholomew  Street, 

Glasgow,   s.   of   Peter  Dallas    and    Gertrude    Jane 

M' Arthur. 
February  3,  James  Dallas,  a.  7  weeks,  202  Cambusnethan, 

s.  of  David  Dallas  and  Maggie  Broatch. 
June  20,  James  Dallas,  a.  74,  formerly  farmer,  widower, 

Knockbain,  Munlochy,  s.  of  William  Dallas,  farmer. 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS 

KERR,   NICHOL,    DEHANY,   MCGEIGOR,    AND    GRANT 

AT  page  375  of  this  work  it  is  mentioned  that  Elizabeth  Anne 
Dallas,  daughter  of  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  married  Sir  Robert 
Nickle.  We  are  now  able,  through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  G.  D. 
McGrigor  of  Exmouth,  to  give  an  account  of  the  above 
families  chiefly  connected  with  Jamaica. 

Elizabeth  Kerr,  wife  of  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  was  a 
daughter  of  James  Kerr  of  Jamaica  and  Ann  Dehany,  who 
had  the  folio  whig  other  children : — 

1.  Ann  Kerr,  d.  22nd  October  1823,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Bourke 

of  Oswestry,  Salop,  by  whom  she  had  an  only  son, 
who  was  drowned. 

2.  Mary  Kerr,  d.  31st  October  1835,  m.  Fotheringham  of 

Fotheringham  and  Powrie  Castle,  Forfarshife,  by 
whom  she  had  the  following  children  : — 

(1)  Colonel   Thomas    Ogilvie   Fotheringham,    d. 
15th  June  1837. 

(2)  James    Scrymgeour    Fotheringham,   d.    15th 
September  1837,  m.  Miss  Scrymgeour  of  Tealling, 
Forfarshire,   by   whom   he   had   Thomas   Frederick 
Scrymgeour    Fotheringham    of    Fotheringham    and 
Powrie  Castle,  who  d.  7th  March    1864,  having  m. 
16th  June  1860,  Lady  Charlotte  Carnegie,  sister  of 
the  sixth  Earl  of  Southesk,  6.  22nd  July  1839,  d. 
23rd   December  1880,  by  whom  he   had   one  son, 
Walter  James  Scrymgeour  Fotheringham,  6. 1862,  late 
of  Scots  Guards.     Mrs.  Fotheringham  m.,  secondly, 
on  8th  December  1868,  Frederick  Boileau,  fifth  son 
of  Admiral  Sir  George  Elliot,  K.C.B.     She  d.  15th 
January  1880.     (Scots  Peerage,  vol.  viii.  p.  90.) 


538 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     539 

Mary  Kerr  and  Fotheringham  of  Fotheringham  and 
Powrie  Castle  had  the  following  other  children :  (3)  Frederick, 
(4)  Peter,  (5)  Ann. 

The  Dehanys  or  De  Hennins  have  a  long  and  interesting 
pedigree,  as  recorded  in  the  Histoire  Genealogique  de  la  Maison 
Royale  de  France,  par  le  Pere  Anselm,  vol.  i.  p.  256. 

Jacques  de  Hennin  m.  Catherine  Bethune,  by  whom  he 
had  Peter  de  Henin,  Seigneur  de  Bossu,  made  Knight  of  the 
Golden  Fleece  1478,  d.  1490,  m.  Isabella  de  Lalain,  by  whom 
he  had : — 

1.  James,  killed  at  battle  of  Nancy. 

2.  Philip,  m.  Catherine  de  Ligne,  daughter  of  William  de 

Barbengon,  by  whom  he  had  Jean,  first  Count  de 

Bossu,  Seigneur  de  Gamerage  de  Blanchis,  and  Master 

of  the  Horse  to  Charles  v.,  Knight  of  the  Golden 

Fleece,  made  count  after  entertaining  Charles  hi  the 

chateau  de  Bossu,  d.  1562,  m.  Anne  de  Bourgoyne, 

daughter    of    Adolfe    de    Bourgoyne,    Seigneur  de 

Beures,  Marquis  de  Vere,  and  of  Anne  de  Berges, 

widow  of  James,  Count  de  Hoorne,  Chevalier   of 

Cloth  of  Gold,  his  third  wife,  d.  1530. 

Jean,  first  Count  de  Bossu,  had  (1)  Charles,  Count  de  Bossu, 

m.   Charlotte  de  Werchin,  daughter  of  Peter  de  Werchin, 

Hereditary  Seneschal  of  Hennegan,  and  died  childless.     His 

widow  m.  his  next  brother,  Maximilian,  Count  de  Bossu,  by 

whom  she  had  no  issue.    Maximilian  m.,  secondly,  Margaret  de 

Croy,  daughter  of  Philip,  Duke  of  Aerschott,  by  whom  he  had 

Peter,  Count  of  Bossu,  who  d.  without  issue,  and  was  succeeded 

by  James  de  Henin,  his  uncle,  Marquis  de  la  Vere,  Seigneur  of 

Aussi,  who  had  seven  children  (see  below)  by  his  first  wife, 

Marie  de  Redeghem,  called  Hannart,  Viscountess  of  Brussels, 

and  Lady  of  Liede  Kerke.     He  m.,  secondly,  Louisa  de  Godrel 

Bois  de  Lessines. 

Jean,  the  first  Count  of  Bossu,  had  the  following  other 


540  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

children :    (1)   Baudry,  Seigneur  de  Bossu  and  Andregries, 
(2)  Eleanora,  (3)  Philip,  (4)  Anthony,  Provost  of  Utrecht. 

James  de  Henin,  Marquis  de  la  Vere,  had  the  following 
children : — 

i.  Marie,  wife  of  Othon  Henry,  Duke  of  Brunswick  and 
Luneberg  (title  of  George  v.  of  Hanover). 

n.  Anne,  wife  of  Louis  de  Valasco,  Count  of  Salaza. 

m.  Jacqueline,  wife  of  Maximilian,  Count  of  Herstein. 

iv.  Helene,  wife  of  Inigo  de  Borgia,  stepson  of  the  Duke 
of  Borgia. 

v.  Eleonore,  wife  of  Daniel  de  Hertain,  Lord  of  Marquette. 

vi.  Bonne,  Abbess  of  La  Thure  in  Hainault. 

vn.  Maximilian,  Viscount  of  Brussels,  who  became  Count 
de  Bossu  on  the  death  of  his  cousin,  Count  Peter, 
m.  Alexandrine  Fra^ois  de  Gavre,  daughter  of 
Charles,  Seigneur  de  Frezin,  Baron  d'Inohy,  Lady 
of  Rixenart,  by  whom  he  had  seven  sons  and  six 
daughters. 

1.  Anne,   m.    Hugo    Albert    O'Neill,    Count    of 
Tirconnel,  hi  Ireland. 

2.  A    daughter,    who    succeeded    her    aunt    as 
Abbess  of  La  Thure. 

3.  Albert  Maximilian,  Count  de  Bossu,  killed  at 
siege   of   Arras,    1640 ;    m.   Honorine   de   Berghes, 
daughter   of   Godfrey,   Count   of   Gimbergies,    and 
Honorine  de  Home,  who  m.,  secondly,   1641,  the 
Duke  de  Guise. 

4.  Eugene  Henin  Lietart,  m.  Anne  Catherine  de 
Ligne  d'Aremberg,  daughter  of  Alexander  de  Ligne, 
Duke  d'Aremberg,  and  Madalene  d'Egmont,  of  whom 
hereafter. 

Philip,  the  seventh  son,  was  the  ancestor  of  Mrs.  William 
Dallas. 

Eugene  de  Henin  had  the  following  children  : — 
1.  Canoness  of  Mons. 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     541 

2.  Canoness  of  Maubeuge. 

3.  Alexandrine,  m.  Count  of  Sarmiento. 

4.  The  wife  of  Marquis  de  Mos. 

5.  Philippe  Antoine  d' Alsace  de  Henin  Lietart,  inherited 

the  principality  of  Chimay  after  the  death  of  his 
cousin-german,  Ernest  Dominic  de  Ligne,  Duke 
d' Aremberg ;  m.  Louise  de  Werreyeden,  only  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Charles  de  Werreyeden,  Baron  d'Impden, 
and  Marie  de  Schoonhoven,  by  whom  he  had : — 

(1)  Twin  daughters,  died  in  cradle. 

(2)  Anne  Ernestine,  wife  of  Marquis  de  Los  Rios. 

(3)  Marguerite,  m.  Count  de  Conversano  1691, 
d.  1693. 

(4)  Marie  Therese,  took  the  veil. 

(5)  Count    Charles    Louis    Antoine    of    Alsace, 
Count  de  Bossu,  Prince  de  Chimay,  Marquis  de  la 
Vere,  Grandee  of  Spain,  Lieut. -General  of  the  Armies 
of  His  Catholic  Majesty,  m.  6th  April  1699,  Diane 
Gabrielle     Victoire    Mancini,    daughter    of    Philip 
Marcini  Mazarini,  Duke  of  Invernois  and  Donziois, 
and  Diane  Gabrielle  Damas  of  Thianges.     She  d. 
12th  September  1716.     He  m.,  secondly,  Charlotte, 
daughter  of  Louis  de  Rouvroy,  Duke  de  Simon,  Peer 
of  France,  and  of  Genevieve  Fran9oise  de  Durfort 
de  Lorges. 

(6)  Thomas  Philippe,  Cardinal  Alsace. 

(7)  Alexander  Gabriel,  Marquis  de  la  Vere. 

(8)  Francis. 

(9)  Joseph. 

Philip  de  Henin,  the  seventh  son  of  Maximilian,  having 
had  a  dispute  with  the  Prince  of  Orange,  left  Holland  and 
went  first  to  Surinam  and  then  to  Jamaica  after  it  was  taken 
from  the  Spaniards  in  1656.  He  had  a  son  (1)  David,  6.  1655, 
d.  llth  March  1701  (Archer's  Monumental  Inscriptions, 
p.  335),  m.  Mary  (d.  15th  December  1722),  a 


542  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

niece  of  Lord  Vaughan,  Governor  of  Jamaica  (1674-8) ;  and 
three  daughters  m.  Haughton,  Harding,  and  Campbell. 
David  Dehany  had  the  following  children  : — 

1.  Philip,  b.  1689,  d.  1st  May  1711,  aged  twenty-two. 

2.  David,  of  the  Barbican  and  the  Point,  merchant,  6.  1701, 
bur.  23rd  May  1754 ;   will  proved  25th  October  1754 
(271  '  Pinfold '). 

3.  Martha,  m.  Corbett. 

4.  Mary,  m.  30th  July  1710,  William  Anglin  of  Paradise 

Estate,  Jamaica. 

David  Dehany  m.  Mary  Gregory,  b.  22nd  January  1702, 
d.  14th  July  1761  (Archer's  Monumental  Inscriptions),  by 
whom  he  had  the  following  children : — 

1.  Philip,  eldest  son  and  heir,  M.P.  for  St.  Ives  (1778-80). 

2.  George,  6. 1721,  bur.  2nd  April  1767,  aged  forty-six,  m.  at 

St.  Catherine's,  3rd  January  1744-5,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Matthew  Gregory,  by  Lucretia,  his  wife.  She 
d.  1814,  aged  eighty-three. 

3.  David,  b.  20th  April  1724,  d.  22nd  June  1761. 

4.  Godwin,  d.  1763. 

5.  Mary,  m.  September  1746,  Thomas  Hall  of  St.  James, 

Jamaica. 

6.  Ann,  m.  James  Kerr,  Jamaica,  d.  26th  July  1838,  aged 

seventy-two. 

7.  Sarah,  d.  23rd  August  1729,  aged  one  year. 

George  Dehany  and  Mary  Gregory  had  the  following 
children : — 

1.  George,  only  son  and  heir,  b.  17th,  bp.  28th  October 
1760,  d.  1807,  a  barrister,  m.  18th  August  1786, 
Sarah  Jones,  relict  of  Matthew  Bindloss,  by  whom 
he  had : — 

(1)  George  Gregory,  6.   18th  August  1787,  bp. 
4th  March  1788. 

(2)  Mary  Favell,  m.   27th   November   1833,   at 
Trinity,  Marylebone,  G.  H.  Scott  of  Devonshire  Place. 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     543 

(3)  W  K  ,  d.  30th  October  1838, 

m.   Elizabeth  Favell  Scott,  widow  or  daughter  of 
Vice- Admiral  Henry  Scott,  son  of  Hon.  John  Scott 
by  Favell,  daughter  of  Dr.  Matthew  Gregory. 
George  Dehany  and  Mary  Gregory  had  the  following  other 
children : — 

2.  Lucretia  Mary,  6.  at  St.  Catherine's,  21st  March  1751, 

m.  23rd  January  1769,  the  Hon.  Richard  Welsh, 
Chief  Justice  1779,  d.  Bath,  October  1782,  aged 
forty-nine  (Will  325  Gostling). 

3.  Ann  Philips  Favell,  m,  John  Allen. 

4.  Elizabeth,  m,  at  St.  Catherine's,  19th  April  1772,  James 

Pinnock,  Advocate-General,  1787  (Will,  5th  December 
1809,  proved  1811,  Crickett  189).     See  Caribbiana, 
vol.  iii.  part  7,  July  1914.    (Addl.  MS.,  Brit.  Museum, 
27968.) 
Arms :    Azure,  a  bear  erect,  on  a  canton  or,  a  cock. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Nichol  had  a  son,  Major  Robert,  17th 
Dragoons,  m.  Miss  French  Kelly,  by  whom  he  had : — 

1.  Eleanor,  m.  Lieut.  Gibson,  17th  Lancers,  by  whom  she 

had: — 

(1)  John,  Captain  88th  Regt.,  d.  1837. 

(2)  Robert. 

(3)  Roland,  barrister. 

(4)  Ann,  m.  Lord,  by  whom  she  had  : — 
(i)  Captain    Walter    James    Lord,    46th    Regt. 

Madras  Native  Infantry, 
(ii)  Henry. 

(5)  Eleanor,  m.  Captain  Mahon,  H.E.I.C.S.  Navy. 

(6)  Margaret. 

2.  Jane,  d.  Chelsea,  6th  January  1861,  aged  seventy-two, 

unmarried. 

3.  Major-General  Sir  Robert  Nickle,  K.H.,  m.  Elizabeth 

Anne  Dallas,  as  before  mentioned. 


544  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

4.  A  daughter,  m.  Captain  Woodhouse,  17th  Lancers. 

5.  William,  Captain  88th  Regt.,  lost  a  leg  at  Salamanca 

1812,  wounded  at  Talavera,  d.  1830,  s.p. ;  m. 
Katharine  O'Dwyer. 

6.  Ann,  m.  Fanning,  barrister  and  banker,  Dublin, 

by  whom  she  had : — 

(1)  Sir  Matthew. 

(2)  Major 

Major-General    Sir    Robert    Nickle    had    the    following 
children : — 

1.  Major  Robert  William  Duff  Nickle,  30th  Regt.  Madras 

Native  Infantry,  6.  1st  October  1819,  m.  Caroline 
Anne  Jerdon  of  Bonjedward,  Roxburghshire,  of 
whom  hereafter. 

2.  Dona  E.  Anne,  6. 10th  October  1822,  d.  unmarried  1891, 

bur.  Brighton. 

3.  Elizabeth  Anne,  6.  1st  November  1823,  d.  26th  Novem- 

ber 1874,  bur.  Littleham,  Exmouth ;  m.  Sir  Charles 
Roderick  McGrigor,  second  baronet. 
Major  R.  W.  D.  Nickle  had  the  following  children  : — 

1.  Robert  William  Dallas,  &.  Vizianagram,  20th  September 

1847,  d.  1865,  in  Jamaica. 

2.  Charles  Archibald  Jerdon,   &.   Cuttack,   East   Indies, 

24th  November  1848,  Covenanted  Civil  Service, 
India,  d.  1868  hi  India. 

3.  Roderick   Arthur,    6.    Masulapatam    18th   July   1852, 

C.E.,  sailed  from  Bremen  via  New  York  to  St.  Louis, 
2nd  December  1874,  m.  llth  November  1880,  at  Mine 
la  Motte,  Missouri,  Louisa,  second  daughter  of  V.  R. 
Allen. 

4.  Fanny  Elizabeth  Dona,  6.  Cuttack,  9th  December  1850, 

d.  19th  May  1876,  at  Baden  Baden. 

5  and  6.  Dona  Hampden  and  Jane  Laura,  twins,  6.  22nd 
July  1859.  Jane  Laura  m.  T.  A.  N.  Chase,  and  has 
a  daughter,  m.  18th  April  1907,  Wilfred  James, 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     545 

fourth  son  of  Sir  James  Whitehead,  Lord  Mayor  of 
London  1888-9,  by  whom  she  has  two  daughters. 

Sir  Charles  Roderic  McGrigor  had  an  interesting  pedigree. 

Gregor  MacGregor  of  Easter  Drumnacharrie,  '  Gregor 
MacGregor  in  Goularich,'  said  to  be  the  eldest  son  of  John 
Dhu  MacGregor  (Reg.  Sas.,  Aberdeen,  28th  December  1655),  ra. 
Christian  Me  William.  He,  his  wife,  and  only  lawful  son,  John, 
held  Drumnacharrie  and  the  sunny  half  of  Nether  Urquihilare 
under  charter  from  John,  Earl  of  Athole. 

His  son,  John  MacGregor,  fiar  of  Easter  Drumnacharrie, 
better  known  as  Delavorar  (or  Dalrown)  in  Strathdown, 
marriage  contract  1658,  m.  daughter  of  Farquharson  of 
Auchenheyle  and  granddaughter  of  John  Couper  of  Black- 
chibrich,  by  whom  he  had  Gregor  MacGregor,  m.  Marjory, 
daughter  of  Robert  Grant  of  Easter  Elchies  (see  Seafield 
pedigree,  New  Scots  Peerage),  marriage  contract  1681,  d.  1731. 
His  son  James  settled  in  Milton,  par.  Duthill,  Strathspey, 
d.  1761,  m.  Grant,  daughter  of  Grant, 

Abernethy,  by  whom  he  had  Colquhoun  McGrigor,  of 
Aberdeen,  merchant,  great-grandson  of  John  McGrigor  of 
Delavorar  (descendant  of  great-grandson  of  McGrigor  of 
Glenurchay,  who  died  1390),  d.  1798,  having  m.  Ann, 
daughter  of  Lewis  Grant  of  Lethendrie,  Strathspey  (of  whom 
hereafter),  and  had  three  sons  : — 

1.  Sir  James,  created  a  baronet. 

2.  Robert,  of  Aberdeen,  merchant,  d.  1803. 

3.  Charles,  Lieut. -Colonel  in  the  Army,   17th  Regt.,   d. 

15th  March  1841,  having  m.  6th  July  1813,  Ann 
Abernethy,  daughter  of  William  Mercer  of  Potter 
Hill,  and  had  eight  sons  and  three  daughters : — 

(1)  James,  6.  1815,  d.  1818. 

(2)  James,  Colonel  Bombay  Infantry,    b.    1818, 
d.  1859,  having  m.  a  daughter  of  Robert  Lockhart  of 
Castlehill,  and  had  a  son  and  two  daughters.     (See 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog.) 

2M 


546  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

(3)  Charles   Graeme,   Commander,  ret.,  R.N.,  6. 
1820,  A.  1885. 

(4)  Graeme  Mercer,  6.  1822,  m.  and  d.  in  America. 

(5)  William  Thomas,  Major-General,  Bengal  S.C., 
ret.  f.p.  1879,  served  with  88th  Regt.  in  Oude  during 
Indian  Mutiny,  b.  1828,  d.  1900,  having  married. 

(6)  Lewis  Grant,  d.  in  Calcutta. 

(7)  Duncan  John,   General  late  Madras  Army, 
Colonel-Commdt.    R.A.    from    1899,    6.    22nd   June 
1834,  m.  1863,  Helen  L.,  daughter  of  Colonel  J.  G. 
Richardson,  Madras  Army. 

(8)  Robert  Lewis  Grant,  Captain  late  92nd  Regt., 
6.  1836,  d.  unm.  1885. 

(9)  Anne,  6.  and  d,  1817. 

(10)  Annie  Duncan,   d.   2nd  July    1854,  having 
m.  September  1845,  John  Hadden  of  Nottingham, 
J.P.,  Captain  S.  Notts.  Yeo.  Cav.,  and  had  a  son  and 
daughter. 

(i)  John  McGrigor  Hadden,  d.  17th  April  1878. 

(11)  Mary  Isabella,  m.  Rene  Tahourbin,  and  had 
two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

(11)  Mary  Jane. 

Sir  James  McGrigor,  F.R.S.,  K.C.B.,  K.T.S.,  and  Knight  of 
the  Turkish  Order  of  the  Crescent,  army  surgeon,  88th  Regt., 
1793  ;  served  in  Holland  and  Flanders,  1794-5  ;  in  West 
Indies,  1796 ;  East  Indies,  1798 ;  Egypt,  1801 ;  in  Walcheren, 
1809;  Chief  of  Med.  Staff  in  Peninsular  War,  1811-15; 
Director-General  Army  Med.  Dept.,  1815-53 ;  created  a 
baronet,  30th  September  1831,  K.C.B.,  1851;  Physician 
Extraordinary  to  Queen  Victoria;  F.R.C.P.,  London  and 
Edinburgh ;  thrice  Lord  Rector  of  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen, 
and  a  member  of  the  Senate,  London  University ; 1  b.  9th 
April  1771,  d.  2nd  April  1858,  having  m.  22nd  June  1810, 

1  The  Duke  of  Wellington,  in  a  dispatch  of  26th  July  1814,  said  that  he  considered 
him  the  most  industrious,  able,  and  successful  public  servant  he  had  ever  met. 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     547 

Mary,  youngest  daughter  of  Duncan  Grant,  of  Lingiestone, 
Co.  Moray,  and  sixth  and  last  of  Mullochard,  d.  1st  April  1872. 
(See  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.)  He  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter : — 

1.  Sir  Charles  Rhoderic,  succeeded  as  second  baronet. 

2.  Walter  James,  M.A.,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Captain 

and  Hon.  Major  Inverness-shire  Militia,  6.  18th 
March  1817,  d.  1891,  having  m.,  first,  29th  August 
1848,  Mary  Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Vice- Admiral 
Digby,  R.N.  ;  she  d.  24th  September  1851.  He  m., 
secondly,  20th  September  1870,  Elizabeth  Anna, 
eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Hamilton,  Vicar  of 
Linsted,  Kent.  She  m.,  secondly,  Captain  R.  R. 
Lucombe,  late  4th  Dragoon  Guards,  and  d.  1903. 
By  his  first  marriage  he  had  a  son,  James  Digby 
Walter,  6.  12th  September  1851,  d.  1894. 

3.  Jane  Grant,  d.  1902,  aged  eighty-six,  having  m.  April 

1845,  Rev.  Frederic  Parr  Phillips,  Hon.  Canon  of 
Winchester,  1894-1903;  he  d.  17th  March  1903, 
aged  eighty -four,  having  had  two  sons  : — 

(1)  William    McGrigor    Phillips,    d.    September 
1857,  aged  eleven. 

(2)  Frederick  Abbiss  Phillips,   b.   18th  January 
1848,  d.  1908,  having  m.  15th  August  1876,  Frances, 
daughter  of  Rev.  George  N.  Phillips,  late  Vicar  of 
Eling,   Hants.     She   m.,   secondly,    Colonel    Bowen 
Buscarlet. 

Sir  Charles  Rhoderic,  second  baronet,  b.  2nd  May  1811,  d. 
1890,  having  m.  17th  November  1850,  Elizabeth  Anne,  second 
daughter  of  late  Major-General  Sir  Robert  Nickle,  K.H.,  and 
granddaughter  of  William  Dallas,  W.S.,  Edinburgh ;  she  d.  26th 
November  1874,  having  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters  :— 

1.  Sir    James    Rhoderic    Duff,    formerly    Captain    Rifle 
Brigade,  third  and  present  baronet. 

2.  Charles  Rhoderick  Robert,  Major-General,  C.M.G.,  C.B., 

1904  (Naval  and  Mil.  Club),  served  in  Boer  War, 


548  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1881  ;  Egyptian  War,  1882 ;  Sudan  Expeditions, 
1884-5,  5th  Class  Medjidie;  South  African  War, 
1899-1902 ;  A.Q.M.G.  Aldershot,  1907-9  ;  in  charge 
of  Admst.  Western  Comm.  from  1909 ;  Lieut. -Colonel 
Commdg.  3rd  Batt.  King's  Royal  Rifles  from  1904  ; 
held  high  position  during  the  Great  War  in  France 
and  Egypt,  was  General  in  Charge  of  Communica- 
tions Gallipoli,  General  in  Charge  of  Communications 
Southern  Command ;  6.  5th  September  1860,  m.  1892, 
Rosamond,  daughter  of  Robert  Hartley  Bower,  of 
Welham,  Yorkshire,  and  has  a  son  and  daughter  :— 

(1)  Rhoderick  Robert,  Lieut.  R.N.,  served  in  the 
Dardanelles  in  the  Great  War,  and  was  on  board 
H.M.S.  Malaya  in  the  battle  of  Jutland  ;  b.  1893. 

(2)  Mary  Ada  Bower,  6.  1894. 

3.  William  Colquhoun  Grant,  Brig.-Genl.   Commdg.    1st 

Batt.  Scots  Guards  from  1908;  served  in  Sudan 
War,  1885,  and  in  South  Africa,  1899-1902 ;  b.  25th 
November  1861. 

4.  George  Duncan,  b.  1867,  m.  1st  August  1903,  Margaret 

Roberta,  daughter  of  late  James  Mackenzie. 

5.  Mary  Jane  Dallas. 

6.  Elizabeth  Anne. 

7.  Dona  Edith,  d.  3rd  February  1909,  having  m.   1886, 

Sir  Thomas  Swinnerton  Dyer,  eleventh  baronet, 
who  d.  20th  August  1907. 

On  7th  November  1914  James  Neil  Grant  MacGrigor, 
younger  son  of  Sir  James  R.  D.  McGrigor,  present  baronet, 
died  of  wounds  received  on  24th  October  1914.  He  was 
Second-Lieut.  1st  Batt.  Gordon  Highlanders. 

Captain  Sir  John  Swinnerton  Dyer,  M.C.,  twelfth  baronet, 
son  of  Sir  Charles  McGrigor' s  third  daughter,  was  wounded 
in  1914,  and  afterwards  killed.  He  was  then  Deputy- Assistant- 
Quartermaster-General,  Brigade  of  Scots  Guards. 

Sir  James  Rhoderic  Duff  McGrigor,  Bart.,  late  Captain 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     549 

Rifle  Brigade,  partner  in  Sir  Charles  R.  McGrigor  and 
Company,  army  agents  and  bankers,  succeeded  his  father 
as  third  baronet  in  1890;  6.  27th  April  1857,  m.  1890, 
Helen  Cornell,  second  daughter  of  John  Gilbert  Meiggs,  of 
Cromwell  Road,  S.W.,  and  has  had  two  sons  and  two 
daughters : — 

1.  Charles  Colquhoun,  Captain  Rifle  Brigade,  b.  1893,  served 
in  the  Great  War. 

2.  James  Neil  Grant,  b.  1894. 

3.  Jean  Helen,  b.  28th  July  1902. 

4.  Dona  Mary,  b.  7th  February  1908,  d.  25th  June  1909. 
Arms :  Arg. ,  a  mount  in  base,  and  a  fir-tree,  vert,  surmounted 

by  a  sword  in  bend  ppr.  in  the  dexter  chief  an  antique  crown 
gu. ;  on  a  chief  az.  a  tower  or,  between  a  representation  of  the 
badge  of  the  Tower  and  Sword  and  that  of  the  Crescent,  all  of 
the  third. 

Crest :  A  lion's  head  erased  ppr.  crowned  with  an  antique 
crown  or. 

Motto :  '  Sriogal  mo  dheream.' 

Town  address :  58  Sloane  Street,  S.W. 

Clubs :  Naval  and  Military,  Travellers',  and  Junior  United 
Service. 

Ann  Grant,  daughter  of  Lewis  Grant  of  Lethendrie  (p.  545), 
could  trace  her  descent  for  several  generations. 

Allan  Grant  of  Mullochaird  signed  a  bond  with  the  men 
of  Badenoch  on  30th  March  1645. 

Duncan  Grant  of  Mullochaird  granted  a  bond,  on  15th  July 
1675,  to  keep  peace  with  Robert  Grant  of  Auchterblair.  He 
had  issue : — 

1.  John,  who  is  designated  servitor  to  Ludovick  Grant 

of  Grant  on  1st  October  1706. 

2.  Mungo  Grant  of  Mullochaird,  m.  Mary,  daughter  of 

Thomas  Grant  of  Balmacaan,  sometime  Chamberlain 
of  Urquhart,  called  Thomas  Dubh,  who  was  seventh 


550  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

son  of  Sir  John  Grant,  sixth  of  Freuchie  (Earls  of 
Seafield).  (New  Scots  Peerage,  vol.  vii.  p.  472.)  They 
had : — 

(1)  Alexander  of  Mullochaird,  served  heir  to  his 
grandfather,  Duncan,  20th  October  1725. 

(2)  Duncan   of  Mullochaird,  served   heir  to  his 
father,  Mungo,  18th  January  1726. 

(3)  James. 

James  Grant  of  Mullochaird,  M.D.,  Utrecht,  ra. 
daughter  of  Grant  of  Mucherach. 

Alexander  Grant  of  Mullochaird  m.  Ann  Grant,  and  had : 
1.  Duncan,  2.  James. 

Duncan  Grant  of  Mullochaird  and  Lingiestone,  Provost 
of  Forres,  m.  Jean,  daughter  of  Robert  Grant  of  Kylviemore, 
son  of  Grant  of  Arndilly.  He  d.  at  Bath,  1st  January  1783. 
She  d.  at  Forres,  llth  October  1825,  aged  eighty-two.  They 
had  nine  sons,  every  one  of  whom  distinguished  himself  in 
his  sphere  of  life : — 

1.  Walter,  Master   in   Equity,  Supreme   Court,    Madras, 

d.  5th  November  1807,  aged  thirty-eight. 

2.  Sir    James    Robert.    C.B.,    K.H.,   Knight    of    Shann 

(Russia),  6.  14th  February  1773,  of  The  Hill,  Carlisle, 
Inspector-General  of  Hospitals,  Chief  of  Medical 
Department  at  Waterloo,  m.  March  1795,  Frances, 
daughter  of  Henry  Birkett  of  Etterby  Lodge,  Carlisle, 
d.  at  Basford  Vicarage,  Notts,  10th  January  1864, 
aged  ninety-one.  He  had  the  following  issue  : — 

(1)  James  Robert,  who  succeeded  him,  Lieut.  1st 
West  India  Regt. ,  Aide-de-Camp  and  Private  Secretary 
to  General  Sir  Lewis  Grant,  K.C.H.,  Governor  of 
Bahamas  (1820-9),  Trinidad  (1831-3),  m.  Joan, 
daughter  of  John  Dixon  of  the  Knells,  M.P.  for 
Cumberland,  by  whom  he  had : — 

(i)  Terzah,  m.  General  Mounsey. 

(ii)  Jamiesina,  m.  1874,  Rev.  A.  J.  Loftie. 


DALLAS  OF  JAMAICA  AND  CONNECTIONS     551 

(2)  Edward  Birkett,  late  Captain  Kings  and  4th 
Dragoons,  had  two  daughters. 

(3)  Mary,  m.  Joseph  Tomlinson  of  Cardew,  Co. 
Cumberland,   by   whom    she    had    one    son,   Grant 
Tomlinson,  and  one  daughter,  Frances. 

Charles  Mounsey,  the  last  descendant  of  Sir  James  Grant, 
has  sold  The  Hill,  Carlisle. 

3.  The  third  son  of  Duncan  Grant,   Colonel  Alexander 

Grant,  C.B.,  of  Findrassie,  74th  Highlanders,  and 
A.D.C.  to  Sir  David  Baird  at  Seringapatam,  d. 
5th  December  1834.  There  is  an  interesting  in- 
scription to  his  memory  in  Forres  Parish  Church. 
At  the  memorable  battle  of  Assaye,  animated  by  the 
dauntless  spirit  of  his  renowned  commander,  the 
Duke  of  Wellington,  and  emulating  the  noble  ex- 
ample of  his  zeal  and  valour,  he  displayed  at  a  critical 
moment  a  courage,  promptitude,  and  judgment 
which  contributed  greatly  to  that  glorious  victory. 
What  he  did  was  to  charge  a  gun  on  which  the  match 
was  burning  and  about  to  attack  a  regiment  of  British 
cavalry.  (Sir  James  McGrigor's  Autobiography.) 

4.  Archibald,    was    a    midshipman    in    the    Southampton 

frigate,  and  lost  his  life  in  1793,  aged  eighteen,  by 
volunteering  a  hazardous  duty. 

5.  Sir  Lewis  Grant,  K.C.H.,  of  Lingieston,  of  the  70th 

Regt.,  d.  26th  January  1852,  aged  seventy.  He 
was  first  Governor  of  the  Bahamas,  and  afterwards  of 
Trinidad,  m.  21st  July  1832,  Isabella  Elizabeth  Grant 
of  Tullochgrabar. 

6.  Captain  Duncan  Grant,  sacrificed  his  life  for  his  country 

at  an  early  age.  He  was  killed  leading  on  the 
escalade  at  Ahmednugger,  in  India,  on  8th  August 
1803,  at  age  twenty-six. 

7.  Robert  Grant,  d.  Forres  1795,  aged  seventeen. 

8.  Colonel   Walter  Colquhoun   Grant.     He  and  Colonel 


552  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

'  Jack '  Waters  were  known  as  '  the  eyes  and  ears  of 
the  army'  in  the  Peninsular  War.  He  became  a 
Brigadier-General  and  served  in  the  West  Indies, 
the  Peninsular  War,  at  Waterloo,  and  in  the  first 
Burmese  War.  He  m.  Margaret  Brodie,  daughter 
of  Brodie  of  Brodie,  whose  mother  was  the 
youngest  daughter  of  the  first  Earl  of  Fife.  He  d. 
at  Aix-la-Chapelle,  28th  September  1829,  aged 
forty-six. 

9.  Hugh  Grant,  d.  in  infancy. 

Of  the  three  daughters  of  Duncan  Grant,  the  eldest  be- 
came the  wife  of  Colonel  Lewis  Grant  of  Auchernuck,  and 
was  the  mother  of  the  three  Misses  Grant  of  Auchernuck 
Cottage,  Forres.  The  second  was  Jean  Duff  Grant,  the 
famous  '  Miss  Jean  Pro,'  so-called  because  her  father  was 
Provost  of  Forres.  She  died  21st  June  1854.  The  third, 
Mary,  married  Sir  James  McGrigor,  1st  April  1872,  and  died  at 
age  ninety-six. 


PRICE  AND  WRIGHTSON 

REVERTING  to  Mr.  William  Sweetland  Dallas,  the  father  of 
the  author  of  this  work,  referred  to  at  page  406,  we  now  give 
the  genealogy  of  the  families  of  Price  and  Wrightson  as  pre- 
pared by  the  late  Mr.  James  Dallas. 

Liscombe  Price,  of  St.  Sepulchre's,  owner  of  Oddy's  Row, 
Islington,  was  a  solicitor  and  magistrate  of  that  burgh.  He 
was  6.  1713,  ra.  at  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  6th  September  1737, 
Mary  Alexander,  of  St.  Bride's  parish,  London,  d.  9th  June 
1777.  Will  dated  10th  March  1775,  proved  16th  June  1777. 
He  had  (1)  Liscombe  Price,  solicitor,  Southampton  Buildings, 
admitted  at  Lincoln's  Inn,  6th  February  1767,  '  Citizen  and 
Joiner  of  London  '  admitted  to  the  Freedom  of  the  City,  2nd 
June  1772,  d.  4th  November  1833;  (2)  Jemima,  m.  Joseph  How- 
gate,  Bath,  14th  October  1791  ;  (3)  Mary,  m.  William  Curtis, 
London.  Liscombe  Price  m.  Elizabeth  Wrightson  and  had 
Liscombe  Price,  of  London  and  Monmouth,  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Paul's,  Covent  Garden,  6. 1774,  m.  firstly,  Elizabeth  Brough,  2nd 
August  1798;  secondly,  Frances  Louisa,  daughter  of  Charles 
Hart  Morgan,  by  whom  he  had  the  following  children :  (1) 
George  ;  (2)  Henry ;  (3)  Thomas  ;  (4)  Richard — the  last  three 
were  drowned  at  sea ;  (5)  Emma,  d.  young  ;  (6)  Ann  Mary,  d. 
at  Bampton,  Oxon.,  14th  April  1910,  buried  there  16th  April 
1910 ;  (7)  Frances  Esther,  m.  William  Sweetland  Dallas,  as 
before  mentioned. 

The  Wrightsons  have  a  long  and  interesting  pedigree. 
They  were  of  Springhouse,  Co.  Durham,  a  branch  of  the 
Wrightsons  of  Eryholme  whose  younger  son  was  ancestor 
of  the  Wrightsons  of  Dublin,  and  whose  elder  son  was  John 
Wrightson  of  Springhouse,  m.  Ann  Heslop,  of  Richmond,  by 


553 


554  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

whom  he  had :  ( 1 )  John  Wrightson  of  Springhouse,  b.  at  Maltby , 
Yorkshire,  about  1686,  m.  Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Robinson,  of  Middleton-one-Row  (d.  at  Longnewton  about 
1766).  John  Wrightson  d.  at  Springhouse  about  1725, 
leaving  two  sons :  (i)  Thomas,  6.  1712,  d.  about  1725,  and  (ii) 
Wilh'am,  of  Cockarton,  6.  1712/14,  m.  Anna,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Backet,  rector  of  Kirby  West,  Co.  York 
(d.  1790),  d.  leaving  an  only  daughter,  m.  -  -  Garth,  who  died 
without  issue;  (2)  Thomas  Wrightson,  of  whom  hereafter; 
(3)  WiUiam  Wrightson,  b.  about  1693,  d.  Newcastle,  1721, 
unmarried. 

Thomas  Wrightson  of  Dinsdale,  Co.  York,  b.  1691,  d. 
at  Sedgfield  1768,  m.  Elizabeth  (d.  1777),  younger  daughter 
of  Thomas  Robinson  of  Middleton-one-Row,  leaving : — 

1.  John  (of  whom  hereafter). 

2.  Thomas  of  Whitehouse,  b.  1719,  m.  Margaret,  daughter 

of  William  Garmondsway,  of  Burdon,  Co.  Durham. 
d.  at  Whitehouse  1775,  leaving  an  only  daughter, 
Margaret,  b.  1756,  and  an  only  son,  William,  b.  1755, 
m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  White,  of  Norton,  Co. 
Durham,  by  whom  he  had  Robert,  John,  William, 
Isabella,  Margaret,  Ellen,  Elizabeth,  and  an  eldest  son, 
Thomas,  m.  Rebecca  Dove,  by  whom  he  had  William, 
Thomas,  John,  Rebecca,  and  Mary. 

3.  William,  b.  1722,  m.  Mary  White,  Lincoln,  d.  without 

issue  1790. 

John,  b.  1717,  m.   Ann,  daughter   of  John  Cornforth,  of 
Coxhow  Hall,  Co.  Durham,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(1)  John,  b.  1749,  m.  Margaret,  daughter  of  James 
Newburn,  of  Croft,  by  whom  he  had  : — 
(i)  John,  d.s.p. 
(ii)  James,  d.s.p. 
(iii)  Ann,  b.  1777,  d.s.p. 
(iv)  Margaret,  6.  1778,  d.s.p. 
His  wife  d.  1780,  and  he  m.  secondly,  hi  1783, 


PRICE  AND  WRIGHTSON  555 

Dorothea,  daughter  of  Michael  Hardcastle,  of  Hough- 
ton,  by  whom  he  had  : — 

(v)  John  William,  b.  1785,  d.  at  sea. 
(vi)  Richard,  b.  1788,  d.  at  sea. 
(vii)  Cordelia,   b.    Esingwold,    1784,   ra.    Patrick 
Macgregor,  d.s.p. 

(viii)  Catherine  Susanna,  b.  1787,  d.s.p. 

(2)  Thomas,  b.  1762,  ra.  Frances  Wade,  of  North- 
allerton,  d.s.p.,  26th  June  1823. 

(3)  Ann. 

(4)  Elizabeth,   b.   Dinsdale    1756,   ra.    Liscombe 
Price,  as  before  mentioned,  and  had  the  following 
children : — 

(i)  Liscombe,  before  referred  to. 

(ii)  John  Wrightson,  b.  1780,  m.  21st  July  1802 
Georgiana  Trusler,  went  to  West  Indies  and  had  the 
following  children :  (a)  Stephen  Sterarchy ;  (b) 
Jemima ;  (c)  Selina. 

(iii)  Jemima,  6.  1775,  d.  unmarried,  1792. 

(iv)  Mary,  m.  Charles  Drane,  d.s.p.,  1870,  aged 
ninety-two. 

(v)  Ann  Wrightson,  b.  1 785,  ra.  John  Forrest  Leach. 
From  these  descended  families  of  Leach,  Steinson, 
and  Ogg.  Her  eldest  son,  John  Charles  Leach,  ra. 
Anne  Moore,  and  had  two  daughters,  Kate  and 
Anne. 

(vi)  Sarah  Maynard,  b.  1785,  ra.  Thomas  Wright, 
Brookfield  House,  Co.  York,  d.s.p. 

Price  Arms :  Or,  a  lion  rampant  regardant  sable. 

Crest:  A  lion,  as  in  the  arms.  Motto,  ' Industrial  They 
were  entitled  to  quarter  the  Wrightson  arms :  Or,  a  f esse 
counter  componee  argent  and  azure  between  three  griffins' 
heads  of  the  third ;  and  also  the  Morgan  arms :  Or,  three  bulls' 
heads  cabossed  sable. 


556  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

Mr.  Dallas  in  his  notebooks  proceeds  to  give  the  pedigrees 
of  a  large  number  of  families  of  Wrightson,  but  as  these  have 
no  direct  connection  with  the  family  of  Dallas,  the  editor  has 
refrained  from  printing  them. 

Before  closing  this  work  the  editor  adds  a  number  of 
disconnected  entries  relating  to  persons  of  the  name  of  Dallas, 
which  Mr.  Dallas  and  the  editor  have  found  during  their  in- 
vestigations, in  the  hope  that  such  may  be  of  some  use  to 
any  person  seeking  to  add  to  the  information  given  in  this 
volume  or  in  tracing  their  family  connections. 

GLASGOW. 

The  Glasgow  registers  prior  to  1854  have  not  been  fully 
searched,  as  that  would  prove  an  expensive  and  laborious 
undertaking,  but  the  following  entries  have  been  brought 
under  the  editor's  notice : — 

John  Dallas,  coppersmith  in  Glasgow,  m.  firstly,  2nd 
February  1766,  Christian  Johnston,  daughter  of  Robert 
Johnston,  farmer,  Duddingston ;  secondly,  Mary  Campbell, 
eldest  daughter  of  Colin  Campbell,  tacksman  of  Torebost,  in 
Islay.  He  had  the  following  children :  (1)  George,  6.  18th 
May  1771 ;  (2)  Lillias,  6.  27th  May  1773 ;  (3)  Colin,  b.  9th 
October  1774;  (4)  George,  b.  10th  November  1777;  (5) 
Torquil,  m.  at  Edinburgh,  8th  November  1812,  Janet  Dallas. 
He  was  served  heir  to  his  brothers,  George  and  Colin,  on 
22nd  January  1813,  showing  that  they  had  both  predeceased 
him  without  issue. 

Alexander  Dallas,  wright  in  Glasgow,  m.  at  Edinburgh, 
30th  January  1778,  Janet  Nisbett,  by  whom  he  had:  (1) 
John,  bp.  1st  April  1778  ;  (2)  George,  bp.  29th  April  1780. 

John  Dallas  and  Margaret  Duncan  had :  (1)  Margaret, 
bp.  19th  April  1747  ;  (2)  Janet,  bp.  2nd  March  1749. 

ORKNEY. 

James  Dallas  m.  Euphemia  Leask,  b.  30th  October  1830, 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  557 

d.  21st  June  1868,  daughter  of  William  Leask,  Stenness, 
and  Helen  Chalmers.  (Old  Lore  Misc.  of  Orkney,  Shet- 
land, etc.) 

From  '  The  Times ' 

1914 

October  3.  Arthur  Gillon,  younger  son  of  David  G.  Pinkney, 
of  40  Platts  Lane,  Hampstead,  N.W.,  to  Iris  Ver- 
onica, only  daughter  of  Arthur  Dallas,  of  Shanghai 
and  32  Marlborough  Mansions,  Cannon  Hill,  Hamp- 
stead, N.W. 

December  8.  At  Baling,  Juliet  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
Deputy-Surgeon-General  A.  M.  Dallas,  C.I.E.,  in  her 
80th  year. 

1915 

July  12.  Buckingham  Palace.  The  King  held  an  Investi- 
ture at  11.30.  Order  of  the  Bath,  Military  Division, 
bestowed  on  Brigadier-General  Alister  Dallas. 

September  6.  The  crew  of  the  Hesperian  (Allan  Line) 
torpedoed  at  8.20  on  Saturday  night  off  the  coast  of 
Ireland,  130  miles  west  of  Queenstown,  included 
two  American  citizens,  F.  I.  Dallas,  of  Buffalo,  New 
York,  and  Mr.  McAllister,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

December  4.  At  the  Cathedral,  Bombay,  Captain  Alexander 
Dallas  Smith,  2nd  K.T.O.  Gurkha  Rifles,  second 
son  of  the  late  Turton  Smith,  Indian  Police  (retired), 
to  Marjorie,  elder  daughter  of  Charles  Wood,  of 
Baling. 

Dallas  Birth  Entries  from  Somerset  House  Indices  and  Registers, 
with  reference  numbers  of  entries 

1837 

September  7,  Thomas  Dallas,  s.  of  Richard  Alexander 
Dallas,  carpenter,  4  Sclater  Street,  and  Mary  French 
his  wife,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  42. 


558  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1838 

March  Quarter,  Charles  Dallas,  St.  Giles  and  St.  George, 

1.  36. 

March,  Ann  Dallas,  Hereford,  26.  137. 
June,  Ann  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  18. 
September,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Duncan  Dallas,  engineer, 

Northampton    Street,    and    Sarah   Rider   his    wife, 

Liverpool,  20.  291. 

1839 

August  5,  George,  s.  of  John  Dallas,  draper,  Southampton, 

and  Mary  Thomson,  Southampton,  7.  113. 
September  Quarter,  Mary  Ann  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  255. 
December,  Fanny  Dallas,  Ashton,  20,  76. 
December,  Theresa  Ellen  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  44. 
December,  Thomas  Dallas,  Ashton,  20.  76. 

1840 

March,  Lucy  Dallas,  West  London,  2.  229. 
September,  George  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  45. 
October  3,  William,  s.  of  Hugh  Dallas,  joiner,  Mill  Hill, 

Little    Bolton,    and    Euphemia    M'Leod    his   wife, 

Bolton,  21.  95. 

December  Quarter,  Seymour  Dallas,  Charlton,  20.  201. 
December  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Hereford,  26.  140. 

1841 

March,  Mary  Dallas,  Southampton,  7.  185. 

June,  James  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  290. 

June,  Robert  George  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  251. 

September  6,  Lucy  Dawkins,  d.  of  Joseph  Dallas,  cow- 
keeper,  9  Hope  Street,  Bethnal  Green,  and  Sarah 
Susanna  Wright  his  wife,  Bethnal'  Green,  2.  48. 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  559 

December  Quarter,  Emily  Dallas,  Kensington,  3.  269. 
December  Quarter,  William  Dallas,  Liverpool,  20.  264. 

1842 
February  5,  David  Scotland,  s.  of  John  Dallas,  shoemaker, 

Tweedmouth,  and  Mary  Scotland  his  wife,  Berwick- 

on-Tweed,  25.  17. 

March,  Charles  Henry  Dallas,  Lambeth,  4.  284. 
March,  Jane  Esther,  St.  Luke's,  2.  307. 
July  19,  Emily  Mary,  d.  of  Robert  Wallen  Dallas  and 

Emily  Dent,  1.  362. 
September  Quarter,  William  John  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green, 

2.  44. 

October  9,  [Sir]  George  Edward  Dallas,  eldest  s.  of  Sir 
Robert  Charles  Dallas,  b.  Henrietta  Street,  Maryle- 
bone  parish,  1.  159. 

December  Quarter,  Alexander  Dallas,  Southampton,  7.  161. 

1843 

March  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  Hereford,  26.  156. 
March  Quarter,  John  Henry  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  269. 
March  Quarter,  Tann  Dallas,  St.   James's,  Westminster, 
1.  107. 

1844 

March  Quarter,  Alexander  Dallas,  Southampton,  7.  212. 
September  Quarter,  William  Dallas,  Newcastle,  25.  350. 
September  Quarter,  a  male  and  a  female,  Kensington, 

3.  293. 

December,  George  Alexander  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  274. 

1845 
February  8,  Thomas  Edmund,  s.  of  Thomas  Dallas,  mariner, 

Aldeburgh,  Plomesgate,  Suffolk,  2.  274. 
March  Quarter,  Elizabeth  Letitia  Dallas,  Bloomsbury,  1.  53. 
June  Quarter,  Joseph  Dallas,  Kidderminster,  18.  377. 


560  THE  FAMILY  OP  DALLAS 

June  Quarter,  Agnes  Lucy,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  39. 

August  20,  Alfred,  s.  of  William  Dallas,  china  merchant, 

33  High  Street,  Kensington,   and   Matilda  House, 

Kensington,  3.  304. 
September  Quarter,  James  Thomas  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green, 

2.41. 
September  Quarter,  Maria  Margarita,  St.  Pancras,  1.  346. 

1846 

June  Quarter,  Jane  Dallas,  Plumsgate,  12.  393. 

June  19,  George,  s.  of  John  Dallas,  shoemaker,  Gallowgate, 

Newcastle,  and  Mary  Anne  Scotland  his  wife,  New- 

castle-on-Tyne,  25.  333. 
September  Quarter,  Mary  Elizabeth  Dallas,  Clerkenwell, 

3.  104. 

December  Quarter,  Alice  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  278. 
December  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Shoreditch,  2.  385. 
December    Quarter,    Thomas    Dallas,    Upton-on-Severn, 

18.  518. 

1847 

March  Quarter,  Mary  Anne  Dallas,  Plumsgate,  12.  401. 
March  Quarter,  Edmund  Dallas,  Hoxne,  13.  464. 
September  Quarter,  Emily  Dallas,  Chelsea,  3.  46. 
September  26,  Joseph,  s.  of  Joseph  Dallas,  tailor,  Church 

Street,  Dudley,  and  Ann  Field  his  wife. 
December  Quarter,  Joseph  Dallas,  Dudley,  18.  229. 
December  Quarter,  Alexander  Charles,  Shoreditch,  4.  403. 
December    Quarter,    Henry    Nemprior    Dallas,    Bethnal 

Green,  2.  46. 

1848 

March  Quarter,  Sarah  Isabella,  d.  of  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas 
and  Mary  Kennedy  his  wife,  South  Shields,  24.  205. 
June  Quarter,  Esther  and  Isabella  Dallas,  Hoxne,  13.  476. 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  561 

1849 

March  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  Newcastle,  25.  384. 
September  Quarter,  Henry  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  11.  41. 
September  Quarter,  Richard  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  11.  14. 
September  25,  John,  s.  of  James  Dallas,  Pells  Close,  Don- 
caster,  and  Mary  Ann  Dawkin,  Doncaster,  22.  79. 

1850 

March  Quarter,  Hugh  Whinney,  s.  of  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas 
and  Mary  Whinney  his  wife,  South  Shields,  24.  206. 

March  Quarter,  Sarah  Margaret  Sophia  Dallas,  Blything. 
13.417. 

March  Quarter,  Ann  Dalla,  Bradford,  Yorkshire,  23.  121. 

October  13,  John  Dallas,  s.  of  William  Sweetland  Dallas 
and  F.  E.  Price,  Islington,  3.  305. 

December  Quarter,  Robert  Dallas,  Salford,  20.  898. 

1851 

March,  Rosina  Dallas,  St.  Giles,  1.  94. 
November   8,   William   Liscombe  Dallas,   s.   of  William 

Sweetland  Dallas  and  F.  E.  Price,  Islington,  3.  45. 
December,  Sarah  Dallah,  Bradford,  23.  142. 
December,  Ann  Dallas,  Doncaster,  22.  140. 
December,  Joseph  Alexander  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  48. 

1852 
March  Quarter,  William,  s.  of  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas  and 

Mary  Whinney,  South  Shields,  10a.  362. 
March,  male  [Dallas],  Steyning,  26.  236. 
September,  Richard  Gregory  Dallas,  Shoreditch,  Ic.  138. 

1853 

March,  Mary  Hannah  Dallas,  Blackburn,  8e.  289. 
June,  Constance  Eliza,  d.  of  John  Peter  Grant  Dallas  and 
E.  C.  Bluntish,  Kensington,  la.  39. 

2N 


562  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

June,  Charles  Dallas,  Glassford,  la.  583. 

April  6,  Harriet  Dallas,  d.  of  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas  and 

Mary  Whinney,  South  Shields,  10a.  377. 
April  10,  James,  s.  of  William  Sweetland  Dallas  and  F.  E. 

Price,  Islington,  16.  177. 
June  Quarter,  Robert  Dallas,  Chelsea,  la.  121. 
December  Quarter,  William  Dalla,  Tewkesbury,  644. 
December  Quarter,  John  Riley  Dallas,  Bolton,  8c.  212. 

1854 

March  Quarter,  Charles  Walter  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  16.  578. 
March  Quarter,  Joseph    Alexander   Dallas,   St.   Luke's, 

.     16.  546. 

March  Quarter,  Mary  Sarah  Dallas,  Wirral,  8a.  368. 
March  Quarter,  Sarah  Eleanor  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  16.  578. 
September  Quarter,  Emma  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  Ic.  221. 
December  Quarter,  Duncan  Dallas,  Glassford,  B  7a.  547. 
December  Quarter,  John  William  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green, 
Ic.  240. 

1855 

March  Quarter,  Bostock,  s.  of  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas  and 

Mary  Whinney,  South  Shields,  10a.  431. 
March  Quarter,  Catherine  Dallas,  Bolton,  8c.  263. 
March  Quarter,  Elizabeth  Dallas,  Northampton,  36.  83. 
March  Quarter,  Frederick  Dallas,  Chelsea,  la.  133. 
March  Quarter,  John  Edwin,  s.  of  John  Peter  Grant  Dallas 

and  Elizabeth  Catherine  Bluntish,  Kensington,  la.  36. 
March  Quarter,  Margaret  Dallas,  Wirral,  8a.  383. 
March  Quarter,  Selina  Eliza  Dallas,  Medway,  2a.  306. 
June  Quarter,    Charles  Lewis  Stuart  Dallas,   Islington, 

16.  245. 

September  Quarter,  Mary  Dallish,  Auckland,  10a.  149. 
December    Quarter,    Mary   Brunton   Dallas,    Newcastle, 

106.  60. 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  563 

1856 

March  28,  Susan  Walker,  d.  of  Hugh  Dallas  and  Isabella 

Ferguson,  Wirral,  8a.  406. 

June  Quarter,  Sarah  Ann  Dalla,  Tewkesbury,  6a.  391. 
June  Quarter,  Louisa  Dallas,  Hackney,  16.  299. 
June  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Kensington,  la.  68. 
September  Quarter,  Caroline  Dallas,  St.  Giles,  16.  365. 
September  Quarter,  Henry  Dallas,  East  London,  le.  21. 
September    Quarter,    Stuart    George    Dallas,    Islington, 

16.  234. 
December  23,  Frances  Sarah,  d.  of  William  Sweetland 

Dallas  and  F.  E.  Price  (d.  1863),  Islington,  16.  209. 
December    Quarter,    Mary    Dallas,    Houghton-le-Spring, 

10a.  310. 

1857 

June  Quarter,  Donald  Dallas,  Bolton,  8c.  271. 
September    Quarter,    John    Eastwood    Dallas,    Preston, 

Be.  460. 

September  Quarter,  Sarah  Dallas,  Newcastle,  106.  75. 
September  Quarter,  Hector  Dallas,  Medway,  2a.  318. 
December  Quarter,  Grace  Alice  Dallas,  Islington,  16.  279. 

1858 

March  Quarter,  Ellen  Dallas,  Preston,  8e.  442. 

March  29,  Charles  Caldwell,  s.  of  Robert  William  Dallas 

and  Emily  Florence,  d.  of  Charles  Earle  of  Newbold 

Firs. 

June  Quarter,  Henry  James  Dallas,  Tewkesbury,  6a.  387. 
September,  James  Henry,  s.  of  Hugh  Waldron  Dallas  and 

Mary  Whinney,  Haughton  [ra.  Alice  Elizabeth  Adie], 

10a.  288. 
September   18,   Lillias   Mary,   d.   of  William   Sweetland 

Dallas  and  Frances  Esther  Price,  Islington,  16.  190. 


564  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

1859 

March  Quarter,  Charles  Leonard  Dallas,  Croydon,  2a.  155. 
May  16,  William,  s.  of  Hugh  Dallas,  Michael  Church  Court, 

Hereford,  6c.  458. 

June  Quarter,  Betsy  Dallas,  Glandford,  B  la.  602. 
June  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Newcastle,  106.  75. 
June  Quarter,  Louisa  Dallas,  Preston,  8e.  449. 
December  Quarter,  Ann  Jane  Dallas,  Tynemouth,  186. 122. 

1861 

April  29,  Louisa  Joanna  Dallas  [ra.  1885,  Frederick  Llewel- 
lyn Natusch]. 

1862 

Margaret  Henrietta,  d.  8th  July  1863.  Both  the  above  were 
children  of  William  Sweetland  Dallas  and  F.  E.  Price. 

Some  Marriages 

1837 

August  24,  Duncan  Dallas,  engineer,  Cheapside,  Liverpool,  s. 
of  Duncan  Dallas,  blacksmith,  and  Sarah,  d.  of  Roger 
Rider,  shipwright,  Queen  Street,  Liverpool,  20.  177. 
December  Quarter,  Eliza  Dallas,  Lancaster,  21.  267. 

Deaths 
1848 

December  Quarter,  Catherine  Dallas,  Bolton,  21.  72. 
December  Quarter,  Esther  and  Isabella  Dallas,  Hoxne, 
13.  292. 

1849 

April  21,  John  Dallas,  shoemaker,  aged  37,  of  consump- 
tion ;  shoemaker  at  Gallowgate,  Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
25.  265. 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  565 

April  27,  Alexander,  s.  of  George  Dallas,  cabinetmaker, 
18  Featherston  Street,  Finsbury,  18  months,  St. 
Luke's,  2.  207. 

June,  Alice  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  198. 

September,  Charlotte  Dallas,  West  London,  2.  331. 

September  Quarter,  Mary  Dallas,  Cler  ken  well,  3.  135. 

Richard  Dallas,  Bethnal  Green,  2.  15. 

September  11,  Robert  William,  eldest  s.  of  Sir  Robert 
DaUas,  6.  19th  June  1789,  m.  9th  May  1818,  Lucy 
Davidson,  d.  llth  September  1849,  Tonbridge, 
5.  595. 

1850 
June  Quarter,  Sarah  Dallas,  Medway,  5.  263. 

1851 

March  Quarter,  George  Dalla,  Bromyard,  26.  128. 
March  Quarter,  Emiline  Mary  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  232. 
March  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Isle  of  Wight,  7.  182. 
June  Quarter,  Frederick  George  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  2.  199. 
September    Quarter,    Charles    Stewart   Dallas,    Islington, 

3.  221. 

September  Quarter,  Simon  Dallas,  Stepney,  2.  370. 
December  Quarter,  Ann  Dallas,  Dartford,  5.  55. 
December  Quarter,  Ann  Dallah,  Bradford  T.,  23.  91. 

1852 
June  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Manchester,  8d.  109. 

1853 

March  22,  George  Alexander,  aged  18,  s.  of  John  Dallas, 
engineer,  Grove,  Isle  of  Portland,  Weymouth,  5a.  293, 
March  Quarter,  Joseph  Alexander  Dallas,  Hackney,  16.  207, 
June  Quarter,  Ann  Dallas,  St.  Luke's,  16.  351. 


566  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

September  Quarter,  Rosina  Winter  Dallas,  Islington,  16. 108. 
December  Quarter,   Donald,  aged  21,   a  bleacher,  s.  of 

Hugh  Dallas,  Bolton,  8c.  170. 
Robert  Dallas,  Chelsea,  la.  94. 

1854 

March  Quarter,  Caroline  Dallas,  Wakefield,  9c.  5. 
March  Quarter,  Jane  Esther  Dallas,  Shoreditch,  Ic.  105. 
March  Quarter,  Robert  Dallas,  St.  Olave,  Id.  39. 
December  Quarter,  Kate  Winter  Dallas,  Islington,  16.  121. 

1855 

April  26,  Brig. -Gen.  Charles  Dallas  (Governor  of  St.  Helena), 

St.  Thomas,  5d.  36. 
September  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  Pool,  5a.  153. 

1856 

March  Quarter,  Charles  Butler  Dallas,  s.  of  John  Peter 

Grant  Dallas,  Kensington,  la.  30. 

March  Quarter,  Charles  Walker  Dallas,  East  London,  Ic.  20. 
March  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  Wirral,  8a.  255. 
March  Quarter,  Robert  Charles  Henry,  Warwick,  6a.  255. 
June  Quarter,  Kezia,  Bethnal  Green,  Ic.  155. 

1857 

June  Quarter,  James  Dallas,  father  of  John  Peter  Grant 

Dallas,  Clerkenwell,  16.  312. 
September  Quarter,  Eliza  Dallas,  Brighton,  26.  135. 

1858 

March  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  East  London,  Ic.  39. 
September  Quarter,  Selina  Eliza,  Medway,  2a.  215. 
December  Quarter,  John  Peter  Grant  Dallas,  Marylebone, 
la.  377. 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  567 

1859 

February  10,  William  Dallas,  H.E.I.C.,  R.N.,  Hammer- 
smith, grandson  of  Stuart  Dallas  and  s.  of  William 
Dallas  and  Isabella  Turner,  Kensington,  la.  80. 

June  Quarter,  Matilda  Dallas,  Kensington,  la.  39. 

September  Quarter,  Richard  Alexander  Dallas,  Shoreditch, 
Ic.  161. 

* 

1860 

September  Quarter,  Donald  Dallas,  Eltham,  2a.  389. 
December  Quarter,  Martha  Dallas,  West  London,  Ic.  43. 
December    Quarter,    Mary    Susanna    Dallas,    Glanford, 
B  7o.  342. 

1861 

March  Quarter,  Alfred  Dallas,  Glanford,  B  7a,  397. 
March  Quarter,  Grace  Dallas,  Kensington,  la.  5. 
March  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  Bolton,  8c.  224. 
March  Quarter,  Robert  Dallas,  Clerkenwell,  16.  422. 
June  Quarter,  Ann  Dallas,  Bristol,  6a.  13. 
September  Quarter,  Rosina  Dallas,  Medway,  2a.  226. 

1862 

March  Quarter,  Sarah  Dallas,  Islington,  16.  166. 

June  Quarter,  James  John  Dallas,  St.  George's,  Hanover 

Square,  la.  179. 
September  Quarter,  Hannah  Emma  Dallas,  Clerkenwell, 

16.  353. 
September   Quarter,   Mary   Preston  Dallas,   Clerkenwell, 

8c.  253. 

1863 

September  Quarter,  Frances  Sarah  Dallas,  York,  9d.  3. 
September   Quarter,    Margaret   Henrietta   Dallas,   Great 
Ouseburn,  9a.  66. 


568  THE  FAMILY  OP  DALLAS 

December  Quarter,  Jane  Elizabeth  Dallas,  Lambeth, 
Id.  253. 

1864 

March  Quarter,  Maria  Dallas,  Kensington,  la.  84. 
September  Quarter,  Edward  Dallas,  Alderbury,  5a.  119. 
September  Quarter,  Jane  Dallas,  West  Derby,  8b.  397. 
September  Quarter,  Mary  Dallas,  Shoreditch,  Ic.  86. 
September  Quarter,  Sarah  Ann  Dallas,  West  Derby,  86. 437. 
December  Quarter,  Euphemia  Dallas,  Bolton,  8c.  194. 

1865 

September  Quarter,  Alexander  Dallas,  Medway,  2a.  255. 
September  Quarter,  Caroline  Dallas  (b.  1820),  d.  of  Robert 

William  DaUas,  Windsor,  2c.  258. 

September  Quarter,  Mary  Caroline  Dallas,  Wells,  5c.  353. 
September  Quarter,  William  Dallas,  Medway,  2a.  251. 

1866 

March  Quarter,  Martha  M.  A.  Dallas,  aged  1,  Bethnal  Green, 

Ic.  189. 

March  Quarter,  Sarah  Dallas,  aged  66,  Liverpool,  86.  217. 
December  Quarter,  Thomas  E.  Dallas,  West  Derby,  86.  358. 

1867 

March  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  aged  37,  Preston,  8c.  438. 

March  Quarter,  Julia  Maria  Dallas,  aged  73,  Guildford, 
2a.  47. 

June  Quarter,  Jane  Dallas,  aged  6,  Bethnal  Green,  Ic.  140. 

June  Quarter,  Joseph  Alexander  Dallas,  aged  54,  Hackney, 
16.  257. 

June  Quarter,  Mary  Dallas,  aged  72,  Shoreditch,  Ic.  122. 

September  Quarter,  Emily  Georgina  Dallas,  aged  38,  Guild- 
ford,  2a.  41. 


SOMERSET  HOUSE  ENTRIES  569 

1868 

March  Quarter,  John  Dallas,  aged  53,  Islington,  16.  216. 
June  Quarter,  Antonia  Louisa  Dallas,  aged  0,  Mile  End, 

Ic.  397. 
September  Quarter,  Edward  Dallas,  aged  3,  Bethnal  Green, 

Ic.  181. 
September  Quarter,  Eliza  Hartrey  Dallas,  aged  6,  Birming- 

ton,  6d.  172. 
December   Quarter,   Emma   Dallas,  aged  0,  Shoreditch, 

Ic.  152. 
December  Quarter,  Mary  Dallas,  aged  11,  Merthyr  Tydvil, 

lla.  223. 
Alexander  Dallas,  aged  56,  Clerkenwell,  16.  450. 

1869 

June  Quarter,  Louisa  Dallas,  aged  68,  Cheltenham,  6a.  273. 
September  Quarter,  Ellen,  aged  2,  Bethnal  Green,  Ic.  203. 
December  12, Rev.  A.  R.C.Dallas,  aged 78,  Lee,  Blackheath, 

Lewisham,  Id,  603. 
December  Quarter,  Hector  Dallas,  aged  78,  Chelsea,  la.  159. 

1870 
March  Quarter,  Amy  Jane  Dallas,  aged  23,  St.  Saviour's, 

Id.  94. 
March  Quarter,  Robert  Arthur  Dallas,  aged  0,  Lunesdale, 

8c.  545. 
June  Quarter,  William  R.  H.  Dallas,  aged  76,  Kensington, 

Id.  92. 
September  Quarter,  Lucy  Dallas,  aged  72,  widow  of  R.  W. 

DaUas,  Andover,  2c.  278. 

We  have  reached  the  point  where  it  is  necessary  for  us 
to  judge  as  to  who  is  entitled  to  claim  the  honour  of  repre- 
senting the  long  line  of  the  Lords  of  Dallas  and  the  Sir  William 
de  Ripley  who  obtained  a  grant  of  the  lands  of  Dallas  Michael 


570  THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 

in  the  days  of  William  the  Lion  (1165-1215)  and  had  such  an 
illustrious  series  of  descendants. 

The  late  author  of  this  work  was,  in  the  first  instance,  we 
think,  entitled  to  claim  for  the  Cantray  line  the  honour  of 
being  the  older  branch.  It  seems  to  be  clear  that  this  direct 
line  has  been  exhausted  since  the  death  of  the  only  child  of 
the  last  Dallas  of  Cantray. 

We  have  therefore  to  go  back  some  generations  to  discover 
whom  the  next  claimant  might  be. 

The  late  Miss  E.  J.  Dallas  of  Nairn  seems  to  have  been 
correct  in  her  contention  that  she  was  the  rightful  claimant 
to  the  honour  and  that  she  was  the  last  of  her  race,  but  she 
was  incorrect  in  assuming  that  the  representative  of  another 
branch  of  the  family  was  the  next  claimant  to  the  honour. 

From  the  tree  which  the  editor  has  prepared,  and  submits 
herewith,  it  would  seem  that  Archibald  Dallas,  bp.  16th  Sep- 
tember 1726,  son  and  only  child  of  John  Dallas  and  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sir  Archibald  Campbell  of  Clunes,  was  ancestor 
of  the  person  entitled  to  claim  the  honour,  but  we  have  failed 
to  trace  any  descendant  of  this  child.  We  are  therefore 
compelled  to  go  back  a  generation  and  trace  the  descendants 
of  his  uncle,  Hugh  Dallas,  in  Bellafriesh,  whom  we  record  as 
the  Petsal  family,  represented  by  Sir  George  E.  Dallas,  Bart., 
who  died  without  issue  on  27th  November  1918,  and  now 
represented  by  his  niece  Lady  Mary  Pepys,  wife  of  Mr.  Elias 
Corbally. 

We  next  turn  to  the  rival  house  of  Budgate  and  ask  the 
question,  Who  is  the  representative  of  this  no  less  honourable 
family  ? 

Referring  to  the  tree  we  have  prepared,  we  are  again  faced 
with  the  difficulties  arising  through  the  failure  of  the  direct 
line. 

From  the  time  of  the  death  of  Alexander  Dallas  of  Galcan- 
tray,  the  eldest  son  of  William  Dallas  of  Budgate,  about 
24th  July  1652,  the  descent  seems  obscure.  In  the  event  of 


FINIS  571 

his  having  left  no  descendants,  or  of  the  family  of  Alexander 
Dallas,  the  silk-dyer,  having  died  out  in  the  person  of  John 
Dallas  of  Boxton,  we  are  compelled  to  search  for  the  repre- 
sentation of  this  line  among  the  numerous  descendants  of 
John  Dallas,  Dean  of  Ross,  and  his  younger  brothers.  The 
descent  becomes  so  complicated  and  obscure  that  the  editor 
must  leave  the  reader  to  work  out  his  own  deductions  from 
the  material  now  submitted. 

The  editor's  task  has  not  been  an  easy  one.  He  is  con- 
scious of  his  feebleness  in  arranging  the  mass  of  information 
placed  at  his  disposal  in  an  interesting  and  attractive  form. 
His  only  apology  for  undertaking  the  labour  of  preserving  the 
lifework  of  his  old  correspondent  and  friend  was  his  desire 
to  make  it  available  for  future  reference. 


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INDEX 


ABERCEOMBIB,  James,  of  Pittencrieff,  576. 

-  Margaret,  321,  340,  576. 
Abercromby,  Margaret,  274. 
Aberdeen,  476 ;  College,  176. 
Abernethy  and  Kincardine  parish,  483. 
Adamson,  Alexander  Gordon,  145. 

—  James,  163,  166. 

Adie,  Alice  Elizabeth,  406,  563. 
Aikman,  Rev.  John,  382. 
Ainslie,  Alexander,  in  Burgie,  128. 
Alabama  family,  495. 
Alderton,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  519. 
Aldwich,  Juliet  Elizabeth,  604. 
Alexander,  Mary,  553. 

William  Stewart,  376. 

Alford,  Agnes,  407. 
Allan,  Bessie,  469. 

Magdalen,  485. 

Allardyce,  Charles  Cullen,  530. 
Charlotte,  476,  529. 

—  George,  shipmaster,  Montrose,  531. 

—  Helen  Tevendale  or,  Montrose,  531. 

—  John,  Stonehaven,  531. 

Sophia,  or  Grant,  Cullen,  530. 

Allen,  Louisa,  544. 

V.  R.,  544. 

Alsace,  Cardinal,  541. 
Altinhouse,  lairds  of,  125. 
Anderson,  Alexander,  476,  528. 

Bessie,  469. 

Mr.  Hugh,  286. 

—  Janet,  471,  474. 

—  John,  475. 
Peter,  394. 

Andrews,  Emily  Georgina,  501. 
Angus,  Earl  of,  270. 
Annapolis  Royal,  Maryland,  344; 
Antonicus,  Henry,  278,  358. 

Margaret,  359. 

Ardchattan,  150. 

Ardclach,  161 ;  parish,  472,  477. 


Ardersier,  168 ;  parish,  478. 
Ardroseir  in  Murray,  149. 
Arenberg,  Duke  of,  540. 
Argyll,  Earl  of,  145. 
Arnold,  James,  476. 
Ashbumham,  C.,  499. 
Athole,  John,  Marquis  of,  327. 

—  Marquess  of,  334. 
Atholl,  Earl  of,  32. 
Auehindoun,  463. 

Auchindoune  and  Auchnayme,  134. 
Auldearn  parish,  15,  475. 
Auldearne,  15. 

Aulderne,  156. 
Australia,  505. 
Avoch  parish,  471. 

BACHB,  Alexander  Dallas,  513. 

-  Dallas,  514. 

-  George  M.,  513. 

—  George  Miffiin,  514. 

—  Henrietta  C.,  515. 
Mary  B.,  514. 

—  Mary  Campbell,  515. 

—  Matilda  Wilkins,  515. 

-  Richard,  513,  514. 

—  Sarah  Franklin,  515. 

—  Sophia  Arabella,  515. 
Backet,  Ann,  554. 

—  Rev.  Thomas,  554. 
Baillie,  Elizabeth,  408. 
Bain,  John,  468. 

—  Mr.  John,  of  Delny,  331. 

-  Mary,  468,  526,  528. 
Baird,  Andrew,  490. 

—  Sir  David,  of  Seringapatam,  551. 
James  J.,  W.S.,  386. 

—  Mr.  Thomas,  365. 
Balantyne,  Mary,  361. 
Balblair,  339. 

and  Kirkmichael,  283,  326,  337. 

681 


582 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Balfour,  Andrew,  476. 

Margaret,  467. 

Baliol,  John,  32. 
Ballafreis,  111,  178. 
Ballecharnache,  lands  of,  106. 
Ballyblair,  lands  of,  88. 
Balnacoir,  289. 
Balnagowne,  326. 
Baltar,  Amelia  Augusta,  502. 
Barbour,  Robert,  134. 
Barclays,  12. 
Barlow,  Sir  George,  421. 
Barnard,  Peter,  206. 
Barnes,  Charles  Henry,  368. 

Louisa,  368. 

Barnet,  Elspet,  476. 
Barnett,  Elspet,  479. 
Barr,  Grace,  444. 
Barrackpore,  417. 
Bartlet,  Jane,  472. 
Barton,  Margaret,  525. 
Baxter,  Margaret,  489. 
Bayne,  James,  480. 

Maria  and  Christina,  147. 

Bean,  George,  477. 

Beatie,  Christian,  480. 

Bell,  William,  469,  470. 

Bellafreish,  433. 

Bellalaggan,  152. 

Bellilaggan,  169. 

Benedict  xin.,  54. 

Berbice,  393. 

Bethune,  Catherine,  539. 

Biohe,  Henry  de,  31. 

Birkett,  Henry,  of  Etterby  Lodge,  550. 

Bishop,  Mary,  530. 

Bissets,  12. 

Black,  Elspeth,  527. 

Margaret,  479. 

Black  Isle  of  Cromarty,  322. 
Blackwood,  Catherine,  211. 

Sir  John,  211. 

Blucher  von  Wahlstadt,  Count  Gustavus, 

210. 

Blundell's  School,  407. 
Bluntish,  Eliza  Catherine,  444,  561. 

Elizabeth  Catherine,  562. 

Boghole,  Lady,  401. 
Bonner,  Ida,  507. 
Bordan,  Eugene,  513. 
Bordeaux,  520. 
Borgia,  Duke  of,  540. 


Borthwick,  381. 

—  John,  of  Crookston,  385. 
Bossu,  Charles,  Count  de,  539. 

Jean  de,  539. 

Maximilian  de,  539. 

Peter,  Count  de,  539. 

Boswell's  Tour,  190. 

Bothwell,  Richard  de  (1418),  55. 

Bourgoyne,  Adolphe  de,  539. 

Anne  de,  539 

Bourke,  Rev.  Mr.,  Oswestry,  538. 
Bowblair,  106. 
Bower,  Agnes,  406. 

Robert  Hartley,  of  Welham,  548. 

Bowers,  Major  Maunsell,  374. 

Bowmore,  489. 

Boyle,  John,  Lord,  349. 

-  William,  of  Shewalton,  349. 
Bracklay,  169. 
Braichlies,  152. 
Brand,  Ann,  492. 
Brett,  Alexander  Dallas,  502. 
Annie  Maud  Mary,  502. 

—  George  Arthur,  502. 

George  Henry,  502. 

— -  Mrs.  Katie,  495. 

Katie  Margaretta,  502. 

William  Llewellyn,  502. 

Brice  or  Bricius,  Bishop,  8. 
Bridgford,  W.,  491. 
British  Museum,  425,  430,  495. 
Brodie,  Alexander,  164. 

—  Francis,  250. 

—  Henry,  268. 

—  James,  252. 
— -  Jane,  473. 

John,  477. 


—  Joseph,  252. 

Margaret,  of  Brodie,  552. 

Brook,  Mabel  Alice,  393. 
Brough,  Elizabeth,  553. 
Brounehill,  161. 
Brown,  Rev.  John  Low,  13. 

—  William,  344. 
Bruce,  Michael,  213. 

Robert,  32. 


Brunehill,  teinds  of,  15. 
Brunswick,  Duke  of,  540. 
Brunton,  Mary,  479. 
Buchan,  Earl  of,  32. 

Budgate,  157,  162,  236,  255,  286,  288,  319, 
320,  462. 


INDEX 


583 


Budgate  line,  495. 

Budzet,  42. 

Bull,  James  Dallas,  360. 

Rev.  V.  S.,  360. 

Bulterman,  Rev.  Archdale,  498. 

Rev.  Archdall,  517. 

Burgess,  Bessie,  390. 

John,  389. 

Burke,  Edmund,  208. 
Burton,  Sir  Charles,  374. 

Georgina,  Lady,  377. 

Buscarlet,  Col.  Bower,  547. 

Bush,  James,  205. 

Byron,  Capt.  George  Anson,  R.N.,  517. 

Lord,  497  ;   manuscripts  of,  496. 

Lords,  517. 

CADENHEAD,  Jean,  491. 

Cadiz,  499. 

Caim,  Kitty,  17. 

Calder,  124,  148,  150,  151,  400. 

Alexander,  483. 

Ann,  456. 

Donald,  140. 

- — -  Helen,  483. 

Hugh,  Sheriff  of  Nairn,  223. 

John,  140,  490. 

Mr.  John,  397. 

Margaret,  221,  575. 

Marion,  58. 

Martha,  488. 

Muriel  (1499),  60. 

Muriel  (1556),  92. 

Thomas,  in  Delnie,  140. 

Sir  William,  Thane  of  Cawdor,  222. 

William,  vicar  of  Ewayne  (Barevan), 

68. 

Calder  parish,  462. 
Caldor,  John  of,  219. 
Caldour,  Master  John,  222. 
Callender,  William,  348. 
Callum,  Donald,  482. 
Cambus  Kenneth,  33. 
Cameron,  Alexander,  Inverness,  530. 

Allan,  144. 

Allane,  of  Lochyell,  141. 

Clan,  141. 

Donald,  Captain  of  Clan   Cameron, 

69. 

Isabella,  452. 

John,  489. 

Margaret,  453. 


Cameron,  Marjorie,  460. 

Mary,  478. 

Mary  Dallas  or,  529. 

Campbell,  Agnes,  149. 
Alexander,  515. 

—  Alexander,  of  Torrich,  396,  397,  398. 
Archibald,  of  Calder,  86,  92. 

Sir  Archibald,  173. 

Sir  Archibald,  of  Chines,  182, 305, 319, 

570. 

Archibald,  of  Leragis,  150. 

Betty,  489. 

Catherine,  226,  518,  575. 

—  of  Cawdor,  171. 
Mrs.  Christian,  397. 

Colin,  149,  150,  156,  162,  187,  244, 

248,  262,  556. 

Colin,  of  Breachlie,  148. 

Colin,  of  dunes,  140,  576. 

Colin,  of  Dalnies,  136. 

Sir  Colline,  of  Ardkinles,  142. 

Colonel,  of  Kilchowan,  488. 

—  of  Lochinyell,  142. 

David,  157. 

Don,  400. 

Sir  Donald,  150. 

Sir  Dougal,  of  Auchinbrek,  142. 

Duncan,  96. 

Elizabeth,  156. 

—  Miss  Elizabeth,  436. 

-  Eupham,  240. 

George,  149,  151,  169,  245,  248. 

Hugh,  150,  162,  166,  244,  254,  257. 

Hugh,  of  Calder,  251. 

-  Mr.  Hugh,  397. 

Sir  Hugh,  of  Calder,  135. 

Sir  Hugh,  168,  169,  266,  286,  397. 

Hugh,  of  Cawdor,  149. 

Hugh,  of  Little  Budgate,  163. 

Hutcheone,  156. 

—  Sir  James,  of  Auchinbreck,  177. 
James,  156. 

James,  of  Auchindoune,  239,  240. 

Janet,  140,  151,  155,  160,  244,  573, 

576. 

John,  156, 168, 229, 230, 231, 236, 248. 

Sir  John,  397. 

John,  of  Calder  (1556),  92. 

John,  of  Calder,  152,  155,  158,  162, 

169. 
Sir  John,  of  Calder,  140,  141,   142, 

161,  223. 


584 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Campbell,  John,  of  Cawdor,  155,  186,  224, 
238,  239,  319. 

Sir  John,  of  Cawdor  (1527),  69. 

Sir  John,  of  Cawdor,  96,  149. 

John,  friar  of  Calder,  148,  149. 

John,  of  Inchgeddell,  156. 

Mr.  John,  of  Longniddry,  397. 

Katherine,  225. 

Margaret,  392. 

Marjory,  395,  396. 

Mary,  172,  478,  556,  570,  574. 

Rachael,  167. 

Robert,  of  Glenfallaoh,  142. 

St.  George  T.,  515. 

William,  161. 

—  William,  of  Auchindoune,  135,  158. 
-  Mr.  William,  of  Braiklie,  96,  141. 

Campbeltown,  444. 

Cantrafrasser,  72. 

Cantrafreis,  lands  of,  243. 

Cantrafreskyne,  122. 

Cantralees,    Cantrayfreis,   and    Drumoyr, 

lands  of  (1585),  122. 

Cantray,  26  27,  97,  150,  178,  433,523; 
arms  of,  65 ;  Brae  of,  195 ;  deed  of  sale, 
188. 

Cantraydown,  133,  147. 
Cantray  Freis,  148. 
Cantrayfreis,  155,  163,  167,  168,  169. 
Cantray  Frische,  160. 

Prysser,  lands  of,  121. 

House  built,  150. 

Cantralyse,  122. 
Cantraylees,  155,  163. 
Cantrayleis,  167. 

lands  of,  177. 

Cantray  Leis,  148. 
Cantray,  Little,  35. 

Mill  of,  116,  122,  123. 

Cardiston  Rectory,  445. 
Carleton,  Lord,  430. 
Carlyle,  John,  161. 
Carnatic,  371. 
Carnegie,  Lady  Charlotte,  538. 

Elizabeth,  531. 

Carnoche,  lands  of,  156. 
Cavendish- Bentinck,  Alexandra  Margaret 
Ann,  374. 

Francis  Morven  Dallas,  374. 

Victoria  Alexandrina  Violet,  374. 

Wilh'am  Arthur  Henry,  Marquis  of 

Tichfield,  374. 


Cavendish- Bentinck,  Wilh'am  John  Arthur 

Charles  James,  Duke  of  Portland,  374. 
Cawdor,  150. 
Donald,  Thane  of,  46. 

-  Laird  of,  11. 

—  Thane  of,  151. 

-  William,  Thane  of  (1480),  58. 

-  William,  Thane  of  (1501),  61. 

-  William,  Thane  of,  219. 

Caivdor,  Thanes  of,  by  Cosmo  Innes,  221, 

226. 

Chalmers,  Helen,  557. 
Charles  Edward,  Prince,  183. 
Charles  H,  death  of,  399. 
Chase,  T.  A.  N.,  544. 
Chatham  Papers,  430. 
Chelsea  Pensioner,  476,  483. 
Chew,  Chief  Justice,  509. 
Cheynes,  12. 
Childe  Harold,  497. 
Chisholm,  Robert,  of  that  ilk,  37. 

Sir  Robert,  of  Quarrelwood,  35. 

Christiania,  360. 
Chrystall,  John,  476. 
Clan  Cameron,  141. 

Chattan,  11,  143,  145,  179,  443,  444. 

Clare,  Lord,  430. 

Clark,  Alexander,  181,  461,  466. 

—  Euphemia,  293. 

Isobel,  460,  465. 

Janet,  459,  469,  481. 

John,  479. 

Sir  John,  of  Penicuik,  293. 

Margaret,  454,  469,  474. 


Clava,  147 ;  barony  of,  133. 
Clavalg,  133. 
Clova,  16. 
Clunes,  140. 

Margaret,  455. 

Cobb,  Alexander  Montrose,  532. 

Elizabeth   Colquhoun  or,  Montrose, 

532 

-  Helen,  532. 
Cochrane,  Catherine,  293. 
Cockburn,  Sir  Alexander,  345. 

Sir  Archibald,  297,  338. 

Barbara,  341  378. 

Henrietta,  192,  297,  300,  302,  341. 

Sir  James,  338. 

Margaret,  495. 

William,  272. 
—  barony  of,  357. 


INDEX 


585 


Colquhoun,  Elizabeth,  532. 

Grace,  532. 

Colles,  Dr.  Abel,  501. 

Colville,  Archibald,  271. 

James,  270. 

John,  267. 

-  Mr.  John,  268. 

John,  of  Preston,  576. 

Commission  to  bring  to  order  Clan  Cam- 
eron and  its  chief,  141. 

Conage,  lands  of,  229. 

Contin,  parish,  474. 

Cooper,  David  Duncan,  447. 

Coote,  Sir  Eyre,  371. 

Cork,  383. 

Connack,  Sarah,  503. 

Cosway,  Mr.,  418. 

Cottenham,  Earl  of,  212. 

Coulernie,  459,  460. 

Coulnadallich,  150. 

Couper,  John,  of  Blackchibrich,  545. 

Coutts,  Mary,  493. 

Covenanters,  persecution  of,  396. 

Cowan,  Helen,  293. 

Cowie,  Margaret,  466. 

Crafurd,  Earl  of,  42. 

Craigleith,  Lady,  348. 

Craigmill  and  Branehill,  teinds  of. 

Craigroy  flour  mill,  17. 

Craufurd,  David,  Earl  of,  45. 

Earl  of,  45. 

Crawford,  David  Lindsay,  Earl  of,  309. 

Craygortane,  96. 

Oieff  parish,  478. 

Cromarty  parish,  471. 

Crookshanks,  Robert,  484. 

Crow,  John,  jun.,  490. 

Croy,  80,  111,  156,  161,  167,  178;  Kirk, 
177  ;  lands  of,  80,  93,  94,  96,  116,  127, 
140,  160 ;  redemption  money,  97  ;  sale 
of,  140;  sasine  of  lands,  112;  sold  to 
William  Dallas,  140;  teinds  of,  140. 

Croy,  Margaret  de,  539. 

Culduthil,  448. 

Culloden,  183,  443,  449;  battle  of,  183, 
191 ;  field  of,  433 ;  lands  of,  102. 

Cullodyne,  233. 

Cults  parish,  480. 

Cumberland,  Duke  of,  183. 

Chiming  of  Altyre,  17. 

Sir  Robert,  17. 

Cumming  of  Altyre,  11. 


Gumming,  Thomas,  of  Altyre,  43. 

William,  392,  478. 

—  Sir  William  Gordon,  17,  19. 
Cummyng,  John,  11. 
Cuningham,  George,  359. 
Cunningham,  Hugh,  340. 
Cunyngham,  Sir  David  (1555),  88. 
Cupar  parish,  480. 
Curtis,  William,  553. 
Cuthbert,  Sir  David,  91-92. 

George,  301,  431. 

James,  152. 

Mary,  521. 

D'AcQUiN,  Elice,  504. 

Dalarossie  Church,  431. 

Dalcross,  lands  of,  132. 

Dalgramich,  147. 

Dallah,  Ann,  565. 

Dallas,  spelling  of  name,  3 ;  estate,  sale  of 
(1907),  17;  glebe  of,  14,  15;  lordship 
boundaries,  5;  manse  and  croft,  13; 
population  of,  18-19  ;  first  mention,  25. 

Dallases  in  America,  495. 

—  in  the  Brae  of  Cantray,  191-199. 
Dallas,  Aeneas  Sweetland,  409. 

• Agnes,  348,  359,  476,  479. 

Agnes  Lucy,  560. 

• Agnes  Sarah,  502. 

—  Alastair,  W.S.,  Edinburgh,  464. 
Alfred  Stuart,  518. 

-  Alison,  261. 

—  Alister  Grant,  393. 
Alexander  of,  25. 

Alexander,  68,  91,  99,  119,  129,  132, 

136,  137,  140,  146,  148,  154,  156,  157, 
160,  161,  164,  166,  168,  172  173, 
180,  195,  204,  230,  239,  241,  243,  249, 
257,  258,  259,  261,  275,  290,  300,  308, 
343,  353,  354,  367,  370,  380,  381,  383, 
385,  387,  388,  435,  448,  449,  450,  452, 
454,  456,  459,  460,  462,  463,  468,  470, 
472,  473,  474,  475,  476,  477,  482,  483, 
484,  488,  489,  490,  492,  494,  495,  471, 
474,  525,  526,  527,  528,  529,  530,  531, 
532,  533,  534,  556,  559,  565,  568,  569, 
570,  572,  573,  574,  576. 

Alexander,  makes  provision  for  his 

children,  164. 

Alexander,  solicitor,  Town  Clerk  of 

Inverness,  464. 

Alexander,  in  Balblair,  467. 


586 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Dallas,  of  Ballifreish,  191. 

— —  Alexander,  of  Budgate,   12,  87,  89, 

103,  104,  105,  121,  160. 

Alexander,  I.  of  Budgate,  225. 

Alexander,  I.  of  Budyett,  575. 

Alexander,  in  Budgate,  462. 

Alexander,    II.   of    Budgate   (1548), 

229. 

of  Cantray,  570. 

of  Cantray,  murder  of,  109. 

Alexander,  of  Cantry,  68,  70,  86,  88, 

89,  103,  111,  119,  122, 124, 128,  129, 131, 

132,  133,  140,  147,  157,  158,  200,  236, 

290,  380,  459. 
Alexander,  III.  of  Cantray,  160-165, 

574. 

—  Alexander,  IV.  of  Cantray,  166-175, 
574  ;   marriage  contract,  170. 

Alexander,  fiar  of  Cantra,  163. 

Thane  of  Cromdale  (1369),  35. 

in  Croy,  457. 

Alexander,  fiar  of  Croy,  160 ;  elder  in 

Kirk  of  Croy,  161. 

in  Culloden,  454. 

Alexander,  Culloden,  533. 

Alexander,  in  Durris,  108. 

—  Alexander,  of  Durris,  106,  232. 

—  in  Galcantray,  387,  409. 

Alexander,  in  Galcantray,  132,  133, 

134,  140,  151,  163,  192,  193,  573. 

Alexander,  of  Galcantray,  243,  246, 

462,  570,  576. 

Alexander,  of  Galla  Ca'trezie,  161. 

Alexander,  of  North  Newton,  380. 

— —  Alexander,  Banff,  530. 

Alexander,  Dallaschyle,  532. 

Alexander,  burgess  of  Nairn,  574. 

Alexander,    coachbuilder,    Glasgow, 

535. 

Rev.  Alexander,  497. 


Alexander,   blacksmith,    Edinburgh, 

531. 

Alexander,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  531. 

Alexander,  Dingwall,  532,  535. 

Alexander,  flax-weaver,  529. 

Alexander,  Grahamstown,  536. 

Alexander,  grocer,  529. 

Alexander,  son  of  Duncan  D,,  Inch- 

yettle,  529. 

Alexander,  minister  of  Kinnell,  576. 

Alexander,  of  New  Jersey,  434. 

Alexander,  Rothes,  530. 


Dallas,  Alexander,  mason,  530. 

Alexander,  silk-weaver,   Edinburgh, 

531. 

Alexander,  wright,  531. 

Alexander  Charles,  560. 

Alexander  Duncan,  385. 

Alexander  Egerton,  518. 

Alexander  Esplin,  382. 

Alexander,  Elgin,  531. 

Alexander,  farmer,  533. 

Alexander  Grant,  393. 

A.  J.,  513. 

— —  Alexander  Jackson,  505. 

—  Alexander  James,  495,  506,  507. 
Alexander  James,  Commodore  U.S. 

Navy,  507. 

Alexander  James,  U.S.  Navy,  512. 

Alexander  Morrison,  504. 

Dr.  Alexander  Morrison,  518. 

Alexander  Robert,  501. 

Alexander  Robert  Charles,  498. 

-  Rev.  A.  R.  C.,  368,  496,  569. 

—  Alfred,  560,  567. 
Alfred,  Inverness,  534. 

—  Alice,  560,  565. 
- —  Amelia,  527. 

—  Amy  Jane,  569. 
Andrew,  491. 

—  Angus,  392,  393. 

Ann,  136, 159, 184, 272,  386, 475,  477, 

478,  525,  529,  533,  534,  558,  561,  565, 
567,  574,  576. 

Ann,  millworker,  Dundee,  529. 

—  Ann  Anderson,  533. 

Ann  Anderson,  Stonehaven,  533. 


Ann  Darling  or,  Stonehaven,  533. 

Ann  Fraser  or,  Glasgow,  535. 

Ann  Gillon  or,  Edinburgh,  535. 

Ann  Grant  or,  Arbirlot,  536. 

Ann  Jamesina,  409. 

• Ann  Jane,  564. 

Ann  M'Gregor  or,  Cowgate,  531. 

—  Ann  M'Intosh  or,  533. 

Ann  Morrison  or,  Crieff,  530. 

Ann  Munro  or,  534. 

Ann  Scobie  or,  Blairgowrie,  531. 

— —  Ann  Scobie  or,  533. 

Ann,  Stonehaven,  533. 

Ann  Sutherland  or,  Dunbeath,  533. 

Ann  Poyntz  Munro,  471. 

Anna,  265,  345. 

—  Anne,  179,  393,  458. 


INDEX 


587 


Dallas,  Miss  Anne,  425,  436. 

—  Antonia  Louisa,  569. 
Arbuthnot,  393. 

Archibald  of  (1395),  41-43,  572. 

Archibald,  son  of  William  de  Ripley, 

25. 

Archibald,  466,  481,  525,  570,  574. 

Archibald,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  534. 

Arpiter,  128,  129. 

Arpitell,  232,  573. 

Arthur,  485,  526,  529,  535,  557. 

Arthur,  Banff,  529. 

Arthur  Blakeston,  501. 

Arthur  George,  505. 

Augusta  Carr,  481. 

-  Barbara,  290,  348,  396,  477,  526. 
— — •  Bayard  Charles,  507. 

Beatrice,  395. 

—  Beatrix,  396,  434. 

Bell,  180. 

Besse,  280,  388,  389,  390,  395. 

Betsy,  525,  564. 

Betsy  Ferguson  or,  Culcaboch,  533. 

Bostock,  406,  562. 

—  of  Bracklie,  431. 

Brigadier-General,  557. 

Caroline,  563,  568,  568. 

Caroline  Ann,  376. 

Castle,  Jamaica,  495. 

Catherine,  347,  361,  380,  393,  473, 

474,  479,  490,  525,  529,  562,  564. 

Catherine,  Dundee,  529. 

Catherine  Allardyce,  530. 

Catherine  Harriet,  210. 

Catherine    Johnston    M'Symon 


or, 


Glasgow,  535. 

—  Catherine  M'Leod,  Kiltarlity,  531. 

Catherine  Shepherd  or,  Rothes,  530. 

— —  Cecilia,  393. 

Charles,  195,  206,  257,  260,  376,  396, 

491,  493,  503,  525,  558,  562,  576. 

Charles,  Esq.,  497. 

Brigadier-General  Charles.  375,  566. 

Charles  Butler,  445,  566. 

Charles  Caldwell,  209,  563. 

—  Charles  Henry,  559. 

Charles  Leonard,  564. 

Charles  Lewis  Stuart,  562.          ^ 

Charles  Marr,  528. 

Charles  Mowbray,  518. 

Rev.  C.  R.  K,  498. 

Charles  Robert  Dent,  504,  505. 


Dallas,  Charles  Robert  King,  517. 

Charles  Stewart,  565. 

Charles,  joiner,  Stonehaven,  535. 

Charles  Stuart,  517. 

—  Charles  W.  Dallas,  Glasgow,  535. 
Charles  Walker,  566. 

—  Charles  Walter,  562. 

Charlotte,  210,  506,  529,  565. 

—  Charlotte  Allardyce  or,  Cullen,  530. 

—  Charlotte  Allardyce  or,  534. 

—  Charlotte  Byron,  510. 

—  Charlotte,  Dunbeath,  529. 
Charlotte  Lavinia,  374. 

Christian,  159,  164,  169,  174,  178, 

204,  284,  290,  382,  387,  388.  389,  448, 
471,  474,  478,  490,  491,  526,  574,  576. 

Christian  Day  or,  528. 

Christian  Findlay  or,  526. 

Christina,  525,  526. 

—  Christina,  Kirkcaldy,  531. 

—  Christina  Mackenzie  or,  531. 
Christine,  447. 

—  Church,  7. 

Clementina,  349. 

— —  Colin,  556. 

Commodore,  499. 

— —  Constance  Eliza,  561. 

in  Coulernie,  459. 

David,  196,  433,  460,  492,  493,  534, 

574. 

— •  David,  Cambusnethan,  537. 

-  David,  Dundee,  537. 
— David,  farmer,  Forres. 

-  David  Haliburton,  373. 

-  David  Scotland,  559. 

-  Davidona,  375,  376. 

—  Davidona  Eleanor,  376. 

—  Depute-Surgeon-General  A.M..  557. 

—  Donald,  159,  183,  432,  450,  478.  483, 
534,  563,  566,  567. 

Lieutenant  Donald,  433. 

Dorothea  Flora  Findlay  or,  465. 

Dorothy,  409. 

Douglas,  396. 

Duncan,  205,  209,  274,  275,  385,  386, 

454,  462,  464,  481,  489,  529,  532,  533, 

558,  562,  564. 

Duncan,  Grahamstown,  536. 

Duncan,  in  Inchgeddle,  463. 

Duncan,  Inchyettle,  529,  532,  533. 

Duncan,  Inverness,  537. 

Duncan,  Old  Monkland,  534. 


588 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Dallas,  Duncan  Duff,  Blairgowrie,  531. 

Duncan  Forbes,  464. 

in  Dyke  parish,  469. 

in  Edinburgh,  485. 

Edmund,  560. 

-  Edward,  568,  569. 

-  Edward  Herbert,  376. 
Edwin  Stuart,  505. 

-  Eileen  N.  M.,  518. 
Eleanor,  374. 

Eliza,  564,  566. 

—  Eliza  Hartrey,  569. 

—  Elizabeth,   164,  210,  344,  371,  382, 
392,  480,  517,  525,  527,  528,  529,  533, 
588,  562,  574. 

Elizabeth,  Glasgow,  529,  533. 

-  Elizabeth,  Port  Glasgow,  529. 

Elizabeth  Ann,  Edinburgh,  538,  543. 

-  Elizabeth  Anne,  375. 

-  Elizabeth  Carnegie  or,  531. 
Elizabeth  Catherine,  464. 

—  Elizabeth  Diack  or,  Aberdeen,  534. 

—  Elizabeth  Eraser  or,  Inverness,  530. 
Elizabeth  Gordon  Grant  or,  533. 

-  Elizabeth  Hastie,  532. 

-  Elizabeth  Jane,  151,  180. 

-  Miss  Elizabeth  J.,  570. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Jane,  436. 

Elizabeth  Leitch  or,  535. 

-  Elizabeth  Letitia,  559. 

Elizabeth  Malise  or,  Grahamstown, 

536. 

-  Elizabeth  Nicklin,  509. 

-  Elizabeth  Sutherland,  385. 

-  Elizabeth  Warren,  375. 

-  Ellen,  563,  569. 

—  in  EUerigg,  443. 

-  Elmslie  William,  405. 

—  Elmslie  William  Alexander,  406. 
Elspet,  171,  387,  525. 

Elspet  Rose  or,  533. 

Emiline  Mary,  565. 

Emily,  559,  560. 

Emily  A.  G.,  501. 

Emily  Georgina,  568. 

Emily  Katie,  502. 

Emily  Mary,  559. 

Emma,  562,  569. 

Esther,  560,  564. 

—  Esther  Fisher  or,  Glasgow,  536. 
Eupham,  261. 

Euphemia,  568. 


Dallas,  Evelyn  Elmslie  Glyn,  605. 
Fanny,  558. 

—  Flora  Grace,  444. 

-  Fordyce,  295. 

—  in  Forfar,  490. 
Frances,  563. 

Frances  Georgina,  498. 

Frances  Jane,  375. 

-  Frances  Sarah,  567. 
Francis,  Rothesay,  536. 

—  Francis  Henry,  408. 

—  Francis  Percival  Macdowell,  504. 

-  Frederica,  209. 

—  Frederick,  562. 

— —  Frederick  George,  565. 

-  F.  I.,  557. 

George,  94,  132,  133,  136,  211,  245 

249,  251,  254,  261,  275,  277,  280,  281, 
290,  291,  329,  343,  349,  350,  358,  359, 
360,  362,  365,  380,  396,  435,  467,  488, 
490,  494,  525,  529,  532,  533,  556,  558, 
560,  565,  574,  576. 

Mr.  George,  338. 

-  Sir  George,  210,  410,  422,  425,  428. 
Sir  George,  death  of,  427. 

—  George,  fisherman,  Dunbeath,  529. 

George  Alexander,  565. 

• George  Anson  Byron  John  Graham, 

498. 

George  Edward,  212. 

• Sir  George  Edward,  559. 

George  Frederick,  209. 

—  George,  of  Kintra,  488. 

George,  of  Kirkmichael,  279,  329. 

George,  Marnoch,  534. 

Georgiana  Mary,  374. 

Georgina  M.  F.,  517. 

-  George  Mifflin,  507,  508,  512. 

George,  of  Parkley,  336, 341,  357, 359. 

-  George,  Old  Nitshill,  532. 

—  George  Ross,  481. 

George,  shipmaster.  Greenock,  534. 

George,  W.S.,  266,  282. 

George,  of  St.    Martins,  W.S.,  241, 

253,  257,  280,  296,  297,  321,  329,  331, 

339,  576. 

George,  in  Turrich,  573. 

George,  in  Turrioch,  138. 

George,  in  Yla,  573. 

Gertrude  Jane  M'Arthur  or,  Glasgow, 

537. 
Glendoline  Seymour,  368. 


INDEX 


589 


Dallas,  Grace,  567. 

Grace  Alice,  563. 

Grace  Duncan,  Skipness,  529. 

Grace  Muirhead  or,  Kinghorn,  536. 

Gwendolen,  518. 

Hannah,  395,  451. 

Hannah  Emma,  567. 

Harriet,  205,  374,  406,  428,  562. 

Hector,  451,  476,  477,  481,  563,  569. 

Helen,  206,  393,  491,  529. 

Helen  Cobb  or,  Montrose,  532. 

Helen,  Dundee,  529. 

Helen,  of  Parkley,  365. 

Helen  Tevendale  or,  Glasgow,  535. 

Helen  Wilson  or,  535. 

Hendre,  of  Croy,  93. 

Hendret,  385. 

Hendrie,  of  Ballafreishe,  131. 

Henrietta,  265,  277,  301,  349,  367, 

376,  389,  394,  457,  496,  576. 

Henrietta,     daughter     of     Thomas 

Dallas,  writer,  Edinburgh,  535. 

Henrietta  Charlotte,  517. 

Henrietta  Duncan,  382. 

Henrietta  Laura,  518. 

Henrietta  Williamson  or,  Edinburgh, 

535. 

Henry  of  (1376),  37. 

Henry,  68,  87,  92,  129,  147,  209,  211, 

361,  387,  488,  561,  563. 

Henry,  of  Balfreish,  573. 

Henry,   in    Ballefriess    (1563),    104, 

125,  573. 

Henry,    in    Cantradown,    132,    138, 

573 

Henry,  of  Cantray,  11,  56-57,  65,  66, 

63-67,  92. 

Henry,  of  Croy,  99,  116,  573. 

Henry  Alexander,  501. 

Henry  James,  563. 

Henry  John,  376. 

Henry  Nemprior,  560. 

Henry  R.  G.,  501. 

— •  Hew,  167,  488. 

Hilda  Mary,  368. 

Hubert,  393. 

Hugh,  125,  132,  134,  138,  159,  169, 

171,  177,  193,  194,  196,  200,  251,  252, 
254,  257,  258,  260,  264,  266,  282,  285, 
287,  291,  296,  300,  387,  388,  396,  431, 
463,  473,  477,  482,  485,  525,  526,  558, 
563,  564,  566,  570,  573. 


Dallas,  Hugh,  merchant,  134. 

Hugh,  notary,  135. 
Hugh,  of  Bannans,  182,  302,  319. 

—  Hugh,  of  Bellafreish,  203. 

—  Hugh,  of  Brackley,  157, 158, 431, 432, 
434,  574. 

Hugh,  of  Breachley,  168. 

Hugh,  of  Budgate,  166,  182,  241,  331, 

574. 

-  Hugh,  I.  of  Budgate,  282,  576. 
Hugh,  in  Cantray,  140. 
Hugh,  of  Cantray,  200. 

—  Hugh,   Commissary   Clerk   of   Ross, 
303. 

Hugh,  minister  of  Conage,  576. 

Hugh,  of  Croy,  183. 

Hugh,  ancestor  of  Dallas  of  Peteal, 

164. 

Hugh,  of  Michaelchurch  Court,  197. 

Hugh,  Glasgow,  537. 

—  Hugh  Morrison,  578. 

-  Hugh,  in  Karrow,  432,  446. 
Hugh  Douglas,  507. 

Hugh  Waldron,  406, 560, 561, 562, 563. 


Hugh  Whinney,  406,  561. 

—  Hutcheon,  129,  387. 
—  Hutcheon  and  Henry,  131. 
of  that  ilk,  extinct,  41. 


—  of  Inchgeddle  and  Calder  parish,  462. 
in  Inverness,  447. 

-  Isabel,  362,  395,  466,  482. 

-  Isabella,  292,  389,  390,  394,  461,  471, 
474,  525,  530,  560,  564,  574. 

Isabella,  Campbeltown,  536. 

Isabella,  Kiltarlity,  530. 

—  Isabella,  schoolmistress,  531. 

—  Isabella  Baillie,  Stonehaven,  531. 

•  Isabella  Gollan  or,  Inverness,  532. 


Isabella  Mackenzie  or,  Glasgow,  535. 

—  Isabella  Sellar  or,  535. 

in  Islay,  486. 

Isobel,  176,  178,  179,  184,  277,  344, 

358,  385,  389,  490,  574. 

Jacobus,  57. 

James,  137,  178,  180,  193,  195,  258, 

276,  287,  294,  331,  337,  339,  343,  347, 
353,  355,  359,  361,  367,  375,  380,  381, 
382,  388,  389,  392,  395,  406,  433,  444, 
447,  448,  450,  451,  452,  453,  457,  460, 
461,  462,  463,  464,  465,  467,  469,  470, 
471,  472,  474,  479,  480,  481,  483,  484, 
490,  491,  494,  525,  526,  527,  529.  531, 


590 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


533,  556,  558,  560,  561,  562,  563,  564, 

565,  566,  575. 
Dallas,  James,  of  Cantray,  574. 

James,  of  St.  Martins,  574. 

James,  carpenter,  Dellacham,  529. 

James,  Aberdeen,  534. 

James,  of  Balblair,  254. 

James,  blacksmith,  534. 

James,  in  Budgett,  156. 

James,  Cambusnethan,  537. 

James,  of  Brae  of  Cantray,  196. 

-  James,  of  Cantray,  180-184,  195,  319, 
390,  432,  434. 

James,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  533. 

James,  Chelsea  Pensioner,  Inverness, 

531. 

James,  of  Croy,  194. 

• James  Douglas,  393. 

—  James,  Dunbeath,  533. 
James,  Elgin,  531. 

-  James,  F.L.S.,  408. 

—  James,  farmer,  536. 

James,  indweller  of  Galcantray,  178. 

— —  James,  in  Galcantray,  177,  195. 

James,  Glasgow,  535,  537. 

James,  shoemaker,  Glasgow,  535. 

James,  son  of  John  Dallas,  forester, 

Glasgow,  535. 

James,  in  Inverness,  447. 

James,  of  Kirkmichael,  171,  241,  274, 

388,  576. 

James,  Lochend,  534. 

James,  Munlochy,  537. 

James,  in  Nairn,  466. 

James,  Pecks,  532. 

James,  42nd  Regiment,  455. 

James,    solicitor,    Blairgowrie,    531, 

533. 

James,  of  St.  Martins,  336,  338,  495. 

James,  St.  Vigeans,  530. 

James,  tailor,  Old  Monkland,  534. 

James  Henry,  53,  405,  406,  563. 

James  Henry,  Macduff,  533. 

James  John,  567. 

James  Thomas,  560. 

James  Walker,  368. 

James  Watt,  528. 

Jane,  344,  445,  464,  476,  482,  525, 

528,  532,  560,  568. 

Jane,  Aberdeen,  533. 

Jane,  Dallaschyle,  532. 

Jane,  Kincardine-O'Neil,  532. 


Dallas  Jane  Crawford  or,  Greenock,  534. 

Jane  Duncan  or,  Stonehaven,  531. 

Jane  Duncan  or,  Blackiemuir,  532. 

Jane  Elizabeth,  568. 

—  Jane  Esther,  559,  566. 

Jane  Forbes  or,  Kinnylies,  534. 

Jane  Kenneth  or,  Stonehaven,  535. 

Jane  Margaret,  503. 

Jane  Spark,  Montrose,  531. 

Jane  Watt,  528. 

Jane  Watt  or,  Edinburgh,  531. 

- —  Janet,  134,  137,  159,  276,  347,  359, 

362,  386,  447,  448,  458,  461,  470,  477, 

527,  528,  532,  556,  574. 

Janet,  Greenock,  532. 

Janet  Bethia,  376. 

Janet  Callum  or,  Nairn,  536. 

Janet  Forbes  or,  Inverness,  537. 

Janet  Fraser  or,  530,  535. 

Janet  Fraser  or,  Dingwall,  532. 

Janet  M'Gilvray  or,  Old  Monkland, 

534. 

Janet  M'Intosh  or,  Calcabock,  533. 

Janet  M'Lean  or,  Campbeltown,  536. 

—  Janet  Neilson  or,  Old  Nitshill,  532. 

Janet  Simpson  or,  Culcabock,  530. 

Janet,  Welltoun,  Cawdor,  532. 

Jean,  179,  206.  301,  395,  449,  475, 

477,  491,  492,  574. 

Jean  Frazer,  Southampton,  434. 

Jean  Kenneth  or,  Stonehaven,  534. 

Jean  Nicol  or,  534. 

M.  Jean  Aristide,  520. 

Jessie  M'Intosh  or,  Inverness,  537. 

Jessy,  481. 

— —  Joan,  395. 

Johanne  Marie,  360. 

John,  35-36,  38-40,  41,  55,  86,  87,  89, 

92,  96,  97,  98,  99,  102, 120,  124, 134,  135, 
136,  137,  148,  149,  154,  157,  158,  159, 
163,  168,  172,  180,  194,  205,  245,  260, 
281,  336,  375,  381,  382,  383,  385,  387, 
389,  390,  391,  392,  394,  395,  396,  406, 
407,  408,  433,  444,  445,  448,  449,  450, 
451,  452,  455,  456,  457,  460,  461,  464, 
465,  466,  467,  468,  469,  470,  471,  472, 
473,  475,  476,  477,  478,  481,  482,  483, 
584,  485,  488,  489,  490,  493,  494,  495, 
526,  527,  528,  529,  530,  531,  533,  556, 
558,  559,  560,  561,  564,  565,  566,  567, 
568,  569,  570,  571,  573,  574,  576. 

John,  Aberdeen,  533. 


INDEX 


591 


Dallas,  John,  of  Bannans,  176,  290,  291, 
300,  302,  394,  462. 

John,  in  Brachlie,  98. 

John,  I.  of  Budgate,  249. 

John,  burgess  of  Nairn,  134,  574. 

—  John,  Campbeltown,  536. 

—  John,  of  Gantray,  56,  97,  102. 

—  John,  in  Cantray,  104,  116,  121,  232. 
—  John,  in  Cantradown,  193,  232. 

John,  in  Cantrafreis,  123. 

John,  of  Croy,  94,  96,  97,  198,  573. 

John,  in  Dalziel,  159,  432,  434. 

John,  Dellacham,  509. 

John,  ancestor  of  Dallas  of  Inverness 

or  Edinburgh,  164. 

John,  in  Balblair,  468. 

John,  Banff,  530. 

John,  shoemaker,  Dundee,  529. 

-John,  of  Easterford,  42,  43,  44-55, 


56,  217. 
John,  of  Edinburgh,  57. 

—  John,  Kiltarlity,  531. 

John,  forester,  Glasgow,  535. 

John,  Glasgow,  535. 

John,  HawkhiU  House,  Leith,  535. 

•  John,  farmer,  Inverness,  531. 

John,  Inverness,  537. 

John,  in  Islay,  157,  574. 

John,  gardener,  Kincardine,  532. 

John,  of  Laggan,  488. 

John,  Macphadrick,  573. 

John,  merchant  in  Nairn,  134,  166. 

John,  minister  of  Tain,  249,  250. 

- — -  John,  Nairn,  464,  536. 

John,  painter,  Inverness,  537. 

John,  of  Primrosehill,  256,  259,  266, 

345,  576. 

John,  rafter,  Port  Glasgow,  529. 

John,  42nd  Regiment,  470. 

John,  of  Rothiemurchus  (1587),  96. 

John,  Dean  of  Ross,  134,  166,  168, 

240,  241,  243,  253,  462,  578. 

John,  shipowner,  Glasgow,  535. 

John,  Skipness,  529. 

John,  son  of  Simon  D.,  529. 

John,  of  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania, 

198. 

John,  of  Tarnaway,  56. 

John,  WeUtown,  Cawdor,  532. 

John  Campbell,  396. 

John  Charles  Richard,  506. 

John  D.,  advocate,  464. 


Dallas,  John,  Eastwood,  563. 

John  Edwin,  562. 

John  Forbes,  191,  193,  194. 

John,  in  Galcantray,  192,  193,  194, 

574. 

• John  Gregor,  M.D.,  Aberdeen,  434. 

John  Henry,  559. 

—  John  M'Arpiter,  124,  573. 

John  Marshall,  527. 

'  More,'  John  of,  48. 

John  Peter  Grant,  444,  561,  562,  566. 

John  Riley,  562. 

—  John  Sweetland,  407. 

—  John  William,  562. 

—  Joseph,  347,  491,  558,  559,  560. 
— • —  Joseph,  Arbirlot,  536. 

—  Joseph  Alexander,  561,  562,  565,  568. 

—  Julia  Maria,  498,  517,  568. 

—  Julian  Stuart,  518. 

Juliet  Elizabeth,  557. 

Juliet  M.  M.,  518. 

-  Kate  Lydia,  519. 

-  Kate  Winter,  566. 

-  Katherine,  184,  346,  461,  477,  573. 

—  Katherine  Denny,  512. 

-  Katherine  Sophia,  212. 

-  Kathleen  Campbell,  518. 

-  Kenneth,  467,  527. 
Kezia,  566. 

in  Kincardineshire,  490. 

Lachlan,  159,  280,  292,  388,  389,  390, 

391,  394,  395,  396,  433,  455,  476,  527, 

529,  530. 
• Lachlan,  Banff,  529,  534. 

-  Lachlan,  St.  Vigeans,  530. 
— —  Lauchlan,  Inverness,  537. 
Lewis,  student,  529. 

-  lalias  Anderson  M'Kechnie  or,  535. 


Lilias  Mary,  407. 

Lillias,  174,  261,  275,  291,  389,  394, 

395,  396,  467,  556,  574,  576. 

Lillias  Mackenzie  or,  Glasgow,  533. 

— —  Lillias  Mary,  563. 

Lily  Ann,  534. 

— —  Lodge,  18. 

Louisa,  368,  563,  564,  569. 

Louisa  Joanna,  408,  564. 

Lucy,  558,  569. 

Lucy  Clara,  209. 

Lucy  Sarah,  210. 

Lords  of,  569. 

Magdalen,  210. 


592 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Dallas,  Maggie  Broatch  or,  Cambusnethan, 
537. 

Margaret,  159,    184,    195,  261,  277, 

336,  376,  380,  381,  396,  434,  445,  447, 
449,  451,  460,  466,  470,  475,  476,  481, 
485,  490,  491,  492,  518,  525,  526,  527, 
528,  531,  532,  556,  562,  576. 

Margaret,  Canongate,  Edinburgh,  531. 

Margaret,  Dundee,  537. 

— -Margaret,  Edinburgh,  536. 

Margaret,  Grahamstown,  536. 

Margaret  Anderson  or,  526. 

—  Margaret  Anderson  or,  Partick,  536. 

Margaret  Ann,  Inverness,  537. 

Margaret  Berry  Carson,  527. 

—  Margaret  Burness  or,Stonehaven,535. 
Margaret  Clark  or,  Glasgow,  535. 

—  Margaret  Ethel,  408. 
•  Margaret  Grant,  525. 

Margaret  Henrietta,  564,  567. 

—  Margaret  M'Intosh  or,  532. 

— -  Margaret  M'Leod  or,  Pecks,  532. 

Margaret  Malcolm  or,  526,  533. 

Margaret  Maria,  519. 

—  Margaret  Muirhead  or,  536. 

—  Margaret  Neil  or,  Inverness,  537. 
— •  Margaret  Orr  or,  Edinburgh,  531. 

Margaret  Roberta  or  Kennedy,  464. 

Margaret  Ross  or,  Inverness,  531. 

-  Maria,  568,  576. 

Maria  Charlotte,  515. 

Maria  Margarita,  560. 

—  Marianne,  213. 

—  Marion,  380,  383. 

-  Rev.  Marion,  D.D.,  495. 

Marjorie,  146,  147,  159,  164,  201,  387, 

396,  459,  527,  573,  574. 

Marjory,  of  Cantray,  115-116,  138. 

Marjory,  of  Cantray,  death  of,  131. 

Marjory,  of  Cantray,  marriage  of, 

119,  122. 

Marjorie  Lilias,  396,  409. 

Marjorie  Logan  or,  Inverness,  537. 

Marmaduke,  275,  277,  278,  299,  300, 

339,  347,  380,  381,  383,  395. 

Martha,  481,  489,  567. 

Martha,  M.A.,  568. 

Mary,  171,  302,  381,  382,  395,  445, 

469,  470,  474,  478,  479,  525,  526,  527, 
530,  558,  562,  563,  565,  568,  569,  576. 

Mary,  daughter  of  William  D.,  coach- 
builder,  Edinburgh,  535. 


Dallas,  Mary,  flax-worker,  Aberdeen,  534. 

Mary,  Banff,  530. 

Mary,  widow,  Rothes,  530. 

Mary,    wife    of    Robert    Urquhart, 

Inverness,  537. 

Mary  Bishop  or,  Leith,  530. 

Mary  Ann,  526,  558,  560. 

Mary  Ann,  Aberdeen,  534. 

Mary  Brunton,  562. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  560. 

Mary  Hannah,  561. 

Mary  Sarah,  562. 

Mary,  or  Cameron,  Madderty,  529. 

Mary  Lockhart,  382. 

Mary  M'Alpine  or,  534. 

Mary  Preston,  567. 

Mary  Ramsay  or,  534. 

Mary  Sarah,  197. 

Mary  Stewart  or,  527. 

Mary  Susanna,  567. 

Mary  Willis,  508. 

Matilda,  513,  515. 

Matthew,  527,  530. 

Matthew,  Aberdeen,  534. 

Matthew,  Leith,  530. 

Michael,  25,  28,  360,  369. 

—  Michael,  lands  of,  13. 

Milborough  Jackson,  506. 

in  Montrose,  494. 

Mordache,  137,  466. 

Murdoch,  392,  393. 

in  Nairn,  466. 

Nans,  477. 

Nathan,  344,  346. 

of  North  Newton,  380,  384. 

Octavia,  393. 

Patrick,  86,  89,  107,  116,  132,  138, 

160,  229,  230,  245,  249,  459,  469,  488, 

573,  576. 

Patrick,  of  Cantray,  104. 

Patrick  Dunbar  Glanville,  408. 

Patrick,  of  Durris,  232,  573. 

Peter,  292,  375,  389,  390,  391,  394, 

434,  449,  451,  452,  463,  478,  479,  489. 

525,  527,  533. 

Peter,  Culloden,  533. 

Peter,  Dingwall,  535, 

Peter,  sawyer,  Glasgow,  533. 

Peter,  wood  sawyer,  Glasgow,  535. 

—  Peter,  Glasgow,  537. 

Peter  Alexander,  Glasgow,  535. 

—  Peter  Grant,  393. 


INDEX 


593 


Dallas,  of  Petsal,  179,  200-213. 

in  Petty,  459. 

Richard,  561,  565. 

Richard  Alexander,  557,  567. 

Richard  Frederick,  505. 

Richard  Gregory,  561. 

of  Riddoch  Hill,  385. 

Sir  Robert,  191,  207,  410,  424,  425, 

430,  565. 

Sir  Robert,  death  of,  427. 

Sir  Robert  Charles,  559. 

Robert,  54,  134,  205,  206,  259,  276, 

284,  293,  299,  342,  386,  425,  447,  450, 
469,  472,  476,  488,  489,  490,  491,  493, 
494, 517, 527, 533, 561, 562, 565, 566,567. 
•  Robert,  ancestor  of  Dallas  in  Jam- 


aica and  America,  347. 

Robert,  ancestor  of  Dallas  in  Mussel- 
burgh,  290. 

Robert,  M.D.,  495. 

Robert,  of  Dallas  Castle,  Jamaica, 

366,  367,  495,  503. 

Robert,  Fortrose,  576. 


Robert,  Kennylies,  534. 

Robert,  Musselburgh  family,  293. 

Robert,  in  Skibo,  471. 

Robert,  Stonehaven,  533,  534,  535. 

Robert  Arthur,  569. 

Robert  Charles,  211,  496,  498. 

Robert  Charles  Henry,  566. 

Robert  George,  558. 

Robert  John,  406. 

—  Robert  Stuart  Morrison,  506. 

Robert  Wallace,  504,  559. 

Robert  William,  209,  563,  568. 

R.  W.,  569. 

Robina,  345. 

Roderick,  448,  450,  451,  452,  530. 

Roderick,  Bulawayo,  434. 

—  Roderick,  farmer,  Inverness,  530. 
Roderick,  Inverness,  537. 

—  Rosina,  561,  567. 
Rosina  Winter,  566. 

—  Rupert  Caradoc  Francis,  212. 
Hon.  Samuel  Jackson,  504. 

Sarah,  381,  382,  409,  495,  505,  506, 

517,  526,  561,  563,  565,  567,  568. 

Sarah  Ann,  563,  568. 

Sarah  Eleanor,  562. 

Sarah  Georgina,  498. 

Sarah  Isabella,  406,  560. 

Sarah  Margaret  Sophia,  561. 


Dallas,  Sarah  M'Pherson,  481. 

Sarah  Page  or,  Forres,  536. 

Sarah  Rose  or,  533. 

Sarah  Rose  or,  Inverness,  537. 

Selina  Eliza,  562,  566. 


Seymour,  558. 

Shiak  or  Shaw,  148. 

Sidney,  393. 

—  Simon,  451,  471,  529,  565. 

Simon,  Glasgow,  529. 

Sophia,  206,  385,  513,  526,  530. 

Sophia  Burrell,  513. 


Sophia,  Cullen,  530. 

Stewart,  190. 

Stewart,  ancestor  of  Dallas  in  Edin- 
burgh, 347. 
Stuart,  531,  567. 

Stuart,  of  Castlebarns,  367. 

Stuart,  Kirkcaldy,  531. 

Stuart  Alexander,  504. 

Stuart  Alexander  Charles,  505. 

Stuart  George,  503,  506,  517,  563. 

Susan  Rose,  406. 

—  Susan  Walker,  563. 

—  Susanna,  362. 

Susanna  More,  361. 

Sybilla,  425. 

Tann,  559. 

Theodosia  Selina,  212. 

Theresa  Ellen,  558. 

Thomas  of  (1306),  33,  34. 

Thomas,  293,  294,  376,  380,  381,  382, 

395,  396,  479,  482,  495,  531,  557,  558, 

559,  560. 

Thomas,  shop  porter,  Edinburgh,  531. 

Thomas,  wine  merchant,  Edinburgh, 

535. 
Thomas,  of  Tullyglen  (1430),  53. 

—  Sir  Thomas,  G.C.B.,  371. 
Thomas  E.,  568. 

—  Thomas  Edmund,  559. 

—  Torquil,  556. 

Trevanion  Barlow,  507,  512. 

Trevor  A.  S.,  518. 

Yorke,  Haliburton  Francis,  374. 

Yorke,  Thomas  Yorke,  373, 377,  442. 

Yorke.Thomas  Yorke,  of  Walmsgate, 

151. 

Yorke,  Winifred  Anne,  374. 

Waldron,  406. 

Walter,  179,  188,  344,  346,  358,  459, 


574. 


2p 


594 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Dallas,  Walter  James,  194. 

Sir  William  de,  572. 

Sir  William  de,  son  of  William  de 

Ripley,  25. 

Sir  William  of,  26,  28-32. 

Sir  William,  29,  30. 

-William,  31,  32,  86,  104,  132,  134, 
138,  140,  154,  156,  157,  172,  179,  193, 
194,  195,  196,  197,  234,  251,  255,  256, 
257,  282,  290,  301,  339,  342,  353,  267, 
368,  375,  378,  385,  392,  395,  405,  406, 
409,  433,  434,  451,  452,  453,  454,  456, 
458,  459,  463,  464,  467,  468,  469,  472, 
473,  475,  476,  478,  479,  480,  481,  482, 
483,  484,  485,  488,  489,  491,  492,  493, 
525,  526,  527,  528,  529,  530,  531,  532, 
533,  558,  559,  560,  561,  562,  564,  567, 
568,  573,  574,  575,  576. 

William,  Aberdeen,  533. 

William,  ancestor  of  Dallas- Yorke  of 

Walmsgate,  347. 

William,  of  Ballafries  (1563),  111. 

William,  in  Balmachree,  159, 431,432, 

446. 
William,  Blackmuir,  532. 

William,  blacksmith,  533. 

William,  gardener,  Banff,  530. 

William,  of  Budgate,  58-59,  64,  65, 

69,  124,  132,  168, 217,  219,  220,  231,  238, 
388,  570,  573. 

William,  II.  of  Budgate,  221. 

William,    III.    of    Budgate    (1515), 

223. 

William,  IV.  of  Budgate,  236,  296, 

575. 

William,  V.  of  Budgate,  238,  576. 

William,  W.S.,  of  Budgate,  340,  341. 

William,  in  Cantrafreis,  93,  232. 

William,  of  Cantrafreis,  123. 

William,  of  Cantray,  57,  58,  59,  60, 

96,  103, 132, 138, 140, 142,  145,  148, 149, 
150,  152,  156,  177,  344,  389,  391,  431, 
488,  572,  573,  574. 

William,  of  Cantray,  death  of,  62, 

157. 

William,  II.  of  Cantray,  139-159. 

William,  III.  of  Cantray,  176-180. 

William,  IV.  of  Cantray,  185-190. 

William,  last  of  Cantray,  521. 

— -  William,  of  Croy,  198,  199. 

William,  shoemaker,  Crieff,  530. 

William,  in  Edenhill,  446. 


Dallas,  William,  coachbuilder,  Edinburgh, 
535. 

William,  gentleman's  servant,  Edin- 
burgh, 535. 

William,  W.S.,  386. 

—  William,  W.S.,  Edinburgh,  538. 

William,  in  Galcantray,  193. 

William,  slater,  Glasgow,  529. 

William,  cooper,  Glasgow,  532. 

William,  Glasgow,  533. 

William,  shoemaker,  Glasgow,  535. 

— —  William,  Inohyettle,  532. 

—  William,  inventory  of  estate,  463. 

William,  in  Inverness,  447,  537. 

William,  Lochend,  Inverness,  530. 

William,  merchant,  Inverness,  576. 

William,  Islay,  574. 

—  William,  of  Jamaica,  496. 
William,  Kinghorn,  536. 

-  William,  labourer,  Leith,  530. 

William,  shoemaker,  Montrose,  531, 

532. 
William,  farmer,  Munlochy,  537. 

—  William,  in  Newton,  434. 

William,  of  North  Newton,  370. 

William,  hammerman,  Partick,  536. 

William,  house  painter,  535. 

William,  mason,  Stonenaven,  531. 

-  William,  Rothes,  530. 

William,  42nd  Regiment,  450. 

—  William,  servitor,  149. 

- —  William,  of  Strathardel,  50. 

William,  of  Termitt,  185. 

William,  in  Tomluncart,  195,  434. 

—  William,  W.S.,  375,  462. 

William,   W.S.,  letter  to   Georgina, 

Lady  Burton,  377. 
William,   son   of   Alexander  Dallas, 

solicitor,  Inverness,  532. 

slater,  Greenock,  532. 

William  Boyle  Marjoribanks,  481. 

William  Gemmell,  211. 

William  John,  559. 

William  Liscombe,  407,  561. 

William  Loraine  Seymour,  368. 

Colonel  William  Mansfield  Morrison, 

396. 

William  Philip,  375. 

W.  R.  H.,  569. 

William   Sweetland,   553,   561,   562, 

563,  564. 
William  Sweetland,  F.L.S.,  406. 


INDEX 


595 


Dallas,  William  Wilkins,  512. 

Williamina  and  Ann,  277. 

Rev.  W.  L.  S.,  503. 

Dalas,  Dolas,  Doles,  etc. 

Dalas,  Patrick,  478. 

Dolas,  Archibald  de,  572.     . 

• Henry  of  Cantray,  573. 

John,  480. 

—  John  de,  II.,  572. 

—  John  de,  of  Cantray,  572. 

—  John  de,  Lord  of  Cromdale,  572. 

—  John  of,  572. 

—  John,  of  Easterford,  572. 

-  Robert,  572. 
—  Robert  de,  55. 

Thomas  de,  33,  572. 

Dolass,  James  de,  572. 
Delays,  John  de,  572. 

Mychel,  8,  9. 

Thomas  de,  572. 

Doles,  Alexander  of  Cantray  and  Rothie- 
murchus,  573. 

Archibald,  573. 

Elizabeth,  43. 

Henry  de,  572. 

—  Isobel,  476. 

—  James,  476. 

—  John,  573. 

—  John,  of  Easterford,  575. 

-  Martin,  43,  572. 

-  William,  II.  of  Budwite,  575. 

-  William,  III.  of  Budwite,  575. 
Dollace,  Elizabeth  de,  572. 

Elizabeth,  42. 

John,  494. 

Delias,  Alexander  M'Hutcheon,  488,  573. 

Alexander,  of  Ballafreis,  573. 

— —  Andrew,  479. 

—  Catherine,  484. 

-  Elspeth,  480. 

—  George,  479. 

—  George,  in  Islay,  488. 

—  George,  of  Tomatane,  488. 

-  Grissel,  477,  480. 

-  Hugh,  488. 

Isabella,  477. 

Isobel,  477. 

James,  468,  477. 

Janet,  478. 

John,  479,  480,  481,  493. 

Margaret,  478,  483. 


Dollas,  Michael,  572. 

Patrick,  488. 

Peter,  482. 

-  William,  478,  480,  485. 
Dollass,  Margaret,  476. 
Dolles,  122. 

John,  476. 

William,  of  Budwyth,  572. 

—  Alexander,  II.  of  Budzett,  575. 
Dallaschyle,  lands  of,  231. 
Dalnaghie,  106. 
Daloquhe,  Alexander,  98. 
Dalziel,  Thomas,  of  Binns,  357. 
Darling,  Ann,  527,  533. 
Davidson  family,  195. 
Davidson,  AL,  478. 
Andrew,  of  Davidston,  61. 

—  Cuthbert,  521. 

-  David,  188,  521. 

-  Sir  David,  521. 

-  Henry,  of  Tulloch,  209. 

—  Hugh  Cochrane,  521. 

—  Hugh  Grogan,  521. 
Janet,  463. 

—  John,  268,  319. 

—  Justina,  209. 

Lucy,  565. 

Margaret,  521. 

-  William,  521. 

Sir  William,  329. 

Davidstoun,  339. 
Daviot  parish,  472. 
Davochnalurgan,  174. 
Dawkins,  Lucy,  558. 

Mary  Ann,  561. 

Day,  James,  528. 

Sarah,  405. 

Dean,  Isabella,  526. 
Dean's  Crook,  Elgin,  16. 

De  Barbengon,  William,  539. 
Degnan,  Ann,  529. 
Dehany,  543. 

Ann,  538. 

Dehanys  or  Dehenins,  Jacques,  539. 
De  Hennin,  Jacques,  539. 

James,  539. 

Peter,  539. 

Philip,  539. 

De  Henins,  540-542. 
De  Lalain,  Isabella,  539. 
De  Lagne,  Catherine,  539. 
Delcroy,  133. 


596 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Delligrauche,  133. 
Delondes,  Adrien,  514. 
Denhill,  lands  of,  490. 
Denoon,  Margaret,  470. 

Walter,  447. 

Benson,  Joan,  483. 
Dent,  Emily,  559. 

Emma,  504. 

Despard,  Colonel  C.  B.,  393. 

Sophia  Elizabeth,  393. 

Dewar,  Janet,  494. 

De  Witt,  General,  523. 

Dickson,  Christina  Dallas  or,  Glasgow,  533. 

John,  police  constable,  533. 

Digby,   Mary    Anne,    daughter    of    Vice- 

Admiral  Digby,  547. 
Dingwall,  Margaret,  471. 
Dingwall  parish,  474. 
Dipple,  401. 
Dixon,  Major-General  C.  B.,  374. 

Fitz  Eugene,  509. 

John,  of  Kells,  550. 

Donachie,  Jonet  Neyne,  148. 
Donall  Brig,  21. 
Donovan,  William,  375. 
Doodney,  Charles,  506. 
Dores  parish,  472. 
Dornoch  parish. 
Douglas,  Sir  Archibald,  35. 

Ella,  507. 

•  George,  268. 

Sir  James,  K.C.B.,  393. 

—  Jane,  393. 

Margaret,  267,  268,  576. 

Mary,  271. 

— —  Walter  of,  46. 

Doule,  More  M'Gulecallum  (1575),  66. 

Doune,  of  Rothiemurchus,  108. 

Dove,  Rebecca,  554. 

Doye,  Paul  M'Condochy,  443. 

Drainie,  19. 

Drane,  Charles,  555.  • 

Drumtennell,  133. 

Drumdich,  lands  of,  158. 

Drumdurris,  106. 

Drummoir,  167, 169, 177,178;  lands  of,  102. 

Drummond,  Mary,  530. 

Drummore,  163. 

Drummoyr,  town  and  lands,  104. 

Drummuir,  148. 

Drumoir,  122,  133,  155. 

Drumoir  Dolles,  98;  lands  of,  116. 


Drumoyr  Dolles,  102. 
Drumurney,  163. 
Drynachan,  156. 
Drysdale,  Alexander,  447. 

Janet,  484. 

Duff,  Isabel,  261. 
Duffus,  James,  Lord,  298. 
Lady,  397. 

-  Lord,  400. 

Duffus,  Kirklands  of,  77 ;  parish,  483. 
Duglas,  Alexander  de,  10. 
Dumphaill,  130. 
Dunbar,  Alexander,  of  Bennetsfield,  155. 

Bessie,  161. 

Mr.,  of  Boggs,  397. 

of  Burgie,  129. 

Christian,   155,   160,   161,   171,  200, 

243,  387,  753. 
Colin,  155. 

—  Colin,  of  Risollis,  324. 
George,  155. 

George,  minister  of  Nairn,  136. 

Isabella,  225,  228,  575. 

James,  289. 

James,  of  Bennetsfield,  573. 

—  Sir  James,  of  Cumnock  (1501),  61. 
James,  junior,  merchant,  Inverness,. 

576. 

James,  of  Pennyk,  129. 

Mr.  James,  of  Tarbet,  129. 

John,  155,  204. 

—  Lilias,  396,  397. 
— .  Mrs.  Lilias,  400. 

—  Margaret,  237,  575. 

—  Marjorie,  171,  573. 

— •  Ninian,  of  Grangehill,  160,  574. 

Patrick,  200. 

- — -  Robert,  107,  160. 

—  Mr.  Robert,  of  Ankergill,  135. 
Robert,  of  Burgie,  128. 

Robert,  in  Dalehouse,  161. 

—  Robert,  of  Durris,  88. 

Thomas,  165,  201,  574. 

Captain  Thomas,  186. 

Lord  Thomas  of,  47. 

Duncan,  son  of  Gillemychal  M'Ath,  9,  10., 

•  Isabella,  Marnoch,  534. 

James,  540. 

James,  fisherman,  Skipness,  530. 

Jane,  531,  532. 

Jean,  491. 

Margaret,  556. 


INDEX 


597 


Dundas,  Robert,  of  Arniston,  349. 
Dunfermline,  Abbot  of,  54. 
Dunmaglass,  435. 
Dunnottar  P.R.,  491,  492. 
Dunoveg,  488. 
Dunse,  345. 

Dun-is,  88,  105,  107,  112,  158;  lands  of, 
104 ;  mill  of,  89. 

—  Loppan,  116. 
Dustan,  Helen,  473,  528. 
Duthie,  Catherine,  490. 

Dyer,  Sir  Thomas  Swinnerton,  llth  Bar- 
onet, 548. 

Sir  Thomas,  12th  Baronet,  548. 

Dyke,  Frances  Thomson,  461. 
Dyke  parish,  490. 

EARLE,  Charles,  563. 

—  Timothy  H.,  501. 
Easter  Balblair,  279,  286. 

Erquhart,  147. 

Easterford,  44 ;  lands  of,  44. 
Easter  Urquhard,  69. 

-  Urquhill,  133. 
Edenkillie  parish,  481. 
Edinburgh,  176,  260,  431,  485. 
Edward,,  Evelyn  Mary,  445. 
Giles  Bruce,  445. 

-  Harry  Dallas,  445. 
Jean  Dallas  or,  532. 

Joan  Edith  Dallas,  445. 

Marjorie  Grace  Dallas,  445. 

—  Mary  Patricia  Dallas,  445. 

-  Robert,  491. 

—  Robert,  Blackiemuir,  532. 

—  Walter  Maurice  Dallas,  445. 
William  Bruce  Dallas,  445. 

-  Rev.  W.  W.,  444. 
Egerton  MSS.,  496. 
Eldon,  Lord,  423. 
Elgin,  38,  77,  400. 

Cathedral,  8. 

Elie  parish,  480. 
Ellenborough,  Lord,  212. 
Ellerig,  443. 

Elliot,  Cockburn,  348,  496. 

—  Frederick  Boileau,  538. 

-  Mary,  373,  496. 
William,  348. 

Emory,  Lieut.-Col.  C.  Dallas,  515. 

-  W.  H.,  515. 

Lieut-Corn.  W.  H.,  515. 


English  Bards  and  Scotch  Reviewers,  497. 
Esph'n,  Christian,  381. 

Jean,  293. 

Evans,  Mary  Cadwaller,  512. 
Every-Halstead,  Charles  Edward,  210. 
Exmouth,  444. 

FALCONER,  Alexander,  of  Blackhills,  137. 

Alexander,  of  Lethane,  86. 

Ann,  529. 

Ann,  Inchyettle,  529. 

—  Jean,  386. 

—  Margaret,  472. 

-  William,  135. 
Falkirk,  33. 
Farncombe,  498. 
Farquhar,  280. 

Farquharson,  of  Auchenheyle,  545. 
Fentoun,  Sir  William  of,  32. 
Ferguson,  Betsy,  533. 

Isabella,  197,  453,  563. 

Mary  Anne,  500. 

Ferritoun,  331,  337. 
Ffinch,  Emily  Janet,  505. 
Field,  Ann,  560. 
Fife,  Earl  of,  15. 

Robert,  Earl  of,  52. 

Findhorn,  water  of,  149. 
Findlay,  J.  G.,  of  Tour,  465. 

-  William,  471. 
Finlay,  Elizabeth,  205. 
Florence,  Emily,  563. 
Florida,  382. 
Forbes,  Ann,  385. 

Ann  Sinclair,  534. 

Christina,  532. 

Duncan,  239. 

Georgina,  431. 

Isobel,  196. 

Janet,  451. 

- —  John,  534. 
Lachlan,  181. 

—  Master  of,  403. 

Forres,  470 ;  Castle,  31 ;  parish,  473. 
Forsyth,  Margaret,  463. 
Fort  George,  444. 
Fortrose,  134. 

(Rosemarkie)  parish,  475. 

Fortune,  John,  482. 
Fotheringham,  Anne,  539. 

—  of  Fotheringham,  538-3. 
Frederick,  539. 


598 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Fotheringham,  James  Scrymgeour,  538. 

Peter,  539. 

Col.  Thomas  OgUvie,  538. 

Thomas    Frederick   Scrymgeour,    of 

Fotheringham,  538. 

Walter  James  Scrymgeour,  538. 

Fouler,  David,  391. 

David,  elder,  391. 

Margaret,  391. 

Foules,  Robert,  576. 

Foulis,  Sir  James,  of  Colinton,  376. 

John,  258. 

Fouller,  Roderick,  265. 
Fountains  Abbey,  22,  23,  24. 
Fowler,  Donald,  of  Coulnald,  576. 

Margaret,  390. 

Murdo,  390. 

Nancy  C.,  513. 

Fowlis,  Katherine  Ross,  Lady,  236. 
Franklin,  Benjamin,  513. 
Fraser,  Alexander,  of  Lovat,  46. 

Alexander,  467,  474. 

Ann,  464,  468. 

•  Catherine,  173. 

Christian  Forbes  or,  532. 

Duncan,  42. 

Elizabeth,  450,  530. 

Hugh,  177,  254,  257,  266. 

Hugh,  in  Ardrossan,  226. 

Hugh,  of  Kilbockie,  576. 

Hugh,  of  Lovat,  35,  42,  46. 

James,  483. 

Janet,  137,  466,  473,  474. 

John,  532. 

John,  Dingwall,  532. 

Johnathan,  482. 

Julia,  196. 

Mackintosh,  Mr.,  60. 

Margaret,  254,  256,  434,  448,  468, 

475,  576. 

Mary,  449,  461,  478,  557. 

Simon,  29. 

Sinclair,  468. 

Thomas,  300. 

Thomas,  of  Lovat,  60. 

William,  of  Daltulich,  177. 

Lord,  of  Lovat,  132. 

Frasers,  12. 

Fraser's,  General,  Regiment  Foot,  479. 

French  Ambassador,  523. 

Fridge,  James,  479. 

Fullerton,  Sarah,  250. 


GAIE,  Thomas,  262. 

Galbraith,  Marion,  489. 

Galcantray,  56,  104,  105,  132,  162,  166, 

182,  186,  248,  289,  433 ;  lands  of,  239, 

387. 
Gale,  John  Dallas,  194. 

William  Forbes,  194. 

Gamrie  and  Macduff  parish,  476. 

Garmondsway,  William,  554. 

Garth,  554. 

Garvock  parish,  475. 

Geddes,  lands  of,  219. 

Gib,  Robert,  349. 

Gibb,  Elspeth,  492. 

Gibraltar,  395,  396. 

Gibson,  Lieut.,  and  family,  543. 

Gilbert,  John,  in  Lochloy,  156. 

Gilchrist,  Helen,  365. 

Gillies,  Mary,  489. 

Gimberges,  Godfrey,  Count  of,  540. 

Glad,  Major-General,  360. 

Glanville,  Charlotte  Latimer,  408. 

Glasgow,  Earl  of,  481. 

Glass,  Donald,  60. 

Janet,  456. 

Glen,  Clemantina,  480. 
Glencharny,  Gilbert  of,  56. 
Glenkerny,  Gilbert  of,  29. 
Glenmoir,  130. 
Glyn,  Miss  Isabella,  409. 
Godrel,  Louisa  de,  539. 
Gollan,  Isabella,  464,  532. 

John,  of  Gollanfield.  464. 

Thomas,  474. 

Golspie  parish,  477. 
Gordon,  Lord,  145,  229. 

Sir  Adam,  331. 

Alexander,  Lord  (1497),  60. 

•  of  Gordonstoun,  43. 

George,  of  Badenoch,  70,  71,  72. 

Lord  George,  90,  208. 

Janet  Simpson  or,  Culcabock. 

Lucy,  17. 

Sir  Ludovic,  of  Gordonstoun,  17. 

•  Sir  Robert,  of  Gordonstone,  14,  ]8. 

Sir  William,  of  Dalpholie,  308. 

William,  of  Dalpholly,  310. 

Gordon-Lennox,  Hon.  Ivy,  374. 
Gorme,  Sir  Donnald,  of  Slaitt,  142. 
Goudie,  Abigail,  Glasgow,  535. 
Gow,  James,  477. 
Gowan  Roberts,  Admiral,  R.N.,  210. 


INDEX 


599 


Gowans,  Jean,  525. 
Gowdie,  Issobel,  156. 
Graham,  Frances  Perry,  374. 

Gilbert,  of  Morphie,  45. 

Patrick  of,  29. 

Grange  (Keith),  parish,  478. 
Grant,  Allan,  of  Mullochaird,  549. 

Ann,  478,  491,  549,  550. 

Col.  Alexander,  C.B.,  of  Findrassie, 

551. 

Alexander,  of  Mullochaird,  549,  550. 

Archibald,  551. 

Charles  Mounsey,  551. 

Col.  Colquhoun,  551. 

Donald,  457,  478. 

Duncan,  550,  551. 

Sir  Duncan,  56. 

Duncan,  Mullochaird,  549,  550. 

Edward  Birkett,  550. 

Elizabeth  Gordon,  532. 

Helen,  393. 

Hugh,  552. 

Isabella  Elizabeth,  of  Talloch  Grabar, 

551. 

James,  146,  488. 

James,  of  Fruquhuy,  74,  76. 

James,  of  Moyness,  159. 

—  Sir  James  Robert,  C.B.,  K.H.,  550. 
James  Robert,  secretary  to  Sir  Lewis 

Grant,  550. 

James,  Mullochaird,  550. 

Jamesina,  550. 

Jean  Duff,  552. 

John  (1556),  91,  92. 

John,  in  Ballindallach,  69,  72. 

John,  of  Dunskeath,  329. 

John,  of  Freuchie,  131,  133,  142,  146. 

Sir  John,  of  Freuchy,  147. 

Sir  John,  apperend  of  Freuquhie,  142. 

John,  of  Glenmoristoun,  142. 

John,  servitor  to  Ludovic  Grant,  549. 

John,  of  Corremonie  (1582),  121. 

Sir  John,  of  Treachie,  549. 

of  Grant,  549. 

Laird  of,  145. 

Col.  Lewis,  of  Auchernuck,  552. 

Lewis,  of  Lethendrie,  545,  549. 

Sir  Lewis,  K.C.H.,  of  Lingieston,  551, 

Margaret,  452,  464,  525,  527. 

Marjorie,  448. 

Marjorie,  of  East  Elchies,  545 

Mary,  550. 


Grant,  Mary,  wife  of  Sir  James  M'Grigor, 

552. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Grant  of 

Balmacaan,  549. 

Mungo,  of  Mullochaird,  549. 

Patrick,  of  Ballindallache,  142, 

Rev.  Patrick,  393. 

Robert,  464,  551. 

Sir  Robert,  521. 

Robert,  of  Auchtorblair,  549. 

Robert,  of  Kylviemore,  550. 

Sophia,  530. 

Terzah,  550. 

—  Thomas  Dubh,  549. 

Walter,  Master  in  Equity,  550. 

William,  250. 

Grants,  12. 

Grants  of  Freuquhy,  147. 

Gray,  James,  277. 

John,  490. 

Great  Mario w,  180. 

Greek  girl,  523. 

Grege,  Judeth,  377. 

Gregory,  Dr.  Matthew,  543. 

Grenville,  Lord,  423. 

Gresham,  Sir  Richard,  24. 

Greve,  George,  128. 

Grey,  Lord,  423. 

Greyfriars,  Edinburgh,  258,  396,  485. 

Grogan,  Maria,  521. 

Grubb,  David,  527. 

Guise,  Duke  of,  540. 

HADDEN,  John,  Nottingham,  546. 

John  M'Gregor.  546. 

Mary  Isabella,  546. 

Mary  Jane,  546. 

Haldane,  Janet,  376. 
Haliburton  arms,  377. 
Haliburton,  Barbara,  379. 

Davidona,  371,  378,  379. 

Hall,  Thomas,  St.  James,  Jamaica.  542. 

Hamilton,  Duke  of,  358. 

Elizabeth  Anna,  daughter  of  Rev. 

John  Hamilton,  vicar  of  Linsted,  Kent, 

547. 

Margaret,  184,  434,  574. 

Hammond,  Marie,  360. 
Hardcastle,  Dorothea,  555. 

Michael,  555. 

Harding,  Benjamin,  496. 
Admiral  Francis,  376. 


600 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Harding,  Sarah,  496. 
Hastie,  George,  268. 

Grace  Colquhoun  or,  Glasgow,  532. 

William,  seaman,  Glasgow,  532. 

Hastings,  Warren,  410,  417,  422,  423,  424. 
Havre,  496. 
Hay,  David,  250. 
Gilbert,  205. 

-  Rev.  James,  184,  433. 

—  John,  the,  35. 

—  John,  46,  249. 

—  of  Lochloy,  42. 

—  John,  of  Lochloy,  135. 

—  Margaret,  132,  237,  239,  573,  575. 

—  William,  259,  271. 

-  William,  of  Lochloy,  219. 
Haynes,  Sarah,  501. 

Hays,  12. 

Hazeltine,  M.  W.,  513. 

Heirstein,  Maximilian,  Count  of,  540. 

Henderson,  Catherine,  450. 

Helen,  474. 

John,  483. 

Hendrie,  Andrew,  250. 

Hepburn,  Patrick,  Bishop  of  Moray,  77. 

Herock,  Hugh,  30. 

Hervie,  Isabel,  479. 

Heslop,  Ann,  553. 

Hetherington,  Jean,  447. 

Highland  Papers,  Macphail's,  140. 

Hill,  Agnes  Georgina,  503. 

-  Rev.  Alfred  B.,  502. 

-  Alfred  Maxwell,  502. 

—  Archdall  Maiden,  502. 

—  Catherine  Matilda,  501. 

• Henry  Seymour  M'C.,  502. 

—  Herbert  B.,  R.N.,  502. 

—  Julia  Catherine,  503. 

—  Mabel  Frederica,  503. 

Madeline  Amelia,  503. 

—  Wilfrid  St.  Maur,  502. 
History  of  the  Mackintoshes,  433. 
Holme,  David,  267. 

Holme,  lands  of,  106,  125,  230. 
Home,  Elizabeth,  270. 

Sir  Patrick,  269. 

Honeyman,  Catherine  Johnston,  385. 

Sir  William,  385. 

Hood,  Alexander,  283. 

John,  475. 

Houldsworth,  Mr.  J.  H.,  of  Coltness,  43. 
How,  Mrs.  Margaret,  370. 


Howard,  Charlotte,  393. 
Howell,  Elizabeth,  197. 

Martha  E.,  507. 

Howgate,  Joseph,  553. 
Hulbert,  Rev.  Canon,  503. 
Huntly,  Earl  of,  90. 

George,  Earl  of,  70,  71,  72. 

Marquis  of,  145. 

Hutchison,  Isabella,  462. 

ILIS,  Donald,  of  Slate  (1527),  69. 
Inchgeddle,  462. 
Indian  Guide,  The,  210. 
Inglis,  John,  248. 
Ingram,  John,  477. 
Innes,  Mr.  Cosmo,  37,  38. 

James,  of  Reidfurd,  125,  573. 

Lady,  401. 

Mrs.  Margaret,  402. 

William  of,  30. 

Innes,  William,  284. 

Insheoch,  135. 

Inveraray  parish,  477. 

Inverness,  56,  60,  90,  148,  219,  388,  391, 

464. 

Invernessiana,  60. 
Inverness  Sasines,  462. 
Invernois,  Duke  of,  541. 
Ireland,  George,  345. 
Irish  Rebellion,  letter  on,  429. 
Irving,  Robert,  252. 
Irwin,  Hon.  W.  W.,  515. 

Richard  B.,  515. 

Islay,  140,  488,  495. 
Iwen,  lands  of,  125. 

JACK,  Ann,  192. 

Jackson,  Elizabeth,  504. 

Jaffray,  Alexander,  252. 

Jafirey,  John,  480. 

James  iv.,  60. 

Jamie,  Rev.  David,  464. 

Jamaica,  347,  382,  495,  504. 

Janet,  daughter  of  John  Rose  of  Ballivat 

(1564),  115. 
Jap,  Elizabeth,  494. 
Jardine,  Charlotte,  209. 
Jemmett,  Bishop  of  Cork,  383. 
Joass,  476. 

Johanne  and  Andrea,  10. 
Johnston,  Christian,  556. 
Janet,  485. 


INDEX 


601 


Johnston,  John,  359. 

Robert,  556. 

William,  325. 

KANE,  William,  M.D.,  376. 

Karrow,  of  Brae  of  Moray,  431. 

Kay,  David,  470. 

Keith,  Ann,  534. 

Kellas,  teind  of  Earl  of  Fife,  15. 

Kelsall,  Mrs.,  520. 

Kennapoild,  104,  147. 

Kennedy,  Duncan,  464. 

Margaret  Roberta,  or  Dallas,  464. 

—  Mary,  560. 
Kenneth,  Peter,  534. 
Kenowie,  Alexander,  349. 
Kensal  Green  Cemetery,  444. 
Kentessack,  469. 

Kerr,  Ann,  538. 

Elizabeth,  375. 

Elizabeth  Ann,  538. 

James,  Jamaica,  538. 

Mary,  538-39. 

Kettle  parish,  480. 
Kildalton,  488. 
Killearnan  parish, 
Kilravock,  156,  389. 

Baron  of,  58,  148. 

Lady,  404. 

Laird  of,  11,  177. 

Kincardine,  474. 
King,  Anne,  517. 

Susan  Seil,  517. 

King  Edward  parish,  475. 
Kingston,  Jamaica,  496. 
Kingussie,  158. 
Kinief,  Jane  Garvie,  492. 
Kinnear,  Janet,  484. 
Kinrara  Manuscripts,  233,  443. 
Kinstary,  lands  of  (1538),  62. 
Kintaill,  Lord,  145. 

Colline,  Lord,  142. 

Kintore,  Mr.  William,  338. 
Kirk  discipline,  152. 
Kirkcudbright  parish,  479. 
Kirkmichael,  264. 

—  (Banffshire)  parish,  483. 
Kirktown  Green,  16. 
Kirkwood,  Elizabeth,  295. 
Kyllachy,  Lord,  arms  of,  432. 
Knockando,  17. 
Knockbain  parish,  475. 


LAGGAN  parish,  482. 
Laing,  Isobel,  473. 

John,  135. 

Lairgs,  63,  68,  96,  116;  lands  and  mill  of, 

122. 

Lauder,  Christian,  282,  285,  287,  289,  576. 
Law,  Frances  Henrietta,  212. 

Helen,  450. 

Margaret,  154. 

William,  490. 

Leach,  Anne,  555. 

Kate,  555. 

John  Charles,  555. 

John  Forrest,  555. 

Leal,  Elizabeth,  483. 

Leanoch,  Cairn  of,  17. 

Learmonth,  Helen,  485. 

Leask,  Euphemia,  556. 

Lecky,  George  C.,  512. 

Leeds,  Frederica  C.,  518. 

Lees,  Andrew,  362. 

Leirmont,  Christian,  107. 

Leith,  house  of  the  Governor  of,  325. 

Lepanane,  lands  of,  106. 

Lepane,  lands  of,  89. 

Lerachcrachin,  lands  of,  106. 

Leslie,  Isabella,  573. 

Isobel,  88. 

Laird  of  Wardores,  72. 


Lesly,  Alexander,  the  younger,  of  Wardes, 
70. 

Isobel,  wife  of  Alexander  Dallas,  92. 

Lessly,  Lalias.  458. 

Letter  book,  John  Steuart's,  391. 

Lie,  Georg  Dallas,  361. 

Lindsay,  Eudoxie,  Countess  of,  520. 

Linlithgow,  358. 

Lion,  William  the,  570. 

Little  Conlachan,  149,  157,  158. 

Orkney,  158. 

Urchany,  69. 


Littlejohn,  James,  478. 
Livingston,  Mary,  529. 
Livingstone,  Margaret,  476. 
Livingstoun,  Patrick,  477. 
Loch,  Agnes,  268,  271. 
Lochiel,  145. 

Loch-i-nore,  Knowe  of,  17. 
Lockhart,  John,  343. 

Mary,  381. 

Loftie,  Rev.  A.  J.,  550. 
Logan,  Alexander,  479. 


602 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Logan,  Robert,  207. 
London,  391. 
Long,  Mr.,  423. 
Lorain,  James,  361. 

John,  347. 

Loraine,  Alexander,  272,  345,  347. 

Colonel  Alexander,  345. 

James,  345,  346. 

Lord,  Captain  Walter  James,  543. 

Lome,  152. 

Lossie,  river,  3, 14,  15,  20. 

Lossiebridge,  16. 

Lothian,  Andrew,  382. 

Lovat,  Lord,  86. 

Simon,  Lord,  436. 

Loveday,  Lieut.-Colonel,  407. 
Low,  Bessie,  482. 
Lowpane,  lands  of,  88. 
Lucombe,  Captain  R.  R.,  547. 
'  Lux  venit  ab  alto,'  282,  321,  359. 
Lyell,  Margaret,  494. 

MAHON,  Captain,  H.E.I.C.S.  Navy,  543. 

M'Aldie,  Elspet,  483. 

M'Allister,  557. 

Macandrew,  Isabella,  472. 

M' Angus,  Donald,  of  Glengarrie,  142. 

M'Arthur,  Isabel,  472. 

M' Arthur,  Isobel,  193,  456. 

Patrick  More,  193. 

Macaulay,  208. 
M'Bain,  Alexander,  473. 

Gallish,  184. 

Janet,  445. 

M'Caig,  William,  481. 
M'Cally,  Elizabeth,  450. 
M'Claig,  William,  of  Croy,  202. 
M'Claud,  Sir  Rorie,  of  Herries,  142. 
M'Cond-Doye,  Duncan  M'Phaill,  443. 
M'Cuintosych,  Angus,  89. 
M'Culloch,  George,  242,  576. 
Macdonald,  Alexander,  470. 

Angus,  390. 

Ann,  198,  452,  468. 

Donald,  470. 

Elsie,  470. 

Elizabeth,  467. 

Jane,  473. 

M'Donald,  Annie,  527. 

Duncan,  477. 

Isabella  Dallas  or,  Nairn,  536. 

M'Eanduy,  Allan,  144. 


M'Eane,  John  M'Donnald  M'Allane,  of 
Ilantyrum,  Capitane  of  Clan  Rannald, 
142. 

M'Ewen,  Margaret,  386. 

Macfadyen,  Melville,  408. 

Macfarlane,  Margaret,  452. 

M'Farlane,  Walter,  apperand  of  Arro- 
quhair,  162. 

M'Fersane,  Andrew,  of  Clunie,  142. 

M'Ferson,  Sarah,  481. 

M'Gillandrise,  Anguis,  477. 

M'Gillapheddill,  Agnes,  477. 

M'Gillewray,  Alexander,  184. 

Macgillichalem,  Margaret,  472. 

M'Gillivray,  Alexander,  431. 

Colonel  Alexander,  432. 

Macgillivray,  Anne,  449. 

M'Gillivray,  Johanna,  450. 

Katherine,  454. 

Margery,  461. 

M'Gilvray,  Janet,  489. 

M'Gorrie,  Janet,  470. 

Macgovach,  Alberta,  514. 

M'Gra,  Daniel,  476. 

M'Gregor,  Ann,  482,  529,  531. 
G.  D.,  Exmouth,  538. 

Gregor,  of  Easter  Drumnacharrie,  545. 

Nobel,  472. 

Janet,  482. 

John  Dhu,  545. 

John,  of  Easter  Drumnacharrie,  545. 

Macgregor,  Patrick,  555. 

M'Grigor,  Ann,  546. 

Annie  Duncan,  546. 

Lieut.-Colonel  Charles,  545. 

Charles  Colquhoun,  549. 

Charles  Graham,  546. 

Sir  Charles  Rhoderic,  547. 

Sir  C.  R.,  545. 

C.  R.  R.,  547. 

Colquhoun,  merchant,  Aberdeen,  545. 

Dona  Edith,  548. 

Dona  Mary,  549. 

General  Duncan  John,  546. 

Elizabeth  Anne,  548. 

George  Duncan,  548. 

Graem,  mercer,  546. 

Colonel  James,  545. 

Sir  James,  545,  546. 

James  Digby  Walker,  547. 

James  Neil  Grant,  548,  549. 

Sir  James  R.  D.,  547. 


INDEX 


603 


M'Grigor,  Sir  James  Rhoderic  Duff,  Bart., 

3rd  Baronet,  548. 

Jane  Grant,  547. 

Jean  Helen,  549. 

John,  of  Delavorar,  545. 

Lewis  Grant,  546. 

Mary  Ann  Bower,  548. 

Mary  Jane  Dallas,  548. 

Lieut.  Rhoderick  R.,  548. 

Robert,  merchant,  Aberdeen,  545. 

Robert  Lewis  Grant,  546. 

Walter  James,  547. 

Major-General  W.  T.,  546. 

William  Colquhoun  Grant,  548. 

M'Hattie,  Alexander,  528. 

Machell,  John  Penny,  of  Pennybridge,  210. 

M'Hutcheoun,  Walter  Ross,  128. 

Macibs,  Esande,  483. 

M'Intoische,  Lachlan,  232,  233. 

M'Intosche,  Lachlan,  of  Ruthven,  488. 

William,  488. 

Mackintosh,  The,  179,  432. 

Mackintoshes,  11. 

Mackintosh,  Alexander,  443. 

Alexander  Keir,  of  Rothiemurchus, 

64. 

Alexander  Mackintosh,  179. 

Allan,  240. 

—  Allan  Keir,  68,  70,  108. 
Allan  Shaw  or,  573. 

Angus,  158,  184,  250,  292,  394,  431. 

Dr.  Angus,  409. 

Ann,  533. 

Ann,  wife  of  Alexander  Dallas,  Dal- 

laschyle,  532. 

Catherine,  443,  454,  456. 

Charles  Fraser,  179. 

Christian,  472. 

—  Clan,  183. 

Donald,  Glasche  (1515),  66. 

—  Duncan,  435,  436,  574. 

Duncan,  of  Castle  Leather,  179. 

Duncane,  of  Aberdour,  142. 

Elspet,  459. 

Elspeth,  435,  463. 

Euphin,  432. 

family  of,  431. 

Farquhar,  66. 

- — -  Grishald,  159. 

Grissald,  431. 

Hector,   Captain   of    Clan    Chattan 

(1527),  69. 


Mackintosh,  Hector,  182,  394. 

Hugh  (1490),  58. 

Isobel,  433. 

James,  158,  431. 

Jane,  452. 

Janet,  456,  467,  528,  533. 

John,  431. 

John,  of  Dalmigavie,  159,  431. 

Lieut.  John,  431 ;  arms  of,  432. 

Lachlan,  66,  173,  223,  233,  391. 

Sir  Lachlan,  145. 

Lachlan,   of   Drumachtane.    66,   96, 

122,  142. 
of  Strone,  109. 

—  Lachlan,  of  Strone,  172,  178,  290. 
Lady,  432,  435. 

—  Lauchlan,  of  Strone,  574. 
- —  Sir  Lauchlane,  145. 

—  Malcolm,  of  Brome,  142. 

—  Margaret,  232, 234, 463, 485, 532, 575. 

—  Marie,  435. 

—  Marjorie,  159,  431. 
Mary,  459,  473,  525. 

—  Robert,  178. 

-  Sarah,  451. 

—  Sophia,  385. 

—  William,  431,  434,  461. 

—  William,  of  Torchastell,  145. 
M'Intyre,  Donald,  Greenock,  532. 
Margaret,  481. 

Peter,  386. 

Mackaile,  Hugh,  362. 

Walter,  322. 

MacKane,  Angus,  60. 

Mackay,  Alexander  Dallas,  526. 

Ann,  452. 

Catherine,  531. 

Helen,  451 

Janet,  483. 

Marion,  475. 

-  Marjory,  433,  457. 
Margaret,  476. 


Margaret  Dallas  or,  531. 

Mackechnie,  Agnes,  533. 

LUias,  533. 

M'Kenzie,  Agnes,  233. 

—  Alexander,  394. 

Sir  Alexander,  of  Coul,  190. 

Dame  Barbara,  283. 

—  Catherine,  185,  465,  467. 
Christina,  531. 

Duncan,  458. 


604 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


M'Kenzie,  Elspet,  468. 
Elspeth,  460. 

-  Sir  George,  262,  283,  288. 
Sir  George,  of  Tarbet,  323. 

—  George,  Viscount  Tarbat,  335. 
Isabella,  451. 

— —  Jane  Dallas  or,  533. 
Janet,  467. 

—  Jean,  159,  450. 
Mr.  John,  289. 

—  Miss  Margaret  Roberta,  548. 

-  Murdo,  247. 

-  Peter,  394. 
Rorie,  290. 

Sir  Rorie,  of  Coygathe,  142. 

William,  477. 

Mackie,  John,  532. 

Mack  Kercher,  Elspet,  137,  466. 

Mackilligan,  Isobel,  463. 

Katherine,  461. 

M'Kinnauch,  Andrew  Boyne,  of  Kenna- 

poil,  147. 

M'Korkyll,  Jannett,  cruel  slaughter  of,  90. 
M'Lane,  Allan,  575. 
M'Larence,  Jane,  489. 
M'Lean,  Alexander  and  Donald,  174. 
—  Annie,  454. 

—  Charles,  174. 

—  Janet,  433. 

—  John,  of  Dochgarroch,  174,  388,  574. 

—  Lauchlane,  477. 
Margaret,  454. 

M'Leay,  Ann,  452. 

—  Ann,  Inverness,  534. 
Maclennan,  Ann,  475. 

—  Beatrice,  489. 

-  Elizabeth,  453. 
M'Leod,  Aeneas,  310. 

—  Aneas,  of  Cadboll,  308. 

-  Catherine,  471,  531. 

—  Euphemia,  558. 

-  Margaret,  471,  532. 
M'L«rgan,  Ann,  525. 
M'Neile,  John,  374. 
Macphails,  443. 
Macphail,  Sir  Andrew,  443. 
Janet,  463. 

Paul  Gow,  443. 

Macphail's  Highland  Papers,  140. 
M'Pherson,  Alexander,  478. 

Anna,  202. 

Anne,  448. 


M'Pherson,  Christian,  467. 

Donald,  447. 

Duncan,  168. 

Evan,  of  Alichtie,  134. 

Margaret,  449,  450,  460,  525. 

Paul,  391. 

Mackqueene,  Duncan,  164. 
M'Queen,  James,  of  Rackmore,  574. 

John,  240. 

John,  in  Coull,  149. 

William,  of  Carribroche,  25. 

of  Corryborough,  98. 

M'Queyne,  William,  98. 

William,  in  Cantray,  573. 

M'Rae,  Janet,  452,  464,  526. 

Janet,  wife  of  William  Dallas,  Banff, 

530. 

Kenneth,  461. 

of  Philadelphia,  194. 

Macvorran,  Mary,  489. 
Macwheeble,  Bailie,  334. 
Madras,  420. 

Mahratta  campaign,  373. 
Main,  Janet,  493. 

Mary  Francis,  496. 

Mainwaring,  Emily  Frances,  505. 

Malcolm,  Margaret,  493. 

Man,  Ann,  195. 

Manderson,  Sarah,  576. 

Mann,  Christina  Dallas  or,  Kiltern,  530. 

Donald,  474,  530. 

Elizabeth,  470. 

Mar,  John,  Earl  of  (1592),  124. 
Marischal  College,  247,  257,  259,  266,  296, 

359. 

Maroons,  History  of,  498. 
Marr,  Catherine,  528. 
Marr,  Earl  of,  47. 
MarshaU,  May,  382,  527. 
Marston,  Nathaniel,  506. 
Martin,  Mrs.,  520. 
Marton,  George,  M.P.,  210. 
Masharn,  Professor,  510. 
Masi,  Frances  Virginia,  507. 
Matheson,  Ann,  475. 

Jane,  Greenock,  532. 

Mathieson,  Margaret,  456. 
Maubeuge,  Canoness  of,  541. 
May,  Isobel,  451. 
Mayne,  William,  270. 
Meade,  Major-General,  507. 
Henrietta  C.,  507. 


INDEX 


605 


Meiggs,  Helen  Connell,  549. 

John  Gilbert,  549. 

Meikle  Geddes,  161. 

Pennyk,  lands  of,  129. 

Melundy  Hill,  18. 
Melville,  Lord,  422. 
Menmuir  parish,  477. 
Menzies,  Eliza  Maria,  518. 
Mercer,  Ann  Abernethy,  545. 

William,  of  Potterhill,  545. 

Methven,  Mr.  John,  337. 
Mexico,  500. 
Michael  Pool,  17. 
Middleton,  Agnes,  490. 
Miln,  David,  352,  353. 
Milnbank,  lands  of,  137. 
Milne,  Agnes,  479. 

Nancy,  294. 

Milroy,  Mary,  479. 
Minchin,  John,  503. 
Mitchell,  James,  491. 
Moiness,  400. 
Moira,  Lord,  428. 
Monipennie,  284. 

David,  284,  288. 

Monro,  Alexander,  of  Caituall,  330. 

Hector,  of  Foulis  (1527),  69. 

Mons,  Canoness  of,  540. 
Montfort,  Alexander  of,  Sheriff  of  Elgin, 
44. 

—  family  of,  44. 
Montgomerie,  Alexander,  158. 
Montrose,  494. 

Moore,  Anne,  555. 
Moravia,  Megota  de,  572. 

Marjory  de,  26. 

Moray,  Sir  Andrew,  of  Petty  and  Both- 
well,  33. 
Moray,  Alexander,  Bishop  of,  35. 

Allan  of,  32. 

floods  (1829),  20. 

Andrew,  Bishop  of,  58. 

•  Bishop  of,  48. 

Archibald,  Bishop  of,  30. 

Cartulary,  50. 

—  Colin,  Bishop  of,  167. 
Earl  of,  47,  332,  431. 

—  James,  Bishop  of,  68. 

—  John  of,  29. 

—  Sir  John  of,  30. 

John  Dunbar,  Earl  of,  38. 

Sir  Malcolm  of,  28. 


Moray,  Marjory  of,  27. 

Patrick  Hepburn,  Bishop  of,  77. 

Thomas  Dunbar,  Earl  of,  42. 

William  of,  28,  29. 

William,  Bishop  of,  41. 

Moraye,  Patrick,  Bishop  of,  72. 
More,  Susanna,  359. 
Morgan  arms,  555. 

Charles  Hart,  553. 

Frances  Louisa,  553. 

Morison,  George,  of  Pitfourie,  336. 
Morrell,  Charles  H.,  510. 
Morrey,  Alexander,  93. 
Morris,  Helen  W.,  512. 
Morrison,  Ann,  479,  530. 

Mr.  George,  298. 

.  Janet,  153. 

John,  Judge- Advocate  in  Gibraltar, 

396. 

—  Margaret,  504. 

—  Mary  Drummond  or,  Crieff,  530. 
— •  William,  349. 

William,  tailor,  Crieff,  530. 

Moseley,  Mrs.  Harriet,  502. 
Mounsey,  General,  550. 
Mount  Lothian,  338. 
Mountstephen,  Lord,  15. 
Mowbray,  John  Marshall,  W.S.,  383. 
Moy  and  Dalarossie  parish,  473. 
Moye  Hall,  233. 
Muckerach,  Patrick  of,  109. 
Muir,  Martha,  354,  356. 
Muirhead,  William,  Kinghorn,  536. 
Muirkirk  parish,  479. 
Mundoill,  lands  of,  129. 
Munro,  Anne,  459. 

George,  229. 

George,  Laird  of  Culrain,  136. 

Hugh,  292. 

Isabella,  291. 

Margaret,  467. 

Murdoch  of  Lecky,  50. 

—  Mary,  476. 

Murray,  Alexander,  Bishop  of,  140. 
-  Bray  of,  130. 

David,  Earl  of,  240. 

Murray,  Christian,  492. 

—  James,  Lord  of  Abernethy,  69. 

John,  Earl  of  Tullibardine,  334. 

Margaret,  480. 

Sir  Mungo,  of  Drumcairne,  142. 

R.,  of  Pulrossie,  336. 


606 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Murray,  Robert,  299. 

Robert,  in  Fyndome,  86, 

NATBN,  46,  97,  98,  134,  135,  156,  157,  179, 
204 ;  burgh  lands,  99 ;  1  Church  Street, 
180,  436;  fishings  in,  226;  parish 
register,  137 ;  Presbytery  of,  474. 

Nairne,  Thomas,  of  Cromdaill,  97,  89. 

Natusch,  Frederic  Llewellyn,  408,  564. 

Ness,  fishing  in,  106. 

Nether  Galcantray,  162. 

Newburn,  James,  554. 

Margaret,  554. 

Newhalls,  Laird  of,  358. 

Nichol,  Eleanor,  543. 

Jane,  543. 

Nicholas,  10. 

Nicol,  Andrew,  480. 

Jane,  or  Dallas,  Dundee,  537. 

Robert,  Rev.,  543. 

Nickle,  Charles  A.  J.,  544. 

Dona  E.  A.,  544. 

Dona  Hampden,  544. 

— —  Elizabeth  Anne,  544. 

Fanny  E.  D.,  544. 

Jane  Laura,  544. 

—  K.  W.  Dallas,  544. 
—  Major  Robert,  543. 
-  Sir  Robert,  538,  543,  547. 

Major-General  Sir  Robert,  375. 

Major  R.  W.  Duff,  544. 

Roderick,  544. 

Nicklin,  Sophia  Chew,  508. 

Nisbet,  Janet,  529,  556. 

Noble,  Margaret,  452. 

North  Leith,  484. 

North  Newton,  245,  332,  340,  351,  354, 
367. 

Ode  to  the  Duke  of  Wellington,  211. 
Ogilvy,  James,  230. 

James,  of  Cardall,  87,  103. 

Sir  James,  of  Deskford,  219,  221. 

James,  of  Dryburgh  (1515),  66. 

John,  of  Carnowseys,  223. 

Ohio,  495. 

Old  Aberdeen,  477. 

Old  Machar  parish,  479. 

Oliver,  Lord  Protector,  249. 

O'Neil,  John,  532. 

Margaret    Dallas    or,    Old   Nitshill, 

532. 


Orange,  Prince  of,  541. 

Ore,  Alexander,  bailie  of  Nairn,  137. 

Orr,  Margaret,  531. 

Orreby,  Symone  of,  10. 

Over  Galcantray,  162,  168. 

Over  and  Nether  Galcantray,  167. 

Overton,  Captain  Overton,  516. 

PAGE,  Alexander,  farmer,  Forres,  536. 

Paipley,  Patrick,  161. 

Paisley  Abbey  Parish,  481 ;  High  Parish, 

481 ;  Middle  Church  Parish,  481. 
Parker,  Mary  Dallas  or,  Paisley,  536. 

Sir  Peter,  213. 

Thomas,  481. 

Parkley,  357. 

Laird  of,  358. 

Passy,  Lieut.-Colonel  Edmund.  210 
Paterson,  Ann,  471. 

Christian,  448. 

Eliza  C.,  513. 

-  Robert,  351. 
Peninsula,  war  in  the,  423. 
Pennsylvania  family,  495. 
Percival,  Mr.,  422. 
Percy,  Lord  Jocelyn,  521. 
Perth  parish,  479. 
Petcarene,  10. 
Petsal  family,  570. 

Petty,  431 ;  second  heirship  of  (1513),  65. 
Phekirk,  130. 
Phillips,  F.  A.,  547. 

Rev.  F.  P.,  547. 

Rev.  George  H.,  547. 

W.  M.,  547. 

Phipps,  Ophelia  Cordelia,  180. 
Pinkney,  Arthur  Gillon,  557. 
David  G.,  557. 


Pinnock,  James,  Advocate-General,  543. 

Pitt,  Mr.,  letter  to,  430. 

Pittendynie,  346. 

Pluscardine,  33. 

Poile  Dowy,  148. 

Poldowie,  155. 

Pollok,  Agnes,  380. 

Portland,  Duke  of,  374. 

Potocki,  Count  Felix,  523. 

Sophia,  Countess,  523. 

Poulett,  Vice-Admiral  George,  R.N.,  212. 
Powell,  Caroline  C.,  522. 

Haslett,  205. 

Pretender,  the  Young,  432. 


INDEX 


607 


Price,  Ann  Wrightson,  555. 

Emma,  553. 

Francis  Esther,  406,  553,  563. 

F.  E.,  561,  562,  564. 

George,  553. 

Henry,  553. 

Jemima,  553,  555. 

—  John  Wrightson,  555. 

-  Liscombe,  406,  553,  555. 

—  Mary,  553,  555. 

Mary  Anne,  553. 

Richard,  553. 

Sarah  Maynard,  555. 

Stephen  Sterarchy,  555. 

Thomas,  553. 

Primrose,  Catherine,  196. 
Primrose  Hill,  268. 
Prince  William  County,  495. 
Pulling,  Ada  Constance,  505. 
Pumphret,  Christopher,  485. 
Pumphrey,  Helen,  485. 

RADULPHUS,  10. 

Rae,  James,  464. 

Rafiord  parish,  473. 

Ramsay,  Mary,  481. 

Rannald,  Clan,  Johne  M'Donnald  M'Allane 

V'Eane  of  Ilantyrum,  Captain  of,  142. 
Rebellion  of  1715,  350. 

of  1745,  430. 

Redeghem,  Maria  de,  539. 
Reid,  Ann,  483. 

—  David,  of  Drumurenie,  576. 

—  Isabel,  494. 

-  John,  491. 
William,  346. 

Renton,  Elizabeth,  268. 
Resells  parish,  471. 
Rid  or  M'Kroy,  Christian,  488. 
Riddell,  Agnes,  338,  340,  357. 

Elizabeth,  258,  337,  340,  341. 

Isobel,  357. 

Walter,  of  Minto,  337. 

Riddoch,  Rev.  Mr.,  190. 
Riddochhill,  385. 
Rider,  Roger,  564. 

—  Sarah,  558. 
Ripley,  Bernard,  23. 

Castle,  Yorkshire,  22. 

Richard,  23. 

Roger,  son  of  Thomas,  23. 

Thomas,  22. 


Ripley,  William  de,  13,  23,  572. 

Sir  William  de,  569. 

William  of,  22. 

Ritchie,  Beatrice,  394. 

Mr.  James,  328. 

Rob,  Isabel,  478. 
Robertson's  Index,  44. 
Robinson,  Elizabeth,  554. 

Thomas,  554. 

Thomas,  of  Middleton-one-Row,  554. 

Ros,  David,  of  Holme,  93. 

John,  of  Holme,  462. 

Rose,  Agnes,  140,  451. 
Alexander,  230,  477. 

—  Alexander,  of  Cantray,  132,  133. 

Alexander,  in  Cantrabrow,  141. 

Alexander,  of  Cantredoune,  152. 

— —  Alexander,  of  Holme,  163. 
Alexander,  of  Dunheryn,  219. 

—  Andrew,  262. 
Ann,  389,  467. 

arms  of  Walter,  of  Kinstary,  65. 

—  arms  of  Hugh,  of  Kilravock,  65. 

—  Christian,  256,  576. 

-  David,  265. 

—  David,  of  Balnagowne,  326. 

-  David,  of  Holme,  96,  124,  125,  131, 
132,  140,  161,  234. 

-  David,  of  Madat,  145. 

—  Elizabeth  or  Elspet,  98. 

-  Elizabeth,  132,  193. 

—  Ellen,  123. 

-  Elspet,  125,  456,  533,  573. 

-  Grizzel,  274. 

-  Helen,  92,  573. 

—  Hew,  historian,  41. 

-  of  Holme,  125. 

-  Hucheon,  of  Kilravock  (1501),  61,  72. 

-  Hugh,  46,  120,  135. 
Colonel  Hugh,  191. 

—  Hugh,  4th  Baron  of  Kilravock,  35. 

-  Hugh,  9th  Baron  of  Kilravock,  91, 103. 
Hugh,  of  Kilravock,  56,  58,  69,  106, 

116,  118,  124,  186,  217,  218,  219,  223, 
226,  230,  234,  237,  253,  285. 

-  Hugh,  of  Clava,  177,  181. 
Isabel,  58,  219. 

—  James,  124. 

James,  W.S.,  406. 

Jane  Fordyce,  405. 

—  Janet,  104,  196,  573. 
Jean  or  Elizabeth,  463. 


608 


THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Rose,  John,  135,  252,  256,  389,  573. 

John  the,  573. 

Bailie  John,  177. 

John,  of  Ballivat,  573. 

—  John,  of  Blackhills,  133, 134, 135, 573. 
John,  of  Broadley,  576. 

John,  in  Cantradoun,  102. 

John,  indweller  in  Edinburgh,  123. 

John,  of  Holme,  140,  161. 

- — —  Sir  John,  of  Holme,  464. 

John,  of  Kilravock,  46,  47,  102. 

- — -  John,  the  Baron  of  Kilravock,  47. 
John  M'Alaster,  124. 

—  Margaret,  103,  448,  521,  573. 
Marie,  254,  323,  576. 

Mary,  254,  256. 

Patrick,  of  Nairn,  121. 

Peter,  573. 

Rev.  Richard  (1511),  19. 

—  Thomas,  in  Wester  Cantrey,  132. 
William,  120,  122,  124. 

—  William,  of  Clava,  161. 

William,  Clava's  brother,  136. 

William,  of  Holme,  69. 

William,  of  Kilravock,  96,  118,  122. 

William,  apparent  of  Kilravock,  119. 

William,  of  Teirfogreine,  148. 

Roses,  12. 

of  Clava,  147. 

of  Holme,  124. 

Ross,  Agnes,  96,  481. 
— •  Alexander,  263. 

Andrew,  of  Shandwick,  576. 

Anne,  472. 

—  Beatrix,  573. 

—  Bishop  of,  331. 

Mrs.  C.  J.,  520. 

Earl  of,  32. 

Ellen  (1562),  91. 

Elspet,  93,  454,  573. 

Grizzel,  576. 

Hugh,  232. 

Isabella,  494,  526. 

Isabella,  Dundee,  529. 

Isabel,  477. 

James,  163,  232. 

Janet,  573. 

John,  254,  457. 

John,  of  Balevate,  226. 

John,  Courtfairne,  573. 

—  Katherine,  573. 
Margaret,  450. 


Ross,  Margaret,  Inverness,  531. 

Margrat,  99,  265. 

Mary,  469. 

Richard,  470. 

Sarah,  454,  464. 

Sophia,  476. 

Thomas,  of  Daltaleyth,  98. 

—  Walter,  of  Kinstary  (1575),  66. 
William,  226. 

William,  in  Cantradown,  133. 

Rotherhithe,  517. 

Rothiemurchus,  11,  60,  68,  70,  71,  72,  73, 

96,  116,  131,  146,  147;  barony  of,  86, 

108. 

Routh,  Julia  Caroline,  505. 
Roy,  Isobel,  444. 

Robert,  469. 

Rupertsland,  393. 

Russell,  Janet,  467. 

Rymer,  Lieut.  Henry,  R.N.,  367. 

SAGE,  Sarah,  460. 

St.  Andrews,  57 ;  parish,  480. 

St.  Catherine,  manse  of,  283. 

St.  Helena,  Governor  of,  375. 

St.  Martin's,  322,  340. 

St.  Michael,  7. 

St.  Michael's  Cross,  8. 

Well,  16. 

Salaza,  Count  of,  540. 
Saldall,  Janet,  482. 
Sanquharr,  129. 
Santley,  Sir  Charles,  408. 

Ethel  Jane,  408. 

Sarawak,  408. 
Sarmiento,  Count  of,  541. 
Saunders,  Major  J.,  R.E.,  516. 
Scattergood,  Lieut.  Edward,  302. 
Schola,  Elspet,  483. 
Schrader,  Miss,  record  searcher,  495. 
Scobie,  Ann,  531,  533. 
Scotland,  Mary,  559. 

Mary  Ann,  560. 

Scott,  Christian,  491. 

—  G.  H.,  Devonshire  Place,  542. 

Vice- Admiral  Henry,  543. 

Hon.  John,  543. 

Margaret,  476. 

Sir    Walter,  376,   433;    connection 

with    the   Dallas    family,   377;    letter 

from,  378. 
Scrymgeour,  Miss,  of  Tealling,  538. 


INDEX 


609 


Seivwright,  Elspeth,  491. 

Margaret,  478. 

Sellar,  Isabella,  526. 
Seringapatam,  194,  373. 
Seymour,  Beatrice,  503. 

Captain,  423. 

Edward  Hamilton,  503. 

Emily,  503. 

Emily  Charlotte,  368. 

Rev.  F.  P.,  503. 

Francis  Alexander  Dallas,  503. 

Julia,  503. 

Shannon,  Harriet  Ann,  212. 

Shaw,  Angus,  of  Tordarroch,  179,  574. 

Bailie  John,  177. 

—  Lachlan,  443. 
Shearer,  Margaret,  466,  472. 
Shepherd,  Catherine,  468,  530. 
Sheridan,  Richard  Brinsley,  551. 
Shirra,  Rev.  Robert,  382. 
Sibbald,  Robert  and  John,  39. 
Simon,  Duke  of,  541. 
Simpson,  Colonel,  of  Plean,  385. 

Hugh,  weaver,  Culcabock,  530. 

Margaret,  479. 

Simson,  472. 

Janet,  194. 

Sinclair,  Isabella,  455. 

Isobel,  450. 

John,  of  Stircock,  135. 

Katherine,  448. 

Mar.,  477. 

Sivright,  David,  371. 

Lieut.-Colonel  William,  371. 

Slight,  Isabella,  526. 

Smith,  Alexander  Dallas,  557. 

Arabella,  506,  513. 

Elizabeth,  207. 

James,  280. 

Rev.  James,  207. 

John,  477. 

Margaret,  476. 

Robert,  206,  492. 

Thomas,  527. 

Turton,  519,  557. 

Somerset,  Lord  Charles,  423. 
Soutar,  Isabella,  473. 
Southesk,  6th  Earl  of,  538. 
Speymouth  parish,  471. 
Spittal,  476. 

Spynie,  Alexander,  Lord  of,  127. 
Stalker,  Alexander,  482. 


Stanton,  Edwin,  516. 
Stenisone,  Jean,  476. 
Stephenson,  Sophia,  504. 
Stewart,  Alexander,  in  Logie,  281. 

Arthur,  of  Kilmacloyne,  72. 

•  Catherine,  481. 

Christian,  241,  252,  469,  576. 

David,  448. 

Donald,  470. 

Elizabeth,  367. 

Janet,  525. 

John,  391,  460. 

—  John,  Baron  of  Kincarne  (1558),  91. 

—  Margaret,  223. 

—  Mary,  530. 

—  Mary,  or  Dallas,  St.  Vigeans,  529. 

-  Robert,  of  Clava  (1513),  65,  69. 

-  Robert,  of  Clavalge  (1515),  66. 

-  Robert,  of  Clavok,  573. 
Stirling  parish,  480. 
Stornoway,  474. 
Strachan,  Agnes,  449. 

—  Donald,  449. 

-  George,  233. 

—  Margaret,  102,  234. 

-  Marjory,  233. 
Strachane,  George,  232. 

George,  of  Culloden,  575. 

Stranerne,  barony  of  (1582),  120. 

Strathardol,  10. 

Strathauchin  of  Culloden  (1557),  69. 

Strathnairn,  102,  148,  152. 

Straychan,  Margaret,  232. 

Straythauchin,    or    Strauchan,    Marjory, 

232. 

Straythauchine,  Marjorie,  575. 
Strong,  Chase,  507. 
Stuart,  Christian,  517. 

—  John,  of  Kincarne,  573. 

—  John,  Baron  of  Kincarne,  123. 

—  Mary,  484. 

—  Patrick,  484. 
Styles,  Book  of,  333. 
Suddie,  155. 
Suewin,  Charles,  206. 

Suryass,  Simon  Joannes,  prior  of  Pluscar- 

dine,  30. 

Sutherland,  Ann,  533. 
Ann,  Dunbeath,  529. 

—  Donald,  474. 

—  Elizabeth  (1514),  65. 
Isabella,  463,  464,  526,  533. 


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THE  FAMILY  OF  DALLAS 


Sutherland,  Jean,  133,  134,  135,  292,  573. 

John,  of  Clyne,  145. 

John  and  Alexander  (1579),  102. 

William,  of  Duffus,  142. 

of  Kinsterie,  133. 

Sutherland,  Earl  of,  32,  268. 

John,  9th  Earl  of  (1514),  65. 

Sutor,  Alexander,  482. 
Swan,  Elizabeth,  Dundee,  529. 
Sweetland,  George,  395. 
Symon,  vicar,  Dolays  Michel,  9. 

and  Maurice,  chaplains,  10. 

System  of  Stiles,  332. 

Tales  of  a  Grandfather,  433. 

Tarbat,  George,  Viscount  of,  329,  330,  339. 

John,  Master  of,  310. 

Tayleour,  Donald,  90. 

Taylor,  D.,  395. 

— —  James  Arthur,  209. 

Mrs.  Jean,  397,  399. 

Jessie,  528. 

Maria  Louisa,  209. 

Tennent,  John,  382. 
Terfogrein,  155,  157,  158. 
Tevendale,  Helen,  493. 

—  Helen,  or  Allardyce,  531. 
Thanes  of  Cawdor,  Cosmo  Innes',  396. 
Thomson,  Ann,  277. 

Francis  Wemyss,  470. 

Jean,  291,  362. 

—  Margaret,  469. 

Mary  Anne,  386. 

Thurso  parish,  482. 

Tirconnel,  Count  of,  Hugo  Albert  O'Neil, 

540. 

Titchfield,  Marquis  of,  374. 
Tiverton,  407. 
Toad  Stone  ring,  342. 
Tolmie,  Janet,  454. 
Tolmy,  James,  478. 
Tomlinson,  Frances,  550. 

Grant,  550. 

Joseph,  of  Cardew,  550. 

Tomluncart,  195. 
Torchastle,  20. 
Toungue,  168. 
Travers,  Catherine,  383. 
Traylen,  Edith  Mary,  445. 
Treasurer,  Lilias,  467. 
Tryall,  Janet,  480. 
Tucker,  Catherine  Chew,  509. 


Tucker,  David  Hunter,  M.D.,  509. 
Tulloch,  Alexander,  of  Tanachie,  165. 

Arthur,  of  Balnaheyt,  226. 

Hugh,  434. 

Isobel,  201. 

Rev.  John,  464. 

Ludovick,  165,  574. 

Margaret  Dewar,  or  Dallas,  464. 

Patrick,  202. 

William,  231. 

William,  bailie  of  Nairn,  135. 

Tullyglen,  53. 
Turner,  Isabella,  567. 

Isobel,  367. 

W.  W.,  485. 

Turpin,  Richard,  26. 
Tyndale,  Anne  Biscoe,  500. 

UBCHABD,  Thomas,  prior  of,  10. 

Urquhart,  54. 

Alexander,  61,  261,  287,  322,   376, 

329 

Alexander,  of  Newhall,  158,  328,  576. 

Christian,  158,  260,  432. 

• George,  264. 

John,  458. 

Sir  John,  253,  274,  282,  284,  322,  331, 

339. 

John,  of  Craighouse,  331. 

Sir  John,  of  Oomarty,  325,  327. 

Jonathan,  327,  331. 

-  Marie,  136,  574. 

Hon.  Robert,  207. 

Urquhart  parish,    475;   Parish   Register, 

474 ;  priory  of,  54. 

William,  prior  of,  30. 

Urray  parish,  475. 

VAUGHAN,  Lord,  Governor  of  Jamaica,  542. 
Vaus,  Mr.  James,  140. 
Veitch,  Elizabeth,  278. 
Vere,  Marquis  de  la,  541. 
Virginia,  495. 

WADE,  Frances,  555. 

Walker,  General  Duncan  Stephen,  514. 

Hon.  J.  R.,  574. 

Jane  Russell  Smith,  383. 

Mary,  514. 

Wallace,  William,  33. 
Wallace-Dunlop,  Sir  Thomas,  207. 
Walmsgate,  373,  442. 


INDEX 


611 


Warren,  Anne,  375. 

Waterloo,  500. 

Watson,  Alison,  260,  576. 

Isabella,  476. 

Jane  Dallas,  Cleish,  533. 

—  Janet,  276. 

John,  of  Dunnikier,  576. 

Robert,  448. 

William,  490. 

Watson's  Place-Name^  of  Ross  and  Crom- 

arty,  4. 
Watt,  Jane,  531. 

Margaret,  528. 

Waverley,  334. 
Webster,  Catherine,  493. 

Jean,  476,  479. 

Welby,  Felicia  Mary,  212. 

Wellesley,   Sir  Arthur,  373;   Lord,   423; 

Marquis  of,  410,  417,  418,  419,  420. 
Welsh,  Hon.  Richard,  543. 

—  Captain  M.  J.  E.,  374. 
Werchin,  Charlotte  de,  539. 
Westminster,  496. 
Weymouth,  194. 

Whinney,  Mary,  406,  561,  562,  563. 
White,  Mary,  554. 

Robert,  554. 

Whitehead,  Sir  James,  545. 

—  Wilfred  James,  545. 
Wilkins,  Gary  Nicholas,  516. 

Charles  Patterson,  516. 

Jane  S.,  512. 

Maria  Dallas,  516. 

Matilda,  516. 

Sophia  Bache,  516. 

—  Hon.  W.  W.,  515. 
Williamson,  Donald  M'Intosche,  229. 
Henrietta,  382. 

John  Mackintosh,  573. 

J.  M.,  of  Termet  (1558),  91. 

-  William,  475. 
Willis,  Mary  Byrd,  507. 
Wilson,  James,  478. 


Wilson,  Sir  Robert,  423. 
Windham,  W.,  415. 
Witehcraft,  trial  for,  156. 
Wood,  Charles,  557. 

Janet,  474. 

John,  335. 

Marjorie,  557. 

Wrather,  Maud  Annie,  506. 
Wright,  531. 

Henry  Good,  M.D.,  368. 

Sarah  Susanna,  558. 

Thomas,  555. 

Wrightson,  Thomas,  554. 
Wrightson  arms,  555. 

Ann,  555. 

Catherine  Susanna,  555. 

Cordelia,  555 

-  Elizabeth,  553,  554,  555. 
Ellen,  554. 

-  Isabella,  554. 
John,  554. 

—  John,  of  Springhouse,  553,  554. 

-  John  William,  555. 

Margaret,  554. 

Mary,  554. 

Rebecca,  554. 

-  Richard,  555. 
—  Robert,  554. 

-  Thomas,  of  Whitehouse,  554. 

-  William,  554. 
Wrightsons,  of  Eryholme,  553. 
Wyse,  Catherine,  490. 
Wysman,  Andrea,  10. 

YEAMAN,  Margaret,  259,  272,  345,  576. 
York,  Duke  of,  succession  of,  399. 
Yorke,  James  Whiting,  373. 
Marianne,  373. 


Youll,  Alexander,  477. 
Young,  Barbara,  491. 

James,  130. 

Jane,  527. 

Mary,  460. 


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